From inspection to school improvement? Evaluating the accelerated inspection programme in Waltham Forest

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 679-690

  Hopkins, David ^a   Harris, Alma ^b   Watling, Rob ^b   Beresford, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033249130     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192990250508     Document Type: Article

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