'Maintains a good pace to lessons': Inconsistencies and contextual factors affecting OFSTED inspections of nursery schools

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 879-888

  Penn, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036957481     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0141192022000019116     Document Type: Article

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