Going for specialist school status: Perspectives from a front line head of department

School Leadership and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-208

  Sinkinson, Anne J ^a  

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EID: 29244433365     PISSN: 13632434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632430500036181     Document Type: Review

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