Allocating pupils to their nearest secondary school: The consequences for social and ability stratification

Urban Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 751-770

  Allen, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SECONDARY EDUCATION; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; STUDENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247207559     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980601184737     Document Type: Article

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