Location, location, location: What do league tables really tell us about primary schools?

Education 3-13

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 49-55

  Easen, Patrick ^a   Bolden, David ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 51749093471     PISSN: 03004279     EISSN: 14757575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004270585200341     Document Type: Article

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