Selection by attainment and aptitude in english secondary schools

British Journal of Educational Studies

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-264

  Coldron, John ^a   Willis, Ben ^a   Wolstenholme, Claire ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aptitude; Attainment; Grammar schools; School admissions; Selection by ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 69449106490     PISSN: 00071005     EISSN: 14678527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8527.2009.00435.x     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. ALLEN, R. VIGNOLES, A. (2007) What should an index of school segregation measure? Oxford Review of Education, 33 (5 643 668.
2. Atkinson, A. Gregg, P. (2004) Selective education: who benefits from grammar schools? Market and Public Organisation, 11, Autumn.
3. BALL, S. (2003) Class Strategies and the Education Market: the Middle Class and Social Advantage (London, Routledge Falmer).
4. Ball, S. (2008) The Education Debate (Bristol, Policy Press).
5. Banks, O. (1955) Parity and Prestige in English Secondary Education (London, Routledge and Kegan Paul).
6. Barber, M. McCallum, B. (1996) City Technology Colleges and Technology Colleges: Review of Admissions Procedures at Year 7 (London, DfEE).
7. Benn, C. Chitty, C. (1997) Thirty Years On: is Comprehensive Education Alive and Well or Struggling to Survive? (London, Penguin Books).
8. BROOK, A. (2008) Raising Education Achievement and Breaking the Cycle of Inequality in the United Kingdom, OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 633 (Paris, OECD).
9. COFFEY, M. WHETTON, C. (1996) Aptitude Tests of Technology; an Investigation of Aptitude and its Relationship with GCSE Scores (London, DfEE).
10. COLDRON, J., TANNER, E., FINCH, S., SHIPTON, L., WOLSTENHOLME, C., WILLIS, B., DEMACK, S. STIELL, B. (2008a) Secondary Schools Admissions (London, DCSF).
11. COLDRON, J., CRIPPS, C. SHIPTON, L. (2008b) Segregated secondary school intakes: an investigation of the multiple mechanisms that generate them. Paper presented at the European Educational Research Association (EERA) Conference, Goteborg, October. Available online at: http://www.eera-ecer.eu/publication- database/conference/2008/contribution/segregated-secondary-school-intakes-an- investigation-of-the-mechanisms-that-generate-them/.
12. CROOK, D., POWER, S. WHITTY, G. (1999) The Grammar School Question: a Review of Research on Comprehensive and Selective Education (London, University of London, Institute of Education Publications).
13. D'ADDIO, A. (2007) Intergenerational Transmission of Disadvantage: Mobility or Immobility Across Generations. OECD Social Employment and Migration working papers 52 (Paris, OECD).
14. DCSF (2008a) Seventy-nine New Specialist Schools Announced - Adonis. Available online at: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn-id=2008-0118 (accessed 8 July 2008).
15. DCSF (2008b) Statistical Bulletin: The Composition of Schools in England. Available online at: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SBU/b000796/ TheCompositionOfSchoolsInEnglandFinal.pdf (accessed 15 July 2008).
16. DCSF (2008c) Standards and Diversity Capital Fund - Version 1.3 (last updated 28 February 2008).
17. DES (1965) Organisation of Secondary Education (Circular 10/65) (London, HMSO).
18. DES (1970) The Organisation of Secondary Education (Circular 10/70) (London, HMSO).
19. DfES (2003) School Admissions Appeals Code of Practice (London, Department for Education and Skills).
20. DfES (2007) School Admissions Code (London, Department for Education and Skills).
21. DOUGLAS, J. (1968) All Our Futures: a Longitudinal Study of Secondary Education (London, Peter Davies).
22. EDUCATION AND SKILLS SELECT COMMITTEE (2004) Secondary Education: School Admission volume 1 TSO (The Stationery Office).
23. EDWARDS, T. (1998) Specialisation without Selection. Available online at: http://www.risetrust.org.uk/special.html (accessed 1 July 2008).
24. EDWARDS, T. TOMLINSON, S. (2002) Selection isn't Working: Diversity, Standards and Inequality in Secondary Education (London, Catalyst Publications).
25. EDWARDS, T. WHITTY, G. (1997) Specialisation and selection in secondary education, Oxford Review of Education, 23 (1) (Special Issue: Choice, Diversity and Equity in Secondary Schooling), 5 15. (Pubitemid 127533717)
26. FLATLEY, J. et al 2001) Parents' Experience of the Process of Choosing a Secondary School. Office for National Statistics and Sheffield Hallam University (London, Department for Education and Skills Research Report RR278).
27. GEWIRTZ, S., BALL, S. BOWE, R. (1995) Markets, Choice and Equity in Education (Buckingham, Open University Press).
28. HC DEBATE (1995) 21 March 1995 cc.131-132 [online]. Available online at: http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199495/cmhansrd/1995-03-21/Orals-1. html (accessed 12 July 2008).
29. HOLYHEAD COUNTY SCHOOL web page: Available online at: http://www.holyhead.com/countyschool/index.html (accessed 13 November 2008).
30. HUNTER, P. (2003) from : Specialist Schools' Selection 'Illegal'. Available online at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/education/3059847.stm (accessed 1 July 2008).
31. IRESON, J. HALLAM, S. (2001) Ability Grouping in Education (London, Paul Chapman).
32. KOGAN, M. (1971) The Politics of Education: Edward Boyle and Anthony Crosland in Conversation with Maurice Kogan (Harmondsworth, Penguin).
33. LEVAČIĆ, R. MARSH, A. (2007) Secondary modern schools: are their pupils disadvantaged? British Educational Research Journal, 33 (2 155 178.
34. MARSHALL, G., SWIFT, A. ROBERTS, S. (1997) Against the Odds: Social Class and Social Justice in Industrial Societies (Oxford, Clarendon Press).
35. McCAIG, C. (2000) New Labour and education, education, education. In S. Ludlum M.J. Smith (Eds) New Labour in Government (London, Macmillan).
36. O'CONNOR, M. (1987) Ruskin Ten Years on. Contributions, 11 (York, Centre for the Study of Comprehensive Schools 2 10.
37. OECD/UNESCO-UIS (2003) Literacy Skills for the World of Tomorrow - Further Results from PISA 2000 (Paris, OECD).
38. OECD (2007) PISA 2006: Science Competencies for Tomorrow's World (Paris, OECD).
39. OFFICE OF THE SCHOOL ADJUDICATOR (decision ADA 000854, 20 July 2006) Comprehensive Future (2007) Briefing Paper: The Campaign for Fair Admissions. Available online at: http://www.comprehensivefuture.org.uk (accessed 6 July 2008).
40. SCHAGEN, I. SCHAGEN, S. (2002) A fair comparison: selective v. comprehensive education, Education Journal, 60, 26 27, 30.
41. SCHAGEN, I. SCHAGEN, S. (2003a) Analysis of national value-added datasets to assess the impact of selection on pupil performance, British Educational Research Journal, 29 (4 561 582. (Pubitemid 37215644)
42. SCHAGEN, I. SCHAGEN, S. (2003b) Examination of witnesses. In House of Commons, Education and Skills Committee Secondary Education: Diversity of Provision. Fourth Report of Session 2002-03. Report and Formal Minutes Together with Oral and Written Evidence (HC94) (London, TSO).
43. SOCIAL TRENDS (1981) Social Trends 12 (London, HMSO).
44. SPECIALIST SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES TRUST (2005) Advice on School Admissions for Specialist School. Available online at: http://www.specialistschools.org. uk/redirector.aspx?I=211&t=1. (accessed 18 July 2008).
45. STRINGER, N. (2008) Aptitude tests versus school exams as selection tools for higher education and the case for assessing educational achievement in context, Research Papers in Education, 23 (1 53 68.
46. TEACHERNET (2007) Specialist Schools. Available online at: http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/specialistschools/ (accessed 8 July 2008).
47. TULLOCH, M. (2006) Grammar schools: can parents decide? How the government is protecting selective education. In M. HEWLETT, R. PRING M. TULLOCH (Eds) Comprehensive Education: Evolution, Achievements and New Directions (Northampton, University of Northampton Press).
48. WEST, A. HIND, A. (2003) Secondary Schools Admissions in England: Exploring the Extent of Overt and Covert Selection London School of Economics and Political Science. Research and Information on State Education Trust London (LSE Research online). Available online at: http://www.risetrust.org.uk.
49. WEST, A. PENNELl, H. (2002) How New is Labour? The Quasi-market and English Schools 1997 to 2001 [online] (London, LSE Research online). Available online at: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/archive/00000214 (accessed 1 July 2008).
50. WOODS, P., BAGLEY, C. GLATTER, R. (1998) School Choice and Competition: Markets in the Public Interest? (London, Routledge).
51. YATES, A. PIDGEON, D. (1958) The Allocation of Primary School Leavers to Courses of Secondary Education (London, NFER).