Pupil clustering in english secondary schools: One pattern or several?

International Journal of Research and Method in Education

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 327-339

  Gorard, Stephen ^a   Cheng, Shou Chen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Parental choice; Poverty; School segregation; Secondary school; Special needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055180629     PISSN: 1743727X     EISSN: 17437288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1743727X.2011.609548     Document Type: Article

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