R. Morris
Free Schools and disadvantaged intakes
Morris, R.
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Abstract
The Free Schools policy in England has led to the opening of a number of new autonomous state-funded schools. This article uses data from the Annual Schools Census to present the proportions of socioeconomically disadvantaged children attending the first three waves of these schools. It updates and builds on previous work that focused on the student composition of the first wave of Free Schools that opened in 2011. The analysis compares the Free School intakes with other local schools and Local Authority (LA) data and seeks to establish whether the schools are taking an equal share of disadvantaged children in relation to their nearby competitors. Differences emerge between the different waves of schools with those that opened in 2011 generally underrepresenting disadvantaged children. In the second and third waves the picture is more mixed. It is also the case that Free Schools with a faith designation or an alternative or specialist curriculum appear particularly likely to have proportionally fewer disadvantaged children than might be expected based on their location. The potential impacts of having an increasing number of new schools with unbalanced intakes are discussed.
Citation
Morris, R. (2015). Free Schools and disadvantaged intakes. British Educational Research Journal, 41(4), 535-552. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3168
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jan 31, 2015 |
Online Publication Date | Mar 9, 2015 |
Publication Date | Aug 1, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Oct 5, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 9, 2017 |
Journal | British Educational Research Journal |
Print ISSN | 0141-1926 |
Electronic ISSN | 1469-3518 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 41 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 535-552 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3168 |
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This is the accepted version of the following article: Morris, R. (2015), Free Schools and disadvantaged intakes. British Educational Research Journal, 41(4): 535-552, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3168. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.
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