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The impact of educational policy on headship in primary schools in England, 1994‐2001

Les Bell (Professor of Educational Management, School of Education, Educational Management Development Unit, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK)
Avril Rowley (Research Student, School of Education, Community and Social Studies, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK)

Journal of Educational Administration

ISSN: 0957-8234

Article publication date: 1 June 2002

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Abstract

This article traces the impact of educational policy on the role of primary head teachers in Britain spanning the end of the New Right and the start of the New Left policy implementation processes. It is based on the reported perceptions of a sample of primary school head teachers who have been in post over the entire seven year period. It is argued that the conceptual framework derived from the early work on headship in the UK is still appropriate to an analysis of the role of the primary school head as both leading professional and chief executive but that the emphasis has shifted from one in which heads are selected from aspects of their role to one in which heads are now required to extend their involvement in school management across the main aspects of both parts of their role.

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Bell, L. and Rowley, A. (2002), "The impact of educational policy on headship in primary schools in England, 1994‐2001", Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 40 No. 3, pp. 195-210. https://doi.org/10.1108/09578230210427145

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