British Private Schools

Abstract

Part 1 Historical perspectives: from Labour to new Labour - bridging the divide between state and private schooling, Ted tapper the Trades Union Congress and the public schools, 1870-1970, Clive Griggs planning enlightenment and dignity - the girls' schools, 918-58, Sara Delamont intakes and examination results at state and private schools, Alice Sullivan and Anthony F. Heath. Part 2 Present-day private schools: teacher sickness absence in independent schools, Tony Bowers use and ornament - girls in former boys' independent schools, Pauline Dooley and Mary Fuller independent schools and chartible status - legal meaning, taxation advantages and potential removed, David Palfreyman Muslim schools in Britain, Geoffrey Walford. Part 3 School and university choice: parental choice and involvement - private and state schools, Anne West and Philip Noden economic aspirations, cultural replication and social dilemmas - interpreting parental choice of British private schools, Nick Foskett and Jane Hemsle-Brown choice or chance - the university challenge how schools reproduce and produce social capital in the choice process, Lesley Pugsley.