eprintid: 1489668 rev_number: 26 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/48/96/68 datestamp: 2016-05-04 11:12:26 lastmod: 2021-12-06 00:22:23 status_changed: 2016-05-04 11:12:26 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Maxwell, C creators_name: Aggleton, P title: Schools, schooling and elite status in English education - changing configurations? ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B16 divisions: B14 keywords: Elite Education, Elite Studies, England, Marketisation of Education, Private Schooling abstract: Drawing on findings from a longitudinal study of four private schools in one geographical area in England, this paper seeks to extend understandings of how these schools differentially seek to position themselves as ‘elite’. Findings highlight the continuing legacy of the Great Schools (private boarding-schools) of 18th and 19th century England in shaping contemporary and modern-day practices. An emphasis on academic excellence and the development of the whole person could be found in each of the schools studied. However, the increasingly competitive (global) education market means that individual schools must actively re-interpret these elite markers to engage more directly with the social group fractions they see as comprising their core recruitment constituencies. date: 2016 date_type: published official_url: http://www.cairn.info/resume.php?ID_ARTICLE=ANSO_161_0147 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Article verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1127649 lyricists_name: Maxwell, Claire lyricists_id: CMAXW74 actors_name: Maxwell, Claire actors_id: CMAXW74 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: L'Année sociologique volume: 66 number: 1 pagerange: 147-170 citation: Maxwell, C; Aggleton, P; (2016) Schools, schooling and elite status in English education - changing configurations? L'Année sociologique , 66 (1) pp. 147-170. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1489668/1/Maxwell%20and%20Aggleton%20Annee%20Sociologique%20final.pdf