Maxwell, C;
Aggleton, P;
(2016)
Schools, schooling and elite status in English education - changing configurations?
L'Année sociologique
, 66
(1)
pp. 147-170.
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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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Schools, schooling and elite status in English education - changing configurations? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.cairn.info/resume.php?ID_ARTICLE=ANSO_1... |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | Elite Education, Elite Studies, England, Marketisation of Education, Private Schooling |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1489668 |
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