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From assisted places to free schools: subsidizing private schools for the Northern English middle classes
- Source :
- British journal of sociology of education, 2020, Vol.41(8), pp.1093-1114 [Peer Reviewed Journal]
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2020.
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Abstract
- This paper examines how the English educational state has consistently acted to support private schooling in areas where fee-paying schools would be otherwise financially unviable. Educational data on private school participation since the 2008 financial crisis reveals the stark regional divides between London and the South-East of England and the rest of the country. This analysis of contemporary trends is framed within a historical understanding of the spatial dualism of the English middle class in relation to education. The paper traces the policy lineages of the spatial logic of state subsidies for elite models of schooling in northern England, noting the continuity between Direct Grant grammar schools, the Assisted Places scheme and the recent conversion of private schools into state-funded academy or free schools. A review of applications from private schools to become free schools highlights, how differentiated local class structures affect the viability of elite education without state support.
- Subjects :
- Economic growth
Middle class
Sociology and Political Science
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05 social sciences
Educational data
050301 education
Subsidy
Policy analysis
Social class
0506 political science
Education
Trend analysis
State (polity)
050602 political science & public administration
Sociology
0503 education
North–South divide
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Details
- ISSN :
- 14653346 and 01425692
- Volume :
- 41
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- British Journal of Sociology of Education
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....292be8700f84ee7d5e03948a430bde33