Examining the history of access to private education this work sheds light on the interaction of state, society and schooling. Organized historically, much of the analysis concentrates on contemporary political struggles, and evaluates the possibility of a unified educational system.
Abbreviations
ix
(2)
Preface
xi
1 Understanding Educational Change in the Fee-paying Sector
1
(27)
2 Whatever Happened to the Poor and Needy Scholars?
28
(26)
3 Charitable Status and Access to Private Schooling: A Troubled Relationship
54
(22)
4 Uncoupling the Maintained and Fee-paying Sectors: From 1944 to 1976
76
(20)
5 The Fleming Committee, the Public Schools Commission and the Frustration of Good Intentions
96
(15)
6 From the Direct Grant Schools to the Assisted Places Scheme
111
(20)
7 Principles and Politics in the Process of Educational Change
131
(15)
8 Making the Product More Widely Available
146
(24)
9 In Pursuit of Policy Consensus
170
(31)
10 From the Politics of Education to the Economics of Education
