Improving Schools Through External Intervention [Paperback]

This book explores the extent to which external intervention has contributed to successful and sustainable school improvement. By drawing on international research and contemporary empirical evidence, Chris Chapman highlights the possibilities and limitations of external intervention in the context of the schooling system in England. The book concludes by outlining a radical framework that could potentially secure sustainable development for all schools.

Introduction1. Effective and or improving?2. Schools facing challenging circumstances: Improving low attaining schools3. External interventions from multiple perspectives4. Studying external interventions from multiple perspectives5. Accountability-based intervention: OfSTED and schools facing challenging circumstances6. Resource-based intervention: The schools facing challenging circumstances initiative7. External intervention: An overview8. Can external intervention improve schools facing challenging circumstances?9. The challenge of improving schools facing challenging or difficult circumstances revisited: Pitfalls and possibilitiesReferencesAppendices