Policy Press

School Governance

Policy, Politics and Practices

By Jacqueline Baxter

Published

Mar 29, 2016

Page count

144 pages

ISBN

978-1447326021

Dimensions

198 x 129 mm

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Mar 29, 2016

Page count

144 pages

ISBN

978-1447326045

Dimensions

Imprint

Policy Press

Published

Mar 29, 2016

Page count

144 pages

ISBN

978-1447326052

Dimensions

Imprint

Policy Press
School Governance

What impact have the unprecedented and rapid changes to the structure of education in England had on school governors and policy makers? And what effect has the intensifying media and regulatory focus had on the volunteers who take on the job?

Jacqueline Baxter takes the 2014 ‘Trojan Horse’ scandal, in which it was alleged that governors at 25 Birmingham schools were involved in the “Islamisation” of secular state schools, as a focus point to examine the pressures and challenges in the current system. Informed by her twenty years’ experience as a school governor, she considers both media analysis and policy as well as the implications for the future of a democratic system of education in England.

Jacqueline Baxter is a Lecturer in Public Policy and Management in the Open University Faculty of Business and Law and a module leader on the MBA programme. Her current research investigates the role of education and development in the formation of female leadership identities.

The Trojan Horse: catastrophe or catalyst for change?;

Media representations of school governance today;

Opening up The Trojan Horse;

Governors today: Identities and perceptions;

Regulating the Governors?;

School Governing in England, a whole new chapter?.