Academisation, school collaboration and the primary school sector in England: a story of six school leaders Keddie, Amanda 2016, Academisation, school collaboration and the primary school sector in England: a story of six school leaders, School leadership & management, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 1-15. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Academisation, school collaboration and the primary school sector in England: a story of six school leaders Author(s) Keddie, Amanda orcid.org/0000-0001-6111-0615 Journal name School leadership & management Volume number 36 Issue number 2 Start page 1 End page 15 Total pages 15 Publisher Taylor & Francis Place of publication Abingdon, Eng. Publication date 2016 Keyword(s) School autonomy Academies collaboration primary schools Summary This paper presents data from a study of five English primary schools. It examines some of the challenges associated with school autonomy and collaboration for state primary schools amid the uncertainty and complexity of governance in the present English education context. The paper features the voices of six leaders gathered from interviews that explored their thoughts about the academies movement. It highlights their fears that academisation, and particularly the imperative to join a large academy chain, will undermine their autonomy as individual schools. Accepting of the inevitability of academisation and the forms of network governance this reform offers, it highlights the head teachers’ moves to ensure their autonomy in terms of determining the timing and type of conversion. In relation to these moves, the paper reiterates the significance within effective collaboratives of member schools experiencing a sense of ownership, a common purpose, shared responsibility for students and their learning and relations of trust. The paper considers some of the tensions arising in this space in relation to competition, collaboration and school vulnerability. Language eng Field of Research 130304 Educational Administration, Management and Leadership 130399 Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 930401 Management and Leadership of Schools/Institutions HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, Taylor & Francis Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30087425 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Education Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 13 Oct 2016, 14:04:14 EST Fri, 14 Oct 2016, 04:08:58 EST Fri, 14 Oct 2016, 07:22:05 EST Fri, 14 Oct 2016, 07:28:23 EST Tue, 01 Nov 2016, 15:18:16 EST Wed, 02 Nov 2016, 05:13:48 EST Wed, 16 Nov 2016, 08:50:29 EST Wed, 16 Nov 2016, 08:51:10 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 1 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 65 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 01 Nov 2016, 15:18:16 EST

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