Successive UK governments have adopted failure as a strategy in the reform of public
education in England: first, to construct crises in order to blame professionals/parents …

Education reform internationally has focused on school principals as corporate
transformational leaders. Our research in England and Norway has identified the …

The multi-academy trust (MAT) is rooted in the restructuring of schools in England through
the process of academisation. MATs are independent, non-fee-paying education providers …

This article considers the changed fortunes of teachers in 2023. It asks,'how did we arrive at
a culture of efficiency, effectiveness and delivery accountability–a culture which scares away …

Education is no longer the responsibility of education policy as public policy. Instead the
provision of and access to school places has been relocated away from the desk of publicly …

An education reform claimocracy is rule by assertion, and in this article we examine the
claims made for the academisation and MATification of the provision of and access to school …

The primary purpose of the research and analysis reported in this book is to provoke readers
to think critically about intellectual leadership in precarious times. It was not our intention to …

The key problem under interrogation in this case study is how to conduct decolonizing
research in education policy in a fast-globalising world where inequalities and injustices are …

In this Afterword, I detail a number of the many areas where Helen Gunter has made lasting
contributions. I combine this with personal accounts of my own development that partly …

The article focuses on the shift in education policy from public decision-making to corporate
market exchanges. Topics include the control of schools by wealthy businessmenthe …