Sixth Form Options: Post-compulsory Education in Maintained Schools - Softcover

Schagen, Sandie; Johnson, Fiona; Simkin, Clare

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0700513892 ISBN 13: 9780700513895

Publisher: National Foundation for Educational Research, 1996

Synopsis

This report highlights the impact of recent developments on sixth forms in maintained schools and examines evidence of, and reasons for, the growth in competition between schools and colleges, and the effect of competition on collaboration, course provision and student choice.

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Review

School sixth form staff must do more to convince pupils and parents that vocational qualifications are as worthwhile as A levels, according to a major study of post-16 education. A survey of 256 English and Welsh school sixth forms, carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research, revealed that 'parity of esteem' between work-related and academic options was a long way off, with many teachers giving students a clear impression that general national vocational qualifications were second best. -- Times Educational Supplement.

Edition details

• Publisher: National Foundation for Educational Research
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0700513892
• ISBN 13: 9780700513895
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 165