SCHOOL GOVERNANCE

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Aims and approach

Education as a public service

Governing, governance and school governing in a democratic system

Outline of the book

Research methodology and data

1. School governing: a moment in time

Volunteering in changing political contexts

School governing in a changing system

The Education Reform Act 1988, public services and the implications for the transformation of school governing, 1988–2010

Challenges for school governance

2. The Trojan Horse affair: media phenomenon and policy driver

Introduction: a media frenzy

An independent inspectorate

The final outcome? Aftermath

3. School governors in the media

Introduction

The mediatisation of policy

Crafting the story: the journalist’s tale

4. Framing the work of school governors, 2008–15

Introduction

2008–09

2010–11

2012–15

5. Democratic accountability: governors in a changing system

Introduction

Democratic accountability in the public services: an overview

The growth of accountability regimes

The role of the service user: parent, patient, public

Educational accountability and the role of school governance, 1990–2015: New Public Management, accountability and inspection

Governors and inspection

Inspection and accountability today

6. Governors making sense of their work

Introduction

Making sense of it all

Developing a governor identity: a way of making sense of the role and its challenges

Framework for sense-making: commitment as a form of identity formation

Exploring sense-making

7. Post-Trojan Horse: changes to policy and practice since the Trojan Horse affair

Introduction

Political fallout

‘British values’ and the policing of ‘British values’

Policy changes

The outlook for school governing: 2015 onwards

References

Index