Reasons to be cheerful: the story of one community school and the New Labour government

Simmons, Katy (2010). Reasons to be cheerful: the story of one community school and the New Labour government. FORUM, 52(1) pp. 107–117.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2304/forum.2010.52.1.107

Abstract

This article looks at the struggle of one secondary school and its local community to improve educational opportunities and life chances for its students. The author, a long-term governor at the school, uses the school's story as a lens through which to look at some of the major educational initiatives of New Labour's time in office. Without these initiatives, the schools' story - and the lives of its students - would be very different. The school's fortunes have been positively affected by government policies.

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