Published in 1987, Unequal Educational Provision in England and Wales is a valuable contribution to the field of Education.

The transition of British secondary schools from predominantly selective to predominantly comprehensive was meant to transform a highly stratified system into a

The lack of educational provision for the majority towards the and of the 19th century attracted the attention of education policy-makers who wished to remedy t

Examining the history of access to private education this work sheds light on the interaction of state, society and schooling. Organized historically, much of t

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