Key Issues for Secondary Schools

Description

This work presents an examination of the main issues affecting secondary schools and the implications for secondary education. The resource includes information on: accreditation of pupils; careers education and guidance; discipline; leadership and management; and transition from primary to secondary school. Using the A-Z format, it t ackles the issues in an the following way: A - accreditation; B - benchmarking; C - careers education and so on. Each section ends with a series of points for action, selective suggestions for further reading and addresses of useful contacts. It is intended for a wide range of people professionally concerned with education, from Headteachers and governors to Bed and PGCE students.

"'Key Issues for Secondary Schools will give the readers a rapid, yet incisive grasp of those major topics that form the agenda of secondary education in the early years of the 21st century.'- Professor Trevor Kerry, Vice President of the College of Teachers -"