The introduction of academy schools to England’s education

Eyles, Andrew and Machin, Stephen ORCID: 0009-0004-8130-2701 (2018) The introduction of academy schools to England’s education. Journal of the European Economic Association, 17 (4). 1107–1146. ISSN 1542-4766

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Abstract

This paper studies the origins of what has become one of the most radical and encompassing programmes of school reform seen in the recent past in advanced countries – the introduction of academy schools to English education. Academies are independent state funded schools that are allowed to run in an autonomous manner outside of local authority control. Almost all academies are conversions from already existent state schools and so are school takeovers that enable more autonomy in operation than was permitted in their predecessor state. Studying the first round of conversions that took place in the 2000s, where poorly performing schools were converted to academies, a focus is placed on legacy enrolled pupils who were already attending the school prior to conversion. The impact on end of secondary school pupil performance is shown to be positive and significant. Performance improvements are stronger for pupils in urban academies and for those converting from schools that gained relatively more autonomy as a result of conversion.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://academic.oup.com/jeea
Additional Information:	© 2018 European Economic Association
Divisions:	Centre for Economic Performance
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
JEL classification:	I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education > I20 - General I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education > I21 - Analysis of Education I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education > I28 - Government Policy
Date Deposited:	25 Jun 2018 09:57
Last Modified:	10 Nov 2024 23:27
Projects:	ES/M010341/1
Funders:	Economic and Social Research Council
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/88581

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