All Stories

  1. Academies in England and Charter Schools in the US: Who Is Accountable, to Whom, for What, and with What Consequences?

    Article • Journal of School Choice, July 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  2. Governance of Academies in England: The Return of “Command and Control”? *

    Article • British Journal of Educational Studies, October 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  3. School Choice (And Diversity) in the UK since 1944: Continuity, Change, Divergence and School Selectivity

    Article • Journal of School Choice, January 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  4. Education and ignorance in the UK 80 years after Beveridge: The role of government and equality of opportunity

    Article • Social Policy and Administration, November 2021, Wiley

    Prof Anne West

  5. Reforming the school-based education system in England: A common framework, rule book and a new structure for schools

    Article • FORUM, January 2021, Lawrence and Wishart

    Prof Anne West

  6. LEGISLATION, IDEAS AND PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION POLICY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: FROM TARGETED NURSERY EDUCATION TO UNIVERSAL EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE

    Article • British Journal of Educational Studies, September 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  7. Privatization of education in the English school system

    Article • Revue internationale d éducation de Sèvres, December 2019, OpenEdition

    Prof Anne West

  8. What characteristics of funding, provision and regulation are associated with effective social investment in ECEC in England, France and Germany?

    Article • Journal of Social Policy, July 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Prof Anne West

  9. Academies, autonomy, equality and democratic accountability: Reforming the fragmented publicly funded school system in England

    Article • London Review of Education, January 2019, UCL Press

    Prof Anne West

  10. ‘Nationalising’ and Transforming the Public Funding of Early Years Education (and care) in England 1996–2017

    Article • British Journal of Educational Studies, May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  11. “Learning from Others”: English proposals for early years education and care reform and policy transfer from France and the Netherlands, 2010-15

    Article • Social Policy and Administration, October 2017, Wiley

    Prof Anne West

  12. The Expansion of “Private” Schools in England, Sweden and Eastern Germany: A Comparative Perspective on Policy Development, Regulation, Policy Goals and Ideas

    Article • Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and Practice, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  13. Early Childhood Education and Care in England under Austerity: Continuity or Change in Political Ideas, Policy Goals, Availability, Affordability and Quality in a Childcare Market?

    Article • Journal of Social Policy, September 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Prof Anne West

  14. The experience of co-residence: young adults returning to the parental home after graduation in England

    Article • Families Relationships and Societies, July 2016, Policy Press

    Prof Anne West

  15. Intergenerational Relations between English Students, Graduates Living at Home, and their Parents

    Article • Social Policy and Administration, April 2016, Wiley

    Prof Anne West

  16. Young Adult Graduates Living in the Parental Home and Parental Financial Support

    Article • Journal of Family Issues, April 2016, SAGE Publications

    Prof Anne West

  17. Parents' involvement and university students' independence

    Article • Families Relationships and Societies, November 2015, Policy Press

    Prof Anne West

  18. Living with the parents: the purpose of young graduates’ return to the parental home in England

    Article • Journal of Youth Studies, August 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  19. Education policy and governance in England under the Coalition Government (2010–15): Academies, the pupil premium, and free early education

    Article • London Review of Education, January 2015, UCL Press

    Prof Anne West

  20. Paying for Higher Education in England: Funding Policy and Families

    Article • British Journal of Educational Studies, December 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  21. Exam-oriented education and implementation of education policy for migrant children in urban China

    Article • Educational Studies, November 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  22. Academies in England and independent schools (fristående skolor) in Sweden: policy, privatisation, access and segregation

    Article • Research Papers in Education, February 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  23. Re-Shaping Social Care Services for Older People in England: Policy Development and the Problem of Achieving ‘Good Care’

    Article • Journal of Social Policy, October 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Prof Anne West

  24. The Routledge Companion to Education

    Article • July 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  25. The Development of the Academies Programme: ‘Privatising’ School-Based Education in England 1986–2013

    Article • British Journal of Educational Studies, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  26. Welfare Regimes and Education Regimes: Equality of Opportunity and Expenditure in the EU (and US)

    Article • Journal of Social Policy, January 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Prof Anne West

  27. Tracing Education Policy

    Article • January 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  28. The Cambridge Primary Review Research Surveys

    Article • August 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  29. The effect of changes in published secondary school admissions on pupil composition

    Article • Journal of Education Policy, May 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  30. Implementing Evidence-Based Parenting Programmes in a Small Sample of English Urban Local Authorities: Eligibility, Fidelity and Intensity

    Article • Children & Society, March 2012, Wiley

    Prof Anne West

  31. Issues in the development of children’s centres on nursery and primary school sites

    Article • Educational Studies, October 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  32. Why do faith secondary schools have advantaged intakes? The relative importance of neighbourhood characteristics, social background and religious identification amongst parents

    Article • British Educational Research Journal, August 2011, Wiley

    Prof Anne West

  33. Accountability and Sanctions in English Schools

    Article • British Journal of Educational Studies, February 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  34. Secondary school admissions in England 2001 to 2008: changing legislation, policy and practice

    Article • Oxford Review of Education, February 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  35. Erratum

    Article • British Journal of Educational Studies, December 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  36. Funding Early Years Education And Care: Can A Mixed Economy Of Providers Deliver Universal High Quality Provision?

    Article • British Journal of Educational Studies, June 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  37. Market‐oriented school reform in England and Finland: school choice, finance and governance

    Article • Educational Studies, February 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  38. 'Choice' and 'flexibility' in reconciling work and family: towards a convergence in policy discourse on work and family in France and the UK?

    Article • Policy & Politics, January 2010, Policy Press

    Prof Anne West

  39. Decentralisation and Educational Achievement in Germany and the UK

    Article • Environment and Planning C Government and Policy, January 2010, SAGE Publications

    Prof Anne West

  40. Quasi-regulation and Principal—Agent Relationships

    Article • Educational Management Administration & Leadership, October 2009, SAGE Publications

    Prof Anne West

  41. Students' Facebook ‘friends’: public and private spheres

    Article • Journal of Youth Studies, October 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  42. ‘Friending’: London-based undergraduates’ experience of Facebook

    Article • New Media & Society, September 2009, SAGE Publications

    Prof Anne West

  43. Religious schools in London: school admissions, religious composition and selectivity

    Article • Oxford Review of Education, August 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  44. Response to Grace’s reflections on Allen and West’s paper

    Article • Oxford Review of Education, August 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  45. Examining the Impact of Opportunity Bursaries on the Financial Circumstances and Attitudes of Undergraduate Students in England

    Article • Higher Education Quarterly, April 2009, Wiley

    Prof Anne West

  46. Redistribution and Financing Schools in England under Labour

    Article • Educational Management Administration & Leadership, March 2009, SAGE Publications

    Prof Anne West

  47. Student mobility, qualifications and academic recognition in the EU

    Article • Assessment in Education Principles Policy and Practice, March 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  48. Campaigns by parents to set up new schools in England: issues and barriers

    Article • Educational Studies, February 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  49. School diversity and social justice: policy and politics

    Article • Educational Studies, July 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  50. The role of the private sector in publicly funded schooling in England: finance, delivery and decision making

    Article • Policy & Politics, April 2008, Policy Press

    Prof Anne West

  51. Schools, financing and educational standards

    Article • October 2007, Policy Press

    Prof Anne West

  52. School Choice in London, England: Characteristics of Students in Different Types of Secondary Schools

    Article • Peabody Journal of Education, June 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  53. “Skimming the Cream”

    Article • Educational Policy, September 2006, SAGE Publications

    Prof Anne West

  54. The pre‐school education market in England from 1997: quality, availability, affordability and equity

    Article • Oxford Review of Education, July 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  55. Selectivity, admissions and intakes to ‘comprehensive’ schools in London, England

    Article • Educational Studies, June 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  56. SCHOOL CHOICE, EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: THE CASE FOR MORE CONTROL

    Article • British Journal of Educational Studies, March 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  57. Does secondary school size make a difference?

    Article • Educational Research Review, January 2006, Elsevier

    Prof Anne West

  58. The Impact of Increased Fees on Participation in Higher Education in England

    Article • Higher Education Quarterly, April 2005, Wiley

    Prof Anne West

  59. ‘BANDING’ AND SECONDARY SCHOOL ADMISSIONS: 1972–2004

    Article • British Journal of Educational Studies, March 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  60. School admissions and ‘selection’ in comprehensive schools: policy and practice

    Article • Oxford Review of Education, September 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  61. British Private Schools

    Article • August 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  62. Selecting Undergraduate Students: What can the UK Learn from the American SAT?

    Article • Higher Education Quarterly, January 2004, Wiley

    Prof Anne West

  63. Underachievement in Schools

    Article • December 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  64. Secondary school admissions in England: selection by stealth

    Article • Management in Education, October 2003, SAGE Publications

    Prof Anne West

  65. Specialist Schools: An exploration of competition and co-operation

    Article • Educational Studies, June 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  66. How New is New Labour? The Quasi-market and English Schools 1997 to 2001

    Article • British Journal of Educational Studies, June 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  67. `Quasi-regulation' and secondary school admissions in England

    Article • Management in Education, April 2002, SAGE Publications

    Prof Anne West

  68. Higher Education Admissions and Student Mobility: The ADMIT Research Project

    Article • European Educational Research Journal, January 2002, SAGE Publications

    Prof Anne West

  69. Choice and diversity: The case for small specialist schools

    Article • New Economy, December 2001, Wiley

    Prof Anne West

  70. Making School Admissions Fairer?

    Article • Educational Management Administration & Leadership, October 2001, SAGE Publications

    Prof Anne West

  71. Financing School-Based Education in England: Poverty, Examination Results, and Expenditure

    Article • Environment and Planning C Government and Policy, June 2001, SAGE Publications

    Prof Anne West

  72. Publishing School Examination Results in England: Incentives and consequences

    Article • Educational Studies, December 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  73. New Labour and School‐based Education in England: Changing the system of funding?

    Article • British Educational Research Journal, September 2000, Wiley

    Prof Anne West

  74. New Labour and Education Spending

    Article • New Economy, June 2000, Wiley

    Prof Anne West

  75. Review Symposium

    Article • Educational Management Administration & Leadership, April 1999, SAGE Publications

    Prof Anne West

  76. The Financing of School-based Education: Changing the Additional Educational Needs Allowance

    Article • Education Economics, December 1995, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  77. Survey of inner London headteachers: educational expenditure and out‐of‐school and extra‐curricular activities

    Article • Educational Research, June 1995, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  78. Classroom Organisation and Teaching Approaches at Key Stage One: meeting the needs of children with and without additional educational needs in five inner city schools

    Article • Educational Studies, March 1995, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Pamela M. Sammons, Prof Anne West

  79. Parents and the Process of Choosing Secondary Schools: Implications for Schools

    Article • Educational Management Administration & Leadership, January 1995, SAGE Publications

    Prof Anne West

  80. The Standard Assessment Tasks and the boycott at Key Stage 1: teachers’ and headteachers’ views in six inner‐city schools

    Article • Research Papers in Education, October 1994, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  81. Effects of a traffic club on road safety knowledge and self-reported behaviour of young children and their parents

    Article • Accident Analysis & Prevention, October 1993, Elsevier

    Prof Anne West

  82. Parents’ Views on Mixed and Single‐sex Secondary Schools

    Article • British Educational Research Journal, January 1993, Wiley

    Prof Anne West

  83. Tutorial classes: Special educational provision for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties

    Article • European Journal of Special Needs Education, October 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  84. Attitudes to secondary school: parents’ views over a five‐year period

    Article • Research Papers in Education, June 1992, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  85. Factors Affecting Choice of School for Middle Class Parents: Implications for Marketing

    Article • Educational Management Administration & Leadership, January 1992, SAGE Publications

    Prof Anne West

  86. Choice of high schools: pupils’ perceptions

    Article • Educational Research, December 1991, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  87. Educational provision for four‐year‐olds

    Article • Research Papers in Education, June 1991, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  88. Choosing a secondary school: parents of junior school children

    Article • Educational Research, March 1991, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  89. ‘Does it matter when children start school?’

    Article • Educational Research, December 1990, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  90. Evaluation of an early entry to infant school pilot exercise

    Article • Research Papers in Education, October 1990, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Anne West

  91. Schools, financing and educational standards

    Article • JSTOR

    Prof Anne West