The impact of accountability reforms on the Key Stage 4 curriculum: How have changes to school and college Performance Tables affected pupil access to qualifications and subjects in secondary schools in England?

Abstract

The Conservative–Liberal Democrat Coalition Government's reforms to secondary school Performance Tables have changed how schools make decisions about the subjects and qualifications entered by their pupils. The National Pupil Database is used to explore these changes between 2005 and 2014. We find that schools are responding to accountability reforms by changing access to subjects and qualifications for pupils: entry rates for English Baccalaureate qualifications have increased, while those for qualifications no longer counted as a result of the Coalition's response to the Wolf Review have decreased. However, reforms have not yet led to equal access to subjects and qualifications for all pupils.

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Journal ID (aggregator): 10430

Title: London Review of Education

Publisher: IOE Press

ISSN (Print): 1474-8460

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Publication date Created: 18 September 2015

Volume: 13

Issue: 2

Pages: 157-173

Article

Serial Item and Contribution ID: 1474-8460(20150918)13:2L.157;1- Publisher ID: s13.phd Other ID: /ioep/clre/2015/00000013/00000002/art00013

DOI: 10.18546/LRE.13.2.13

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