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London Review of Education

Volume 13, Issue 2

Issue date: 18 September 2015

Introduction: Making Sense of the Coalition Chris Husbands	1
Socio-economic inequalities in English schooling under the Coalition Government 2010–15 Ruth Lupton, Stephanie Thomson	4
Education policy and governance in England under the Coalition Government (2010–15): Academies, the pupil premium, and free early education Anne West	21
British values and British identity: Muddles, mixtures, and ways ahead Robin Richardson	37
Policy on the primary curriculum since 2010: The demise of the expert view Mark Brundrett	49
Mind the gap between the policy announcements and implementation: The Youth Contract and Jobcentre Plus advisers' role as careers educators for 18–24-year olds Gabriella Cagliesi, Denise Hawkes	60
Fees, fairness and the National Scholarship Programme: Higher education policy in England and the Coalition Government Helen Carasso, Andrew Gunn	70
The new statutory requirements in careers guidance in England and the implications for careers provision under the Coalition Government Charlotte Chadderton	84
The politics of education revisited: Anthony Crosland and Michael Gove in historical perspective Mike Finn	98
What has the Coalition Government done for the development of initial teacher education? Jennie Golding	113
More fragmented, and yet more networked: Analysing the responses of two Local Authorities in England to the Coalition's 'self-improving school-led system' reforms Toby Greany	125
Early childhood education and care policy in England under the Coalition Government Eva Lloyd	144
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? Meenakshi Parameshwaran, Dave Thomson	157
What has the Coalition Government done for higher education? Paul Temple	174
Reversal reversed? The new consensus on education and training Patrick Ainley	179
Authority and the Teacher, by William H. Kitchen Ekta Singla	186
Education and the State: International perspectives on a changing relationship, by Carla Aubry, Michael Geiss, Veronika Magyar-Haas, and Jürgen Oelkers (eds) Tom Woodin	189