Governance, leadership, and management in federations of schools

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In England, federations are defined as groups of schools that have a formal agreement to collaborate with the aim of raising achievement and promoting inclusion and innovation. This paper presents a number of findings from the case study strand of a 3-year study investigating the impact of 37 federations (see Lindsay et al., 200726. Lindsay, G., Muijs, D., Chapman, C., Harris, A., Arweck, E. and Goodall, J. 2007. Evaluation of the Federations Programme (Final report), Nottingham, , UK: DfES. View all references). Maximum variation sampling (Maykutt & Morehouse, 199427. Maykutt, P. and Morehouse, R. 1994. Beginning qualitative research: A philosophical and practical guide, London, , UK: Sage. View all references) was used to select 10 case study federations. Key stakeholders were interviewed during 3 rounds of field visits. Documentary evidence from each case provided important contextual information and provided a source of triangulation. Within- and between-case analyses from case studies (Miles & Huberman, 199428. Miles, M. and Huberman, M. 1994. Qualitative data analysis: An expanded source book, 2nd ed., Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. View all references) highlighted a number of key themes, patterns, and trends that have implications for the development of collaborative strategies attempting to restructure and reculture schools and their communities. This paper explores issues of leadership, management, and governance in federations. Findings suggest localised ownership and control of the process within the context of interdependent relationships have supported the development of a range of models of governance, leadership, and management in school federations.View full textDownload full textKeywordsfederation, collaboration, governance, leadershipRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09243450903569734