The Gove Legacy, 2015 Education in Britain after the Coalition

Michael Gove was, unquestionably, a pivotal figure in British educational reform during his time as the coalition's Secretary of State for Education. This team of experts, drawn from academia, think-tanks and trade unions, offer an unrivalled early assessment of the impact of Gove, and his reforms, on the British educational landscape.

Introduction: The Gove Ascendancy - Michael Gove as Secretary of State for Education; Mike Finn 1. The Gove Legacy in State Education; Brian Lightman 2. The Gove Legacy in Independent Schools: The Making and Unmaking of a Supreme Goviet; Tim Hands 3. The Gove Legacy in the Curriculum: The Case of History; Katharine Burn 4. The Gove Legacy: Where Policy Meets the Pupil; Mick Waters 5. Education Beyond the Gove Legacy: The Case of Higher Education; Roger Brown 5b. Education Beyond the Gove Legacy: The Case of Higher Education (2): Ideology in Action; Mike Finn 6. Opening Doors or Narrowing Opportunities?: The Coalition's Approach to Widening Participation, Social Mobility and Social Justice; Konstanze Spohrer 7. The Gove Legacy and the Politics of Education after 2015; Jonathan Simons 7b. The Gove Legacy and the Politics of Education after 2015 (2): Skills and accountability; Steve Besley 7c. The Gove Legacy and the Politics of Education after 2015 (3): Can the legacy endure?; Louis Coffait Conclusion: The Gove Legacy in Education; Mike Finn

Brian Lightman, Association of School and College Leaders, UK Steve Besley, Pearson, UK Roger Brown, Liverpool Hope University, UK Louis Coffait, NAHT Edge, UK Katharine Burn, University of Oxford, UK Mike Finn, Liverpool Hope University, UK Tim Hands, University of Oxford, UK Jonathan Simons, Policy Exchange, UK Konstanze Spohrer, Liverpool Hope University, UK Mick Waters, University of Wolverhampton, UK