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Overview

Anne West is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their academic work is mainly situated within the Social Sciences, with a strong focus on Education. This encompasses areas such as Diverse Education Studies and Reforms, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, School Choice and Performance, Social Policy and Reform Studies, Religious Education and Schools, Educational Assessment and Improvement, and Parental Involvement in Education.

Their recent publications demonstrate an ongoing engagement with educational policy and governance through various peer-reviewed journals. Notable papers include:

  • "School Choice (And Diversity) in the UK since 1944: Continuity, Change, Divergence and School Selectivity" (2023), published in the Journal of School Choice
  • "Governance of Academies in England: The Return of "Command and Control"?" (2023), published in the British Journal of Educational Studies
  • "LEGISLATION, IDEAS AND PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION POLICY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: FROM TARGETED NURSERY EDUCATION TO UNIVERSAL EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE" (2020), published in the British Journal of Educational Studies
  • "Education and ignorance in the UK 80 years after Beveridge: The role of government and equality of opportunity" (2021), published in Social Policy and Administration
  • "Reforming the school-based education system in England: A common framework, rule book and a new structure for schools" (2021), published in FORUM

Anne West's frequent coauthors include Basma B. Yaghi, David A. Wolfe, David E. Wolfe, Rachael Dobson, and Richard J. Petts, reflecting collaborative work across education and social policy studies.

Their work is consistently published in high-profile venues such as the British Journal of Educational Studies, Journal of School Choice, FORUM, Journal of Social Policy, and Social Policy and Administration, indicating active participation in academic discussions surrounding education and policy.

  • British Journal of Educational Studies
  • Journal of School Choice
  • FORUM
  • Journal of Social Policy
  • Social Policy and Administration

  • Diverse Education Studies and Reforms
  • Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
  • School Choice and Performance
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Religious Education and Schools
  • Educational Assessment and Improvement
  • Parental Involvement in Education

  • Education
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Information Systems and Management
  • History
  • Management Science and Operations Research

Best Publications

  • Students' Facebook ‘friends’: public and private spheres

    Anne West;Jane Lewis;Peter Currie

  • ‘Friending’: London-based undergraduates’ experience of Facebook:

    Jane Lewis;Anne West

  • Development of child-centered disease-specific questionnaires for living with asthma

    M.J. Christie;Davina French;A. Sowden;A. West

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

    Rebecca Allen;John Coldron;Anne West

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

    Anne West;Rita Nikolai

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

    Anne West;Elizabeth Bailey

  • Parental Involvement in Education in and out of School

    Anne West;Philip Noden;Ann Edge;Miriam David

  • Mother's Intuition: Choosing Secondary Schools

    Miriam E. David;Anne West;Jane Ribbens

  • Underachievement in Schools

    Anne West;Hazel Pennell

  • The Impact of Increased Fees on Participation in Higher Education in England

    Hazel Pennell;Anne West

  • Publishing School Examination Results in England: Incentives and consequences

    Anne West;Hazel Pennell

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

    Jane Lewis;Anne West

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

    Anne West;Audrey Hind;Hazel Pennell

  • Accountability and Sanctions in English Schools

    Anne West;Paola Mattei;Jonathan Roberts

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

    Anne West

  • High stakes testing, accountability, incentives and consequences in English schools

    Anne West

  • How New Is New Labour? The Quasi-Market and English Schools 1997 to 2001

    Anne West;Hazel Pennell

  • School Admissions: Increasing Equity, Accountability and Transparency

    Anne West;Hazel Pennell;Philip Noden

  • Religious Schools in London: School Admissions, Religious Composition and Selectivity.

    Rebecca Allen;Anne West

  • Choosing a secondary school: parents of junior school children

    Anne West;Andreas Varlaam

Frequent Co-Authors

Pam Sammons
Pam Sammons University of Oxford
Lennart Svensson
Lennart Svensson Karolinska Institute
Alan Pickering
Alan Pickering Goldsmiths University of London
Amanda Sowden
Amanda Sowden University of York

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