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Free schools in the Big Society: the motivations, aims and demography of free school proposers

Rob HighamLondon Centre for Leadership in Learning, Institute of Education, University of London, London, UK.Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 122-139 | Received 08 Jul 2012, Accepted 30 Mar 2013, Published online: 23 Apr 2013

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