New Managerialism(s) in a Constrained Context: the Case of a 'Failing' School.

This paper aims to explore the nature of 'new manageralism' within the context of the management of an inner-cty school designated as 'failing'. In particular it will track three distinct, but overlapping, phases of management over an eighteen-month period in the case study school. This approach allows insights to be made on the complex relationship between the centralisation of policymaking (conception) and the decentralisation of decisions about implementation (execution).