Abstract

This paper examines how the English educational state has consistently acted to support private schooling in areas where fee-paying schools would be otherwise financially unviable. Educational data on private school participation since the 2008 financial crisis reveals the stark regional divides between London and the South-East of England and the rest of the country. This analysis of contemporary trends is framed within a historical understanding of the spatial dualism of the English middle class in relation to education. The paper traces the policy lineages of the spatial logic of state subsidies for elite models of schooling in northern England, noting the continuity between Direct Grant grammar schools, the Assisted Places scheme and the recent conversion of private schools into state-funded academy or free schools. A review of applications from private schools to become free schools highlights, how differentiated local class structures affect the viability of elite education without state support.

摘要

本文研究了英语教育国家在支持付费学校在经济上无法生存的地区如何一贯地支持私立学校。自2008年金融危机以来有关私立学校参与的教育数据显示，伦敦与英格兰东南部以及该国其他地区之间存在明显的地区鸿沟。对当代趋势的分析是在对英语中产阶级与教育有关的空间二元性的历史理解中进行的。该论文追踪了英格兰北部精英学校模式国家补贴的空间逻辑的政策沿袭，指出了直接拨款语法学校，辅助名额计划与最近私立学校转变为州立资助学校或免费学校之间的连续性。