ABSTRACT
[ … ] This [paper] provides [ … ] a model of differentiation and sub-culture formation within [Hightown Grammar School]. The approach will be in three stages:
A description of some of the sociological characteristics of boys entering, the school.
(a) A descriptive analysis of some aspects of the informal structure that developed in one class in the school, with particular reference to two case studies. (b) An attempt to establish a model which describes the passage of pupils through the school.
An attempt to verify the model through the use of quantitative indices—in particular, the concepts of differentiation and polarisation which are developed in 2(b).
