ABSTRACT
The management of provision in the secondary sector is surprisingly similar regardless of the nature of the school involved. Even within a highly selective school some pupils will be more able than others, and need particular consideration. In this kind of school the range of ability within the cohort is reduced but is still significant. Selective schools that target their school provision towards one particular element of their cohort encounter similar problems to comprehensive schools. A number of OFSTED reports on selective schools have identified lack of challenge for the most able as a ‘key issue’. In these schools the focus has been towards the majority, with less concern for the most able – a problem in common with comprehensive schools, except that the majority in the selective school is working at a higher level.
