In
this paper David Halpin of
the University of Warwick and
John Fitz and Sally Power of Bristol
Polytechnic report on part of their
larger ESRC-funded study of the
origins, implementation and
immediate effects of the government's
grant-maintained policy. The data
upon which it is based were obtained
from 21 of the 25 local education
authorities which up to the beginning
of the academic year 1990-91 were
having to come to terms with one or
more opted-out schools within their
administrative boundaries.
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