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Rayner, S. (2014) ‘Playing by the rules? The professional values of head teachers tested by the changing policy context’, Management in Education, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 38–43. © British Educational Leadership,Management & Administration Society (BELMAS)

Extract (abstract)  from  MacBeath, J. (2008) ‘Stories of compliance and subversion in a prescriptive policy environment’, Educational Management Administration & Leadership, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 123–48

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