Jane Martin, Jane Martin Nfa, Hywel Thomas

'...makes a significant contribution to the debate about cost-effectiveness in schools.' - Management in Education'This is a useful book for those interested in the impact of delegated resource management on schools.' - Educational Management and Administration

• Preface Part I Linking resources to improvement 1 Resources and improvement 2 Reforming resource management 3 The cost-effective school Part II Resourcing improvement in practice 4 Managing resources for improvement in 15 schools 5 Broome School: encouraging growth 6 Skelton High School: initiating and supporting improvement 7 Whittaker School: challenging and leading Part III Securing improvement 8 Assessing improvement 9 Sustaining improvement