Analysing Education and Childhood Policy: A Toolkit for Critical Thinking

Who decides what happens in classrooms, early years settings and children’s services – and on what basis? Policy influences every aspect of childhood and education provision, yet it often recedes into the background of discussions about how schools and other settings should run, what teachers should do, how assessment should happen and how professionals should engage with parents.

Demystifying what policy is, how it works and how it can be critically interrogated using a coherent multi-lens...