books.google.co.uk - In this comprehensive and extensively researched history, John Roach argues for a reassessment of the relative importance of State regulation and private provision. Although the public schools enjoyed their greatest prestige during this period, in terms of educational reform and progress their importance...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Secondary_Education_in_England.html?id=6pYOAAAAQAAJ&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareSecondary Education in England