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Areas have their own special evolved character formed by the people who live there and the resources at their disposal, including income and housing. A school drawing in children from the locality will inevitably have much in common with that area, its ‘educational culture’ and the general levels of affluence and previous educational experience of the people.
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Parsons, C. (2012). The Ecology of a School in Challenging Circumstances. In: Schooling the Estate Kids. Studies in Professional Life and Work, vol 7. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-013-2_4
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