1. The Emptiness of English Public Policy 2. Where It All Begins: The Tasks for Education and Others3. Reformed Into Silence: 1. Governance Change in England4. Reformed Into Silence: 2. Middle Tier Functioning, Standards, Places and School Ecosystems5. But Society Won't Wait: The Communities Around the School, the Role of Local Government and Who Can Do It All6.

More Muddle: English Education's Unstable Assemblage and the Limits of Policy Making7. Wider Parallels: Limitations at the Top8. The Construction of Central Governments That Find It All Too Difficult9. Re-Democratising and Re-Politicising10. Conclusion: Beginning the Process and Returning English Schooling to the Public Service.