i The Impact of School Context: What headteachers say Martin Thrupp and Ruth Lupton Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1 The Advantaged Schools ................................................................................................ 4 The Average to Disadvantaged Schools ....................................................................... 15 Discussion and Conclusion........................................................................................... 33 References .................................................................................................................... 37 Appendix 1: Conceptualising and Measuring Context ................................................. 39 CASE/155 Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion December 2011 London School of Economics Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE CASE enquiries – tel: 020 7955 6679