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Michael Gove was, unquestionably, a pivotal figure in British educational reform during his time as the coalition´s Secretary of State for Education. This team of experts, drawn from academia, think-tanks and trade unions, offer an unrivalled early assessment of the impact of Gove, and his reforms, on the British educational landscape.

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Introduction: The Gove Ascendancy - Michael Gove as Secretary of State for Education; Mike Finn 1. The Gove Legacy in State Education; Brian Lightman 2. The Gove Legacy in Independent Schools: The Making and Unmaking of a Supreme Goviet; Tim Hands 3. The Gove Legacy in the Curriculum: The Case of History; Katharine Burn 4. The Gove Legacy: Where Policy Meets the Pupil; Mick Waters 5. Education Beyond the Gove Legacy: The Case of Higher Education; Roger Brown 5b. Education Beyond the Gove Legacy: The Case of Higher Education (2): Ideology in Action; Mike Finn 6. Opening Doors or Narrowing Opportunities?: The Coalition´s Approach to Widening Participation, Social Mobility and Social Justice; Konstanze Spohrer 7. The Gove Legacy and the Politics of Education after 2015; Jonathan Simons 7b. The Gove Legacy and the Politics of Education after 2015 (2): Skills and accountability; Steve Besley 7c. The Gove Legacy and the Politics of Education after 2015 (3): Can the legacy endure?; Louis Coffait Conclusion: The Gove Legacy in Education; Mike Finn

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"This excellent collection tells us a great deal about government policy-making generally, as well as the specific educational legacy of Michael Gove and the Coalition Government. As someone who was directly involved in one set of reforms, I was intrigued by how much I had forgotten, or never known, about the detail of policy-making and implementation. But I was also deeply impressed by the way in which the authors, from very different perspectives, leave one with a much clearer understanding of how education policy has evolved in England; of major underlying shifts, many of which started well before 2010; and of how much, or little, future governments are likely to change direction. Highly recommended!" - Professor Alison Wolf CBE, Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Management, King´s College London, author of Does Education Matter?

"This timely collection offers an unrivalled range of perspectives on one of the most important Education ministers of the modern era." - Sir Anthony Seldon, Master of Wellington College and Fellow of King´s College London, author of Schools United

"[This book] does, however, help you to see Gove as others understood him and that´s a good thing. Mike Finn has selected his authors well and edited to perfection. Each chapter opens with a clear abstract and list of keywords, meaning you know what the text will bring and you can decide if you have the stomach for it." - Laura McInerney, Schools Week

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