The boundaries between the different phases of education are less rigid and more permeable:

• The transition between primary and secondary school is an area of innovation and experimentation
• Special schools are more closely allied to mainstream schools, and increasingly will be co-located with them
• 3-16 or 3-18 ‘all-through’ schools are emerging
• In the interests of vocational education, links between schools and further education colleges are growing
• Some sixth form students are involved in university study.

Institutional reconfigurations

• From single to multiple institutions
• Merging of phases
• Flexible and permeable age cohorts
• School day, term and year
• Flexible time schedules
• Design of buildings and learning spaces
• Competence-based, trans-disciplinary curriculum
• Academic and pastoral division
• Smaller units within schools
• School and workplace

Role reconfigurations

Leadership reconfigurations