Cover; Half Title Page ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Original Title Page ; Original Copyright Page ; Contents ; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 The sociology of the primary school; Chapter 2 The pupils and their social background; Chapter 3 Rockfield School: 'The only stable part of their lives'; Chapter 4 Rockfield School: 'You're here to work'; Chapter 5 'Stabilizers', 'straddlers' and the'poor relations'; Chapter 6 'Nutters', 'tragedies' and 'dead horses'; Chapter 7 Status differentiation: ethnicity and gender
Chapter 8 Teachers' definitions of pupils: ethnicity and sexChapter 9 'The good ones will make it anyway'; Conclusion; Appendix A: Being the researcher; Appendix B: Rockfield School: teacher and pupil data; Notes; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index
