Essential learnings from a Catholic school amalgamation
Publication Details
Gough, S.,
&
Kearney, S. P.
(2024).
Essential learnings from a Catholic school amalgamation.
International Studies in Catholic Education,.
Abstract
This paper analyses the impact of a recent large-scale Catholic school amalgamation. It explores how a change process that brought two existing schools together impacted staff, student and parent stakeholders within the initial year of a school amalgamation. The objective is to analyse the process to understand the impact and inform the leading and planning of future school amalgamations and associated processes, which have increased in recent years. The study was a single case study utilising survey data collected during the amalgamation. Participant perspectives are the primary means of data analysis, supplemented where relevant with documents relating to the planning and implementation of the amalgamation. Emerging themes are analysed to provide insight into the challenges and opportunities of current and future school amalgamations. This paper provides evidence of the school community's goodwill and commitment to a merged entity and highlights the complexities of a school amalgamation.
Keywords
Catholic school, leadership, single-sex schooling, co-educational schooling, school amalgamation
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