Jane Perryman

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Jane Perryman is a scholar working on Education, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jane Perryman has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Education, 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Jane Perryman's work include Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (13 papers), Global Educational Policies and Reforms (7 papers) and Evaluation and Performance Assessment (7 papers). Jane Perryman is often cited by papers focused on Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (13 papers), Global Educational Policies and Reforms (7 papers) and Evaluation and Performance Assessment (7 papers). Jane Perryman collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Mexico. Jane Perryman's co-authors include Stephen J. Ball, Annette Braun, Meg Maguire, Melanie Ehren, Kate Hoskins, Nichola Shackleton, Clare Brooks, Sandra Leaton Gray, Eleanore Hargreaves and Edward G. Jones and has published in prestigious journals such as British Journal of Educational Studies, British Journal of Sociology of Education and Journal of Education Policy.

In The Last Decade

Jane Perryman

23 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

WHAT MOTIVATES PEOPLE TO TEACH, AND WHY DO THEY LEAVE? ACCOUNTABILITY, PERFORMATIVITY AND TEACHER RETENTION

2019 200 citations Jane Perryman et al. British Journal of Educational Studies profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jane Perryman United Kingdom	13	840	314	292	234	159	27	1.1k
Kate Hoskins United Kingdom	11	744 0.9×	353 1.1×	469 1.6×	88 0.4×	56 0.4×	47	1.1k
Benjamin Levin Canada	15	839 1.0×	233 0.7×	252 0.9×	119 0.5×	85 0.5×	83	1.1k
Fenwick W. English United States	22	916 1.1×	127 0.4×	200 0.7×	136 0.6×	72 0.5×	105	1.3k
Hannu Simola Finland	18	927 1.1×	530 1.7×	332 1.1×	137 0.6×	63 0.4×	60	1.2k
Lea Hubbard United States	17	1.1k 1.3×	80 0.3×	311 1.1×	414 1.8×	115 0.7×	37	1.5k
Pat Mahony United Kingdom	19	907 1.1×	307 1.0×	361 1.2×	112 0.5×	33 0.2×	55	1.2k
Jorunn Møller Norway	18	748 0.9×	183 0.6×	198 0.7×	214 0.9×	81 0.5×	53	907
Rosemary Webb United Kingdom	21	907 1.1×	174 0.6×	317 1.1×	76 0.3×	46 0.3×	61	1.2k
Peter Earley United Kingdom	23	1.1k 1.4×	89 0.3×	106 0.4×	305 1.3×	141 0.9×	77	1.4k
Tony Townsend Australia	13	918 1.1×	101 0.3×	119 0.4×	170 0.7×	47 0.3×	51	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Jane Perryman

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jane Perryman

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bradbury, Alice, et al.. (2025). Primary teachers’ experiences of Ofsted inspections: ‘driving the joy out of education’. Journal of Education Policy. 40(5). 848–868.

Perryman, Jane, et al.. (2025). Headteachers and external inspection in England. Educational Management Administration & Leadership.

Perryman, Jane, et al.. (2025). Turning school inspections toxic: insights from an inquiry into Ofsted in England. Journal of Education Policy. 40(5). 785–806.

Brooks, Clare & Jane Perryman. (2024). Teacher recruitment policies: accelerating issues of spatial justice in England. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education. 52(3). 301–315. 4 indexed citations

Perryman, Jane, et al.. (2024). ‘A Tipping Point’ in Teacher Retention and Accountability: The Case of Inspection. British Journal of Educational Studies. 73(2). 181–200. 1 indexed citations

Brooks, Clare & Jane Perryman. (2023). Policy in the pandemic: lost opportunities, returning to ‘normal’ and ratcheting up control. London Review of Education. 21(1). 5 indexed citations

Gray, Sandra Leaton, et al.. (2023). Creating year 7 bubbles to support primary to secondary school transition: a positive pandemic outcome?. Education 3-13. 52(1). 48–60. 3 indexed citations

Perryman, Jane, et al.. (2022). ‘Feeling Overwhelmed’: Pedagogy and professionalism in a pandemic. Pedagogy Culture and Society. 32(3). 795–814. 4 indexed citations

Gray, Sandra Leaton, et al.. (2021). Moving Up: Secondary school transition processes during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2 indexed citations

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Perryman, Jane, et al.. (2019). WHAT MOTIVATES PEOPLE TO TEACH, AND WHY DO THEY LEAVE? ACCOUNTABILITY, PERFORMATIVITY AND TEACHER RETENTION. British Journal of Educational Studies. 68(1). 3–23. 200 indexed citations breakdown →

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Perryman, Jane, Meg Maguire, Annette Braun, & Stephen J. Ball. (2017). Surveillance, Governmentality and moving the goalposts: The influence of Ofsted on the work of schools in a post-panoptic era. British Journal of Educational Studies. 66(2). 145–163. 80 indexed citations

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Ehren, Melanie & Jane Perryman. (2017). Accountability of school networks. Educational Management Administration & Leadership. 46(6). 942–959. 44 indexed citations

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Ehren, Melanie, Jane Perryman, & Nichola Shackleton. (2014). Setting expectations for good education: how Dutch school inspections drive improvement. School Effectiveness and School Improvement. 26(2). 296–327. 34 indexed citations

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Ball, Stephen J., Meg Maguire, Annette Braun, Jane Perryman, & Kate Hoskins. (2011). Assessment technologies in schools: ‘deliverology’ and the ‘play of dominations’. Research Papers in Education. 27(5). 513–533. 67 indexed citations

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Perryman, Jane, Stephen J. Ball, Meg Maguire, & Annette Braun. (2011). Life in the Pressure Cooker – School League Tables and English and Mathematics Teachers’ Responses to Accountability in a Results-Driven Era. British Journal of Educational Studies. 59(2). 179–195. 108 indexed citations

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Perryman, Jane. (2011). The return of the native: the blurred boundaries of insider/outsider research in an English secondary school. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 24(7). 857–874. 22 indexed citations

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Perryman, Jane. (2009). Inspection and the fabrication of professional and performative processes. Journal of Education Policy. 24(5). 611–631. 109 indexed citations

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Perryman, Jane. (2007). Inspection and emotion. Cambridge Journal of Education. 37(2). 173–190. 80 indexed citations

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Perryman, Jane. (2006). Panoptic performativity and school inspection regimes: disciplinary mechanisms and life under special measures. Journal of Education Policy. 21(2). 147–161. 202 indexed citations

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Perryman, Jane. (2002). Surviving Special Measures: A Case Study of a ‘Fresh Start’ School. Improving Schools. 5(3). 46–59. 4 indexed citations

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