Our goal is to create a world-class school system that ensures every child is taught a broad and ambitious knowledge-rich curriculum by highly skilled teachers, so they can achieve their potential. We need to continue to develop the evidence base around effective teaching practice and curriculum design, with teaching increasingly viewed as an applied science (akin to medicine) where evidence-based approaches are widely utilised, and skilled teachers draw upon expert support and professional communities. We also need to build our understanding of how best to replicate the success of high performing schools, and how school trusts can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their schools, including through management of the school estate. A key part of this is building evidence on the most successful school approaches to improving attendance.
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Challenge Partners is a collaborative group of 180+ schools across England, focused on improving the quality of teaching and leadership in pursuit of better outcomes for its pupils. Challenge Partners provides a vehicle ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University College London
This project specifically focuses on developing middle leaders to improve teacher practice, which directly addresses the question on professional development for teachers and school leaders.
ALPS - Accelerated Learning Platform for Schools - is a digital-mentor and research resource which curates and promotes, in 'real time', the most up to date, best practice advice and research to ensure the rapid and effe...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: EDUCATION INNOVATION PROJECTS LIMITED
While the project addresses professional development for teachers, it does not focus on school leaders or the specific features of effective professional development.
Raising standards of teaching and learning in schools, especially those serving socio-economically disadvantaged communities, is a key issue of concern for governments worldwide. Recent evidence shows that despite persis...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Nottingham
The project focuses on leadership for learning in schools serving disadvantaged urban communities, which partially aligns with the question on professional development for teachers and school leaders.