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Five years on: Evaluating the Teaching Schools project

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The national network of Teaching Schools has improved the sharing of good practice, according to new research. However, we cannot yet say what the impact has been on pupils’ outcomes. Pete Henshaw reports

A £300,000 research study into the impact of the burgeoning Teaching School movement has attempted – for the first time – to discern the impact that the initiative is having on pupil achievement and outcomes.

The research, commissioned by the Department for Education, was carried out between 2013 and 2015 by academics from the universities of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent, Oxford and Manchester as well as the Isos Partnership.

The resulting 228-page report draws upon case studies of 26 Teaching School Alliances (TSAs) led by Teaching Schools from contrasting socio-economic areas and of different types and locations. The study also involved surveys with 345 participating schools.

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