Schools & Academies with a Religious Character
Case Studies
Primary Perspective
What do our primary school partners have to say about their experiences?
Download case study PDFCrash Course: Imagining A Better Future for Public Education
In these extracts, Edison founder and CEO Chris Whittle looks at the attitudes toward systemic failures in the US education system and the lessons to be learned, outlines the concept of school design, and discusses possible future developments.
Download case study PDFCollaborative frameworks for collective school improvement
In 2004 the DfES white paper 'Primary Strategy Learning Networks' set out the benefits for schools of working together in clusters to address common issues. This case study looks at a group of schools in Thurrock working with EdisonLearning in a school improvement network.
Download case study PDFPropects Are Good for New Vocational School at Thorpe Bay
Thorpe Bay School in Southend is something of a cause célèbre: with the longest period in Special Measures of any school in the UK now behind it, the school has survived two attempted closures to bounce back with strongly improved performance and a bold new strategy.
Download case study PDFLyons Hall - from Crisis to Confidence
When Andrew Smith took over as Headteacher at Lyons Hall Primary School in Braintree, he had a crisis to deal with. The school had suffered a train of demoralising problems in the wake of rapid expansion in pupil numbers, culminating in the simultaneous loss of its previous Headteacher and deputy.With a background in crisis management, he'd done it before, but this time saw a partnership with Edison as a way of making it happen more quickly.
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