Impact Evidence

We consider our work with schools to be successful if:

• The school's objectives for the partnership are achieved
  
• Nationally recognised measures of success are met and exceeded
  

Progress towards these goals is monitored through a range of internal and mechanisms, including:

1. 'Hard' Measures:

• Ofsted Judgements
  
• Performance in national assessments (SATS performance, GCSE 5 A*-C, Contextual Value Add)
  
• Attendance and exclusion data
  
• Assessment of quality of teaching
  
• Achievement of specific contractual performance targets
  

2. 'Soft' Measures:

• Annual head teacher survey results
  
• Student and staff attitudes
  
• Parental opinions and engagement
  
• Progress towards partnership objectives
  

Ofsted Judgements

EdisonLearning has helped schools in categories to improve to achieve satisfactory judgements and better. Good schools have also been supported to achieve outstanding judgements (view outstanding schools news)

Futures Community College
As Thorpe Bay High School, Futures Community College had been in Special Measures for more than five years when EdisonLearning were engaged by the Local Authority and the DFES (as was), to support the new head teacher to bring about a lasting transformation in outcomes for young people. The school came out of Special Measures fourteen months later, and progressed to become a Pathfinder Trust School providing specialist provision in vocational learning to the local community.

Hamilton Primary School
Hamilton has been one of the highest performing schools in Essex for many years. It has always been popular with parents and has enjoyed an excellent reputation. However, the head teacher and governors recognised that success would not be sustained without ongoing investment in school improvement - and so EdisonLearning were appointed. In the summer of 2008, the school were judged to be Outstanding by inspectors.

Head Teachers Survey

Each year, EdisonLearning asks each partner head teacher to feedback on the impact of their partnership with the company. The results of the 2008 survey provide the following picture:

• 95% of heads believe that the partnership has helped staff to develop their skills
  
• 100% believe that the partnership has improved their management and leadership
  
• 95% believe that the partnership has increased staff interest and enjoyment in their work
  
• 97% judge that the partnership has improved the way in which things were done in their school
  
• 89% considered that the partnership had impacted positively on student learning and achievement
  
• 91% felt that student motivation had improved and 93% that the partnership had impacted on student behaviour
  
• 97% stated that parental engagement and understanding of their children's learning had improved
  
• 95% believed that the partnership had helped the school meet its priorities for improvement
  
• 92% considered that working with EdisonLearning represented good value for money.