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Living improvement: a case study of a secondary school in England®

Kevin Hollins

Kingswood High School, UK

Helen M. Gunter

University of Manchester, UK

Pat Thomson

University of Nottingham, UK

Schools in England are being urged to personalize the curriculum and make school experiences more responsive to all students. We report on an evaluation project which investigated innovation in teaching and learning in a successful secondary school in the north of England. Data were gathered from a sample of teaching staff, a questionnaire to all students, lesson and meeting observations, and meetings with the governing body and parents: the student-guided evaluation canvassed recent and planned changes to the structure and experience of teaching and learning. This article illuminates how one school is breaking the ‘traditional schooling rules’ that limit improvement and how in doing so it is developing new insights about the nature and process of improvement. We show how staff and students have been engaged in the change process, and focus in particular on analysing the interplay between improvement as a plan, a practice and a lived experience.

Key Words: change • evaluation • headship • leadership • school improvement

Improving Schools, Vol. 9, No. 2, 141-152 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1365480206064728
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