Promoting high achievement for disadvantaged students: co-designing a school self-evaluation process aligned to evidence of successful leadership practice across five English districts: Co-Designing a School Self-Evaluation Process Aligned to Evidence of Successful Leadership Practice Across Five English Districts

Maria Cockerill*, Tom Grieveson, Stephanie Bingham, Joanne O'Keeffe

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Abstract

Equity of education outcomes for all children continues to be a shared goal amongst education leaders, post-pandemic. In England, issues of underachievement are of particular concern in socio-economically disadvantaged regions. Nevertheless, a minority of schools demonstrate high achievement for students from high-poverty backgrounds. This paper reports on the process of co-designing a school self-evaluation tool aligned to seven key indicators which previous research findings suggest, if implemented together, enable school leaders to promote high academic achievement and well-being for all children. Guided by social interdependence theory, successful local school leaders worked collaboratively, supported by education researchers, to develop self-evaluation tools and peer-support structures. Together, they created the ‘High Achievement Review Programme’ (HARP). We discuss the co-design process of HARP, including the developed evaluation tools for schools.

Original languageEnglish
Article number52
Number of pages28
JournalEducation Sciences
Volume15
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 07 Jan 2025

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Keywords

  • attainment gap
  • collaborative engagement
  • disadvantage
  • educational equity
  • integrated leadership
  • school self-evaluation
  • social interdependence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science (miscellaneous)
  • Education
  • Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Public Administration
  • Computer Science Applications

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