At Eastern Colleges Group in Suffolk, we have embarked on a research inquiry journey across three sixth form colleges, including apprenticeship and adult education teams, as well as one HE provision. It is a three year programme, with staff completing their inquiry within each academic year for the next three years. We started year one at the end of August and staff have been given time on professional learning days throughout this academic year to engage with the inquiry process.
The inspiration for implementing this approach is from John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley’s book Putting Staff First A Blueprint for Revitalising Our Schools (published by John Catt in 2020). I am grateful for the guidance from the book and also conversations with John Tomsett about how to implement the scale of this research inquiry.
