Professor Merryn Hutchings et al
This report sets out the findings of a mixed methods evaluation of the City Challenge programme in London, Greater Manchester and the Black Country, and a retrospective review of the London Challenge 2003-8. The evaluation was led by the Institute for Policy Studies in Education, London Metropolitan University between August 2010 and February 2012.
The City Challenge programme built on a substantial body of research about school improvement that emphasised the importance of effective leadership, networking and collaboration and sustainability with schools.
This evaluation of the programme identifies a wide range of points that arose from the experiences of City Challenge, including the importance of area and school level strategies having clear and achievable objectives; that it takes time to bring about sustainable improvement across an area, with three years being too short; that different forms of support are effective in schools at different stages on their improvement; and that weaker school leaders can be supported through coaching, mentoring and other development opportunities.
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