Supporting improving primary schools

Built on the work of the Essex Primary School Improvement programme, this book examines how primary schools across the county raised their standards after receiving an OFSTED inspection. Its central focus is the part played by the local education authority (LEA) in helping schools get better and in backing their own improvement efforts.

The author looks at how LEAs and schools can work together as partners, and what that partnership means for school leaders and for pupils. Further chapters cover consultancy, the gathering and handling of information and data, and ways of judging whether school improvement has actually taken place.