This best-selling book takes a practical look at how improvements can be made in any school.
It cuts through the jargon of the specialist and shows how ideas and intentions can be turned into direct actions that will help a school improve its performance and effectiveness.
As well as addressing headteachers and governors, the book will also provide invaluable guidance for all those who work in and with schools.
There are chapters on:
*effective schools and how they have achieved their goals
*leadership within schools
*teaching and learning effectively
*making critical...

There is universal interest in the 'good school'. Parents want to find one, teachers seek to teach in one and children deserve to attend one. This book makes the assumption that success is possible in every school. The authors have selected material from the original book, What Makes A Good School?, adding many new ideas from their extensive work on school improvement over the last 15 years, set in the context of the many changes and new agendas that are a feature of schools today.

This best-selling book takes a practical look at how improvements can be made in any school.
It cuts through the jargon of the specialist and shows how ideas and intentions can be turned into direct actions that will help a school improve its performance and effectiveness.
As well as addressing headteachers and governors, the book will also provide invaluable guidance for all those who work in and with schools.
There are chapters on:
*effective schools and how they have achieved their goals
*leadership within schools
*teaching and learning effectively
*making critical...