Emaths - The UK's Most Innovative Schools

The UK's Most Innovative Schools

Written by Mark McCourt on Monday, 04 June 2012.

Over the next few weeks, I would like to compile a set of case studies on the most innovative schools in the UK.

Some suggestions so far:

Monkseaton High School
Cramlington Learning Village
Priory Community School
Bowling Park Primary
Hillyfield Primary Academy
Clevedon School

If you would like to nominate your school or know of a school that should be included, please do let me know through the comments box at the bottom of this page or sending an email via the contact page.

The types of innovations that I am interested in must have positive impact on student outcomes. Not just change for the sake of it.

Evidenced based is great, but so is genuine risk-taking that resulted in improvements.

The UK has some of the most innovative schools in the world. As I travel the globe, lucky enough to work with education systems across many countries, I am struck how often the UK is held as an example of excellence.

So please do get in touch if you think you know of a school that should be included in this paper.

Perhaps the physical environment has been changed to create new types of learning spaces, or technology is being used in a way that truly makes a difference to learning, perhaps the curriculum and the organisation of student groups is tapping into a way of accessing deeper learning. Whatever the innovation, I'd be really glad to hear about it.

The result will be a paper, to be shared with all.

About the Author

Mark McCourt

Formerly Senior Director at Tribal, an international education and technology company, Mark has extensive experience in technology enhanced learning across all age and ability groups. Having spent many years as a Director at the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM), Mark is an expert in all aspects of mathematics teaching and learning and has been a driving force in raising standards in mathematics education. Mark has also been a school leader, AST, inspector and teacher trainer. He now works with a range of organisations across the world and specialises in the pedagogies of technology enhanced learning, learning analytics, adaptive learning and artificial intelligence.

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Comments (1)

Charlotte

08 June 2012 at 08:38 | #

Sounds great, looking forward to reading your case studies! Check our Whole Education, their network of schools (particularly the "champion schools" are all innovating to deliver a more rounded, enriched and engaging education...some really interesting stuff going on.

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