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Exploring the impact of academy chains in England
The Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change at the University of Glasgow has been working with colleagues at the University of Southampton to explore the impact of academy chains in England.
This work builds on earlier work exploring the impact of federations on student outcomes (Chapman and Muijs, 2013) and qualitative studies of academy chains (Chapman and Salokangas, 2012; Salokangas and Chapman, 2014).
Research reported in the Times indicates significant variations in chain performance and that multi academy chains and more centralised chains outperform stand alone academies and decentralised chains.
Professor Chris Chapman, Director of the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change, at the University of Glasgow said:
Read the full article: Pupils do better in academy chains, Greg Hust, Education Editor, The Times, 10 March 2014
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The Network for Social and Educational Equity (NSEE) is part of the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change (ROC) at the University of Glasgow.
It works in collaboration with schools, local authorities, Education Scotland and partner services to tackle the poverty-related attainment gap in young people’s education.
NSEE helps schools to use appropriate evidence and data within collaborative working approaches to critically examine context and current arrangements, make changes based on evidence, monitor the impact of these changes and reflect on what they learn.
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