This project addressed inequality in the European school systems by improving the skills of school leaders and equipping leadership teams with the competences, structures and tools required to transform underperforming schools into high performing schools in socio-economically challenged areas.

Objectives

• Identify the strategies, tools and resources required to turn a low performing school into a high-performing one and to develop a set of training packages which are applicable to all schools across the EU
• Develop training materials to equip school leadership teams to analyse examples of successful school transformation
• Identify and use the tools required to measure performance, use self-evaluation as a tool for school improvement planning, 
• Design and implement the school improvement plan, 
• Identify and use tools to evaluate impact in the short, medium and longer term, including data and feedback from students, teachers and parents
• Pilot, test, evaluate and refine the training modules in 4-6 schools in each of 4 countries

The specific outputs of the project were:

• A project website hosting the downloadable resources and case studies
• A set of pilot training modules and case studies
• A final downloadable set of 5 training modules for current and aspiring school leaders
• A handbook to support the training
• A set of case studies in 5 countries in both Primary and High Schools illustrating practical strategies used for school transformation
• A set of dissemination materials and seminars in 5 countries
• An overarching report on the process and results of the project to feed into the EPNoSL research
• A final international conference to promote the training resources

Research Team

• Ana Paula Silva
• Maria do Carmo Clímaco

Partners

25 countries from the European Union.