What Makes a Good School Now?

Tim Brighouse is Commissioner for London Schools and visiting professor at the Institute of Education at London University. He is a sought after speaker, author and has broadcast on UK radio and television. David Woods works as an Educational Consultant for the DfES as the Lead London Challenge Adviser and Chair of several School Improvement Partnership Boards and Federations across the UK.

• Introduction; Chapter 1 Leading for Success; Chapter 2 Reviewing for Success; Chapter 3 Organising and Delivering Success; Chapter 4 Learning, Teaching and Assessment; Chapter 5 The Learning Environment; Chapter 6 Continuous Professional Development; Chapter 7 Players & Stakeholders; Chapter 8 What now and future speculation - from good to great.; Every Child Matters Agenda; Use of Data; ICT; Workforce Reform; Internationalism; Building Schools for the Future; Personalisation; Curriculum Reform.

"What Makes a Good School? was a highly regarded book... This book is the follow-up bringing the thinking right up to date... adding many new ideas from their [the authors] 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" Education Today, September 2008