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      The Making of Great Schools

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      The Making of Great Schools
      BySir Cyril Taylor, Conor Ryan
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2004
      eBook Published 20 December 2004
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203963296
      Pages 300
      eBook ISBN 9780203963296
      Subjects Education
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      Taylor, S.C., & Ryan, C. (2004). Excellence in Education: The Making of Great Schools (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203963296

      ABSTRACT

      A thorough examination of the characteristics of a high- performing school, written by Sir Cyril Taylor (Chairman of the Specialist Schools Trust) and Conor Ryan (senior adviser to Tony Blair on Education).

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|25 pages

      What makes a great school?

      chapter 2|11 pages

      Starting out: the transition from primary to secondary school

      chapter 3|20 pages

      The drive for continuous improvement

      chapter 4|18 pages

      How to turn around a failing school

      chapter 5|20 pages

      Accountability, transparency and choice: the value of specialism

      chapter 6|17 pages

      Using data to improve performance

      chapter 7|17 pages

      Teamwork: teachers, trainees and teaching assistants

      chapter 8|16 pages

      Broad and balanced learning

      chapter 9|16 pages

      Term times, timetables and changing classrooms

      chapter 10|24 pages

      Discipline and attendance

      chapter 11|17 pages

      Inspection and audit

      chapter 12|10 pages

      Provision for children with special educational needs

      chapter 13|9 pages

      Schools helping schools: the value of partnerships

      chapter 14|10 pages

      Turning the rhetoric of school choice into reality

      chapter 15|15 pages

      Lessons from abroad

      chapter 16|12 pages

      Good schools manage their finances well and learn how to raise sponsorship

      chapter 17|13 pages

      New ways of learning using ICT and structural change

      chapter 18|9 pages

      Can we transform our schools?

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