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This book draws on ground-breaking work with the National Union of Teachers to demonstrate a practical approach to identifying what makes a good school and the part that pupils, parents and teachers can play in school improvement.

This volume demystifies school self-evaluation and encourages schools to be self-critical and self-confident. It helps schools and teachers develop the necessary confidence to work with evaluation tools.

The time has come to challenge many of the age-old assumptions about schools and school learning. In this book leading thinkers from around the world offer a different vision of what schools are for.

Builds up a picture of what effectiveness is, how it can be measured, and what it means for teachers, parents and pupils. This book provides quantitative data that shows how schools can and do make a difference. It also gives evidence about the links between attitudes and attainment within a school, about the ethos of a school.

Written by headteachers, teachers and the editors, this study compares actual teaching and learning experiences in schools in the UK, Sweden, Japan, Germany and the Czech Republic with a view to improving schools.

This groundbreaking book is the first to provide detailed descriptions of life in school following the government's attempt to reform working conditions and to show that the reform is only partially successful. It raises profound issues about the future of the teaching profession - a controversial and essential read for all teachers.

This book is based on a well-known and well- documented research project that represents 18 European countries. It includes practical tools for raising standards in schools and guidance on how to use them.

'This is a zippy read arising out of the international project effective leadership in a time of change , which grapples with the nature and practice of leadership (as opposed to management or administration) in schools' - Times Educational Supplement

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Written for heads and teachers but also containing useful pointers for inspectors, this book examines what the relationship between inspection and self-evaluation means for schools. It explores some of the underpinning issues, features examples of best practice from successful schools, and offers detailed information about the processes.

'This is a zippy read arising out of the international project effective leadership in a time of change , which grapples with the nature and practice of leadership (as opposed to management or administration) in schools' - Times Educational Supplement