It also led to the adoption of a new hub school model in at least one Multi-Academy Trust, Kernow Learning, which has improved efficiency, accountability, communication and collaboration. In particular, the new model increased access within the Trust’s schools to the specific resources limited by Educational Isolation, notably singapore rcs data improving teacher retention and high-quality CPD for all staff.
The underpinning research has had other national and international impact. It informed a policy shift at working with talented, disadvantaged school leavers.
They now focus on coastal and rural social mobility cold spots to close the gap between students from disadvantaged backgrounds and their more affluent peers, with externally funded provision targeted at educationally isolated schools.
Further, RETAIN, the initiative mentioned earlier, was recommended by the University of Queensland to the Australian government as an effective Early Career Teacher Support Framework for policy change in support of measures later introduced to improve teacher recruitment and retention in that country.