Changing public policy and professional practice through researching equity within schools and education systems

Impact: Societal impacts

Narrative

The research impacted on public policy, practitioners and professional services both nationally and regionally. Specifically, it influenced the setting up and design of the Greater Manchester Challenge (GMC) in 2008, with unfolding educational and professional impacts: (a) measurable improvements in the performance of Greater Manchester schools; (b) participants have continued to collaborate and build on GMC interventions and findings; and (c) the GMC led to a set of recommendations about school-to-school collaboration.
Impact date2014
Category of impactSocietal impacts
Impact levelBenefit

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