Does school-to-school collaboration promote school improvement? A study of the impact of school federations on student outcomes

Chapman, Christopher; Muijs, Daniel

doi:10.1080/09243453.2013.840319

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“…There was clear evidence of an increase in pupil attainment, providing replication in the primary sector of results previously obtained in studies of secondary schools (Chapman & Muijs, 2014), and confirmation of the theoretical support for collaboration as a form of school improvement. Of course, some caveats need to be taken into account.…”

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“…The gains were strongest in the low performing schools, but modest improvements were also present in some high performing schools. A follow-up study (Chapman & Muijs, 2014) confirmed these findings, and also showed that those 'performance federations' that had stronger structuring of their collaboration showed stronger gains. The follow-up study also used telephone interviews to gather some of the reasons for collaborating and some of the perceived benefits, but this qualitative component was limited in scope, and did not allow sufficient exploration of reasons for the effectiveness of collaborations between stronger and weaker schools, or for the finding of differential effectiveness of individual performance federations.…”

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confidence: 64%

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Improving schools through collaboration: a mixed methods study of school-to-school partnerships in the primary sector

Muijs

2015

Oxford Review of Education

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The principle of schools collaborating to improve is one that has seen growing interest in recent years, and there is emerging evidence that in particular collaboration between high and lower performing schools can be an effective school improvement method. However, this evidence relates primarily to secondary schools, and little research has been conducted on the factors that could make collaboration more or less effective. In this study we specifically looked at partnerships between low and high performing primary schools, in which high performing schools acted as supporters to low performing partner schools. A mixed methods approach was used. A quasi-experimental quantitative study was conducted to ascertain the relationship between partnership and pupil attainment using data from the National Pupil Database. This was followed up by case studies of nine partnerships. Findings showed that there was a positive relationship between partnership and pupil attainment at Key Stage 2, and that successful partnerships were characterised by intensive interventions focused on teaching and learning and leadership.

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Improving schools through collaboration: a mixed methods study of school-to-school partnerships in the primary sector

Muijs

2015

Oxford Review of Education

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“…External support may also be helpful in cases where internal capacity or trust between schools may be lacking (Muijs, West, and Ainscow 2010, 24 circumstances which he argued should include: generating positive relationships; focusing on teaching and learning; understanding, leading and managing changes; committing to continuous professional development; building community; and, drawing on external support. In more recent research on using collaboration and networking as a means of school improvement, Chapman and Muijs (2014) conducted a large quantitative study (122 federations and 264 comparator schools) which examined the relationships between school federations and student outcomes. They developed a typology of federations used to describe the nature of collaborative relationships and structural arrangements between two or more schools.…”

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Inequality, segregation and poor performance: the education system in Northern Ireland

Knox¹,

Borooah

2016

Educational Review

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“…In their latest research on using collaboration and networking as a means of school improvement Chapman and Muijs (2013) conducted a large quantitative study (122 federations and 264 comparator schools) which examined the relationships between school federations and student outcomes. They developed a typology of federations (used to describe the nature of collaborative relationships and structural arrangements between two or more schools).…”

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Segregation, inequality, and educational performance in Northern Ireland: Problems and solutions

Borooah

Knox

2015

International Journal of Educational Development

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Some 16 years after the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, the legacy of the conflict in Northern Ireland is most clearly evident in the delivery of key public services. The focus of this paper is the highly segregated and unequal system of education provision and the attempts made to tackle these problems at the post-primary level. First, in terms of performance, post-primary educational outcomes are hugely variable: this is the problem of performance inequality. Second, pupils from deprived backgrounds -pupils entitled to free school meals and those with special educational needs are grossly under-represented in Northern Ireland's top-performing (grammar) schools: this is the problem of access inequality. Third, as a corollary of two separate systems of education -Protestant and Catholic -there is 'segregation' of pupils by school type: Catholic pupils attend maintained schools and Protestant pupils attend controlled schools and, in consequence, rarely have the opportunity to meet and interact in a school setting. In the face of these problems, this paper proposes a novel approach entitled shared education. Under this scheme, schools of different religious backgrounds will enter into 'partnerships for excellence' to promote good educational outcomes through a sharing of resources and pooling of expertise and, by doing so, help to dismantle the boundaries which separate Northern Ireland's pupils.

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Does school-to-school collaboration promote school improvement? A study of the impact of school federations on student outcomes

Cited by 93 publications

References 26 publications

Improving schools through collaboration: a mixed methods study of school-to-school partnerships in the primary sector

Improving schools through collaboration: a mixed methods study of school-to-school partnerships in the primary sector

Inequality, segregation and poor performance: the education system in Northern Ireland

Segregation, inequality, and educational performance in Northern Ireland: Problems and solutions

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