Project Details
Start Date: 01 Jan 2008
Contact: Dr. Sara Bragg
Project Website: school-ethos
People
Dr. Sara Bragg (principal investigator), Dr. Helen Manchester
Introduction
Creativity, Culture and Education commissioned the research to ‘evaluate the nature and impact of Creative Partnerships on school ethos’. Previous research and anecdotal evidence had repeatedly suggested that an important outcome of Creative Partnerships programmes related to improving relationships between staff and students, enhancing motivation to learn, boosting the reputation of the school in the local community, and so on – all, clearly, issues relevant to ethos. Yet because the schools involved were often located in disadvantaged areas with rapid turnover of students in a transient population, the good work achieved in such respects did not easily translate into increased attainment and risked being undervalued as a result.