SSLP Aims and objectives
For staff and pupils from schools in both sectors to work together to develop innovative practice and to share and broaden their experience in order to improve teaching and learning in the participating schools
To produce research which will usefully inform the debate about factors which improve levels of achievement for pupils from different backgrounds in inner-city schools
To increase levels of learning and understanding for staff and pupils throughout the partner schools of what we have in common, what is different and how we can learn from one another
To increase our understanding of factors affecting pupil achievement, especially those which lead to pupils’ success, through joint enquiries
To share teachers’ passion and creativity, particularly related to subject knowledge
To break down barriers and increase understanding between the maintained and independent sectors
To publish the results of our research to increase the wider understanding of factors which influence pupil achievement