Schools Performing Beyond Expectations

Why Do Some Schools Perform Outstandingly Well When Others of the Same Size and Serving the Same Kind of Community Do Not? How Do Some Schools Sustain Their Record of Exceeding Expectations When Others Can Only Maintain It for Short Periods of Time or Under Particular Leaders? Can Schools Reverse a Worrying Record of Decline With Existing Staff and Leadership, or Do They Always Need New Brooms to Sweep Them Clean? and How Do You Get Performance That Exceeds Expectations Not Just in One or Two Exceptional Schools but in Entire Groups of Them Within One Community or Local Authority? This Book Draws Upon the Findings From a Unique Project - the Beyond Expectations Project - That Explored How the Best School Districts/Local Authorities and School Systems Perform Beyond Expectations (Pbe). It Looks at the Ways in Which the Highest Performing Schools, Districts/Local Authorities and School Systems Achieve and Sustain Excellence, Especially With Challenging Communities or After Years of Poor