Deputy headteacher and education blogger Alex Quigley (@HuntingEnglish) said recently, in a blog post for NFER, that: "One way to achieve a truly self-improving school system is to deploy research evidence as a buffer against the whims of political policies, and provide school leaders with the ballast of usable evidence."
This sounds great, but how does it work in practice? And who is going to do the work?
One answer may lie in the appointment of a dedicated "research lead" – a member of staff appointed to the task of facilitating and implementing evidence-informed practice within and throughout their school. This pioneering role is broadly defined by Alex Quigley as having a remit to:
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