The effective school: An inaugural lecture

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Abstract
The achievements and limitations of school effectiveness research are outlined and discussed. A summary is given of the findings concerning factors associated with positive pupil outcomes, and various areas of current controversy within the discipline are outlined. It is argued that further understanding is needed of the factors related to the take up of the knowledge base within schools, and that work should also further explore the ‘site’ of the ineffective school, and the ‘sites’ of countries with high levels of achievement. A move from validity to reliability concerns is also argued for, with possible trials of the utility of organisational models derived from the literature on High Reliability Organisations.

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