Innovative UK Schools Chosen to Support Radical £1million Randomised Control Trial in Education

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The trial aims to demonstrate that the model reduces the progression gap between students on free school meals and not on free school meals, as well as raising attainment overall and reducing absenteeism and exclusion.

Learning through REAL Projects is radically different from traditional classrooms in terms of how students learn, where they learn and who they learn from. As well as traditional subjects students learn through rigorous projects that span more than one subject. Through these they create high quality outputs that are meaningful beyond school, with their products being sold successfully on Amazon or exhibited in public buildings. They learn as much outside of school as inside, working  alongside local businesses and cultural organisations. They learn not just from teachers but from experts in the community and each other.

Interested schools around the UK can apply to be part of the programme, which will be implemented from September 2014. UK schools currently supporting the trial, with early successes already being seen, include:

Notes to editors

High Tech High is a group of 11 schools in the San Diego area that design their schools around project-based learning. 'Project-based learning' refers to students designing, planning, and carrying out an extended project that produces a publicly-exhibited output such as a product, publication, or presentation.  US evidence on effectiveness of project-based learning: http://www.bie.org/research/study/does_pbl_work