Community & Theatre

Leading Edge

What is the Leading Edge Partnership?

Leading Edge Partnerships provide capacity for teachers to work together in order to tackle some of the challenges facing the education system in the drive to raise standards.  The programme offers funding distributed via a lead school for use across their partnership to work on locally determined learning challenges.

There are currently 205 partnerships in the Programme. 

The Hove Partnership comprises Blatchington Mill, Hove Park and Hangleton Junior Schools , and was established in January 2005.

All research projects involve students as researchers and analysts, and students present at their own Leading Edge Conference each summer.

The Local Partnerships

At a local level lead schools receive funding for three years for an agreed programme of activities.  This money is given to be spent for the benefit of the partnership following joint decisions between all the schools.  The lead school met certain performance requirements to be eligible for the programme and also submitted a bid on behalf of the partnership that was assessed and accepted.

Leading Edge Partership 2006

Welcome to the celebration of the second year of our Hove Leading Edge Partnership. Once again we have been working on different research projects and this is our opportunity to share share our findings with you. Please select from presentations below:

Food choice (ppt)	Do students enjoy science lessons? (pdf)	Transition from KS2 to KS3 (pdf)
Healthy Eating Project (ppt)	Year 11 Science Lessons (ppt)	Effectiveness of homework (pdf)
6th Form Choices at Blatch (pdf)	What makes a good Year 8 science lesson? (pdf)	Staff Welfare (pdf)
6th Form Choices at Hove Park (pdf)	Interactive Whiteboard learning (pdf)	Who are the experts of education? (pdf)
6th Form Thoughts on secondary education (pdf)

Read the short summaries:

Do students enjoy science lessons?
What makes a good science lesson?
Science Project - Hangelton Junior School
Food Project Report
Food at Hove Park
Do children enjoy using the interactive whiteboard?
Key Stage 2 to 3 transition
The effectiveness of homework report
What influences students on their choice of sixth form?
Sixth Form Choices - A Hove Park view
Does staff welfare have an impact on teaching and learning?

Leading Edge Partnership 2005 Presentations

6 Into 7 E Buddies

Can we make the transition from KS2 to Ks3 better?

Do Less boys take art? Why?

Students choosing subjects for their GCSEs - Improving the options process

Does knowing your times tables improve your confidence before going to secondary school?

What rewards and behaviour sanctions are being used by eachclass and how effective are they?

What worries you most about going to secondary school?

Changing the change: Year 7 views about moving on

Pupils interest and enjoyment of science at KS3

How has the transition from Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 4 affected students academic and personal progress?

Year 9 students views on the students views on the transfer from KS3 to KS4

How do KS4 students learn best in Science?