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Flipping Schools: Why it's time to turn your school and community inside out

This brilliant book, focused on the education of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children, offers a radical critique of traditional approaches to school improvement. The text argues for a movement away from the focus on social mobility to placing equity at the heart of school leadership. It suggests moving from improvement to social justice through a re-examination of the school's role in relation to its communities. The book is evidence-based and combines a focus on moral leadership with strategies to turn principle into practice.

About the author

Malcolm Groves has worked at the forefront of education innovation, as a teacher, youth worker, adult educator, school leader, inspector, and national adviser. Formerly an NPQH assessor, SIP, and secondary school chair of governors, he is currently a director of the Society of Education Consultants, and a founder director of the pioneering schools research and development network, Schools of Tomorrow.

John West-Burnham is a writer, teacher and independent consultant in education leadership with a particular interest in innovative approaches to learning in schools and communities. He has been a schoolteacher, education officer and has held posts in six universities. John is the author or editor of 30 books He has worked in 27 countries.