eprintid: 1475880 rev_number: 30 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/47/58/80 datestamp: 2016-04-20 13:17:28 lastmod: 2021-10-06 22:50:40 status_changed: 2016-04-20 13:17:28 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Godfrey, D title: Leadership of schools as research-led organisations in the English educational environment: Cultivating a research-engaged school culture ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B16 divisions: B14 divisions: J82 keywords: National Teaching Schools, school leadership, learning organisation, teacher-researcher, research-engaged schools, research-informed practice note: Copyright © The Author(s) 2014. All rights reserved. abstract: This article examines the conditions for the growth and expansion of research-engaged schools in England. The current policy climate is seeing a rapid growth of autonomous schools coupled with the continuing tendency to hold schools to account for overall student educational attainment indicators. Within this context, the article begins by considering some of the benefits of developing a research-led school culture and gives a brief account of the research-engaged school movement. Using a biological analogy, the article argues for an understanding of the growth of a school research culture as occurring within an interconnected ecosystem. Four ‘nourishing’ factors are explained in detail: systemic connectedness; leadership for knowledge creation; teaching as a research-informed practice; and the school as a learning organisation. School leaders are urged to consider developing a culture of research engagement as a long-term, sustainable improvement strategy. date: 2016-03 official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1741143213508294 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Journal Article verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1115084 doi: 10.1177/1741143213508294 lyricists_name: Godfrey, David lyricists_id: DGODF87 actors_name: Godfrey, David actors_id: DGODF87 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Educational Management Administration & Leadership volume: 44 number: 2 pagerange: 301-321 issn: 1741-1440 citation: Godfrey, D; (2016) Leadership of schools as research-led organisations in the English educational environment: Cultivating a research-engaged school culture. Educational Management Administration & Leadership , 44 (2) pp. 301-321. 10.1177/1741143213508294 <https://doi.org/10.1177/1741143213508294>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1475880/3/Godfrey__emal%20article_finalmanuscript.pdf