Section outline

  • Introduction

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    • International Research Schools File
      Students must
      Mark as done

      HPL International Research School is a status that can be awarded to HPL accredited schools who are active within the HPL Fellowship and Global Community (FGC) and meet the eligibility criteria. By adopting HPL, with its exceptional research-base, you have already demonstrated your commitment to using Evidence Informed Practice. As an HPL International Research School you will take this a step further by ensuring a Research Culture. This is where your school’s development systematically utilises Research Evidence and Practitioner Research to inform practice and guide your quest for educational excellence. Through this approach you will optimise the impact of HPL on school and student performance. Evidence suggests that operating as a school with a strong research culture benefits both staff and students - providing engaging and challenging opportunities for both, and making the school a vibrant and forward looking establishment. Embedding a research culture will also optimise the impact of HPL

    • International Research Schools Application Form File
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      Mark as done

  • Launch International Research Schools

  • Submission for Application

    • Application Submission Point Assignment
      Opened: Thursday, 19 September 2024, 12:00 AM
      Due: Friday, 8 November 2024, 11:59 PM
      Students must
      Mark as done

  • International Research Schools Programme Overview

    The HPL International Research Schools scheme is designed to strengthen and develop your own and your
    organisation’s Evidence Informed Practice, to enable you to develop a culture of research within your school.

    This exciting HPL development opportunity will enable you to put in place the cornerstones for embedding an
    evidence informed culture within your school, where research is championed and engaged with your learning
    community at every stage of their development.


    The HPL International Research Schools scheme aims to provide you with a range of sessions to help
    you to develop your own skills but also to think more strategically about how you can enable others to
    engage with research within your contexts. The sessions will enable you to draw on your knowledge and
    understanding of HPL philosophy and framework to enable you to have agency to develop evidence informed
    practices through research, you will also be able to enable others to develop similar research practices and
    skills to work with your teams to create a research culture within your organisation. 

  • Annual Confirmation Conversation

    The Annual Confirmation Conversation should take place in September 2025. This conversation is a virtual meeting of 1 hour. The Annual Confirmation Conversation will be conducted before the 26th September 2025. HPL International Schools are required to submit their Annual Research Plan onto HPL online once the Annual Confirmation Conversation has taken place. 

    The Annual Confirmation Conversation will include review of the following areas:

    ·        The Annual Research Plan and an exploration of its purpose and goals.

    ·        How this has been enacted in school across the year with identification of highlights.

    ·        Progress on the process for enhancing the research culture and indicators of success.

    ·        Topics covered through Evidence Informed Practice and through Practitioner Research.

    ·        Changes in practice that have occurred as a result of research activity and their impact.

    ·        Dissemination of findings through publication internally and externally.

    ·        The development of individuals as practitioner researchers and how they are leading the growth of research in the school and beyond.

    ·        Participation in the HPL Research Community.

    ·        Highlights and/challenges from the year and any publications being put forward for the HPL Annual Research Digest.

    ·        Next steps for the year ahead.