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School Improvement Programme

Strategies for Improvement

The School Improvement Programme (SIP), which was launched in 1998, provides a comprehensive strategy, involving all education partners, to raise standards in schools is concerned with tackling low achievement and raising standards for all, in all types of schools.

It has a number of separate but related strategies, including:

  • a strategy for the promotion of literacy and numeracy, including early intervention strategies and training for teachers to improve literacy and numeracy teaching

  • guidance for schools on the development planning process including measures to improve the quality of school leadership

  • the development and dissemination of good practice in schools, including schools in areas of social need

  • guidance on target-setting as an integral part of development planning

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