Centre Research Study is a University of Bristol and Queen's University, Belfast project, funded by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA). This is a continuation of the longitudinal 13-19 Centre Research Study supporting the evaluation of the 11-19 Reform Programme.
Aims and purposes: 14 – 19 reforms
CReSt is a comprehensive 5-year project that aims to examine the impact of the wider 14-19 education reform programme on centres including:
- Raising the participation age to 18
- 14 – 19 entitlement
- Specialised diplomas
- Functional skills
- A level changes
- Extended projects
- GCSE changes
- Key stage 3 curriculum changes
- Foundation Learning Tier
- Funding arrangements
The project team
Director: Professor Jo-Anne Baird
Professor of Education: Professor Jannette Elwood, Queen's University Belfast
Reader in Education, Special Educational Needs: Dr Anthony Feiler
Lecturer: Aisling O’Boyle, Queen's University Belfast
Professor of Education: Professor Gordon Stobart, Bristol University and Institute of Education, London
Project team strategy
The main aim of the project: To describe the response to and implementation of the 14-19 educational reform programme in schools and colleges.
To meet this aim, these are some of the strategic objectives:
Centre and stakeholders
- To understand the schools and colleges well enough to adequately reflect the impact of the reform programme
- To give a sense of the diversity of strategies and concerns in schools and colleges
- To develop strong and enduring links with schools and colleges
- To link findings with the literature on change management in education
Policy
- To deliver high quality, state-of-the-art, policy-relevant research on the 14 -19 reforms
- To understand the policy reforms adequately to pick up on the nuanced effects they may have in schools and colleges
- To maintain positive, professional working relationships with policy-makers