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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Effective school partnerships and collaboration for school improvement: a review of the evidence October 2015	Dr Paul Armstrong	Education theory	Department for Education (DfE)
Case studies of effective partnership working to raise attainment at Key Stage 2 July 2015	Professor Daniel Muijs	Education research Inter-school collaboration KS1 +2 more	Oxford Review of Education
Collaborative overreach: why collaboration probably isn’t key to the next phase of school reform October 2015	James Croft	Education research Inter-school collaboration Leadership and governance	Centre for the Study of Market Reform of Education (CMRE)
Plan A+: unleashing the potential of academies March 2012	Dale Bassett, Gareth Lyon, Will Tanner and Bill Watkin	Education theory	Reform and SSAT
Interesting cities: five approaches to urban school reform November 2015	CfBT Education Trust / Education Development Trust (EDT)	Education theory	Education Development Trust (formerly CfBT Education Trust)
Understanding the improved performance of disadvantaged pupils in London September 2015	Dr Jo Blanden, Ellen Greaves and Professor Paul Gregg	Education theory Social mobility / closing the gap Supporting social mobility	Council for Advancement and Support in Education (CASE) and London School of Economics (LSE)
Lessons from London schools June 2014	Dr Sam Baars, Eleanor Bernardes and Dr Alex Elwick	Education theory	Education Development Trust (formerly CfBT Education Trust) and Centre for London with LKMco
Lessons from London schools for attainment gaps and social mobility June 2014	Ellen Greaves, Dr Lindsey Macmillan and Luke Sibieta	Education theory	Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission
Understanding the success of London’s schools October 2014	Professor Simon Burgess	Education theory	Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO)
Collaboration as a strategy for improving schools in challenging circumstances 2006	Professor Mel Ainscow, Professor Daniel Muijs and Professor Mel West	Education theory	Improving Schools
Chain effects: the impact of academy chains on low income students (first report) 2014	Professor Merryn Hutchings, Professor Becky Francis and Dr Robert de Vries	Education policy Education theory Inter-school collaboration +7 more	Sutton Trust
Evaluation of the City Challenge programme June 2012	Professor Merryn Hutchings et al	Inter-school collaboration Leadership and governance Regional / location differences +3 more	Department for Education (DfE)
Multi-academy trusts February 2017	Members of the Education Select Committee	Education policy Inter-school collaboration System improvement and collaboration +2 more	House of Commons - Education Select Committee