Welcome to What Works Well

Search and Browse

You can search for case studies on a particular curriculum area and/or year group by using the Look for a case study box. To browse the case studies rather than search, click on More Options and choose what to browse.

Join

You can join What Works Well by clicking on Join now. Complete the online form and you will be sent an email; click on the link to complete your registration. Once you have joined, you can add your own case study, or contribute to someone else's if they invite you to.

Criteria for a case study and Help

A case study on What Works Well should:

• focus on targeted pupils with identified learning needs
• demonstrate improvement in learning
• describe the success criteria and how progress towards them was measured
• describe intentions and action taken, including teaching approaches and CPD
• describe impact (including What made the difference) and next steps
• provide evidence (quantitative and qualitative) to prove impact and convince others
• provide key messages for others attempting to replicate the work
• be accessible and transferable: able to be implemented by other teachers/practitioners on the basis of what is provided in the case study
• make available toolkits, frames, templates, CPD outlines, etc. to support transfer of learning to others

Help with using this site and adding case studies can be found under Help (question mark icon) throughout the site when you are logged in.