The School of Education hosts the South Central Regional Centre for the Cambridge Primary Review (CPR).
The Cambridge Primary Review was launched in October 2006 as an independent enquiry into the condition and future of primary education in England. It was the most comprehensive enquiry into English primary education since the Plowden Report of 1967. The review was initiated by Professor Robin Alexander and supported by grants from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. 
Review reports
The final report of the review entitled 'Children, their World, their Education: final report and recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review' was published in October 2009 together with the companion volume entitled 'The Cambridge Primary Review Research Surveys'.
- Find out more about Children, their World, their Education: final report and recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review
- Find out more about the Cambridge Primary Review Research Surveys
CPR National Primary Network
The CPR National Primary Network is a direct response to requests from teachers and others following the publication of the review’s final report. Professor Robin Alexander remains the overall director of the CPR network.
There are nine regional CPR centres throughout the country; each are tasked with energising, supporting and disseminating the work of teachers, schools, local authorities and Higher Education Institutions keen to build on the work of the CPR . The development of the network comes at an interesting time when schools have exciting opportunities to develop their work with, what appears to be, less prescription from government.
Aim of the network
The core aim of the network is to re-empower teachers and improve the primary education experienced by the nation’s children. As stated in the CPR final report (Recommendation 60):
"We need to move to a position where research-grounded teaching repertoires and principles are introduced through initial training and refined and extended through experience and CPD, and teachers acquire as much command of the evidence and principles which underpin the repertoires as they do of the skills needed in their se. The test of this alternative view of professionalism is that teachers should be able to give coherent justification for their practices citing (i) evidence, (ii) pedagogical principle and (iii) educational aim, rather than offering the unsafe defence of compliance with what others expect. Anything less is educationally unsound."
Supporting reform
The network will encourage, support, disseminate and celebrate reform in primary schools, local authorities and teacher education and development which:
- Builds reflectively and critically on the ideas, evidence and proposals in the final report of the CPR and on other evidence which supports the reviews aims;
- Is professionally initiated;
- Is securely grounded in sustainable evidence;
- Advances professional and community re-empowerment;
- Improves the quality of primary education experienced by all the nation’s children, especially those who suffer material, social or educational disadvantage.
Partnerships
Within the CPR South central network we are looking to support and build partnerships between schools, HEIs, local authorities and other educational and professional organisations to build on the work of the CPR. The South Central CPR Regional centre is co-ordinated by Carol Robinson, please contact Carol if you wish to find out more about the centre or contribute to its work.
email carol.robinson@brighton.ac.uk / carolrobinson@primaryreview.org.uk
phone 01273 644568
Our regional centre is particularly keen to facilitate collaborative activities across the region.
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Events
Forthcoming events
There are currently no scheduled events, details of future events will be periodly updated.
Previous events
Cambridge Primary Review series of twilight seminars
The South Central Regional Centre for the Cambridge Primary Review based at School of Education are hosting a series of twilight seminars focusing on working in the spirit of the Cambridge Primary Review.
South Central Network Conference 2011
The School of Education hosted the Cambridge Primary Review South Central Network Conference in March 2011.
