About the Commission

Set up in September 2008, the ongoing aim of the Commission is to investigate the most powerful teaching and learning practices from the UK and abroad, and to share, adapt and embed them across the Harris Federation in order to secure improved life opportunities for all our young people.

The Commission is a whole Federation programme of work which is actively engaging hundreds of our students in the study and application of powerful approaches to learning and teaching. It places enquiry about learning, both within the Academies and from external experts and sites of excellent practice, in the hands of young people. Seventy student leaders, supported by teachers and other adults, form the Commission, with hundreds of others getting involved through in-school research and by testing out new approaches.

In just one year, Student Commissioners have taken a lead in the research, application, delivery and evaluation of numerous innovative teaching practices. Through this, relationships have developed between learners and teachers, with increasing mutual trust and understanding underpinning new partnerships in the Academies. Published in October 2009, Learning about Learning: 12 early ideas from the Harris Student Commission details the key findings so far, and sets out what needs to be investigated further.

To find out more follow the link below:

www.harrisvoice.org.uk