RAISE Cross-Cutting Initiatives
RAISE Strategic Area Plans will be complemented by a series of cross-cutting initiatives
RAISE Strategic Area Plans will be complemented by a series of cross-cutting initiatives that will span across RAISE areas and beyond to address common issues and complement locality led projects.
RAISE Cross-Cutting Initiatives Stakeholder Update
To date, seven cross-cutting initiatives have been identified to be delivered in the 2025/26 and 2026/27 academic years. These are:
A Supporting Effective Professional Learning Clusters Programme will aim to support collaborative professional learning clusters in partnership with Higher Education Institutions.
An Online Science of Learning Programme will deliver an online professional learning programme for teachers on the Science of Learning
A new Reading with AI research study evaluating how AI tools can support literacy.
A Learning to Code Schools Programme will provide opportunities for children and young people to improve their digital literacy.
A Primary Literacy and Numeracy / Transitions Support Programme will support schools to run high-quality primary literacy and numeracy revision and support classes during the Halloween and Easter holidays and after schools for pupils preparing to transfer to post-primary schools (Year 6 and 7).
A Holiday Revision Support Programme that will support schools to run high-quality revision schemes during the Halloween and Easter holidays for pupils preparing for public examinations (GCSEs, A-Levels and equivalent qualifications).
An Alternative Education Models Pilot will include research into alternative models of education and a small scale pilot testing potential approaches.
RAISE Reading with AI Research Project
The RAISE Programme’s Reading with AI Research Project is a new research study that will provide schools with an opportunity to see how AI tools can support literacy. The study is led by Oxford Brookes University, using Amira Learning, a reading support tool, aligned with research-informed approaches to early literacy and powered by AI.