Creating An Accelerated Learning School

Derek Wise is Headteacher of Cramlington Community High School in Northumberland, England. Derek has been a Deputy Headteacher in two inner city schools and has been the Director of an Education Action Zone. He is well respected locally and nationally for his energy and interest in learning innovation and for his championing of comprehensive education. Mark Lovatt is Head of Science and Learning Co-ordinator at Cramlington Community High School in Northumberland, England. He has spent considerable time and energy researching, adapting and applying the ideas of accelerated learning to his subject. Mark's energy and enthusiasm is evident from the plaudits his training events receive. This is their first published collaboration together.

• Preface to the first edition; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Part One - Establishing, supporting and embedding accelerated learning within a school; Timeline - Introducing accelerated learning; Chapter 1 - The need for accelerated learning; Chapter 2 - Establishing accelerated learning within the school; Chapter 3 - Supporting and embedding accelerated learning; Chapter 4 - Ofsted and beyond; Part Two - Accelerated learning - putting it into practice; Timeline - Introducing accelerated learning into a large department; Chapter 5 - Introducing accelerated learning into the science department - a way in; Chapter 6 - Half-way house - now what! (post-Elisp); Postscript - Reflections; References and acknowledgements