What is WELL and how is it possible?

Western Excellence in Leadership and Learning (WELL) is an evidence informed, transformational education project, made possible through Sellafield Ltd, NDA and the commitment of schools across West Cumberland.

Our aim is to sustainably improve educational outcomes for all young people in West Cumberland, particularly those facing disadvantage and we will achieve this through providing expert inputs on:

• compelling professional development
• teacher development, targeted interventions, and wider strategies
• developing evidence informed practice and school improvement
• building local capacity, promoting pupil wellbeing resilience and readiness to learn

WELL Partnerships

WELL works with a range of high quality local and national partners, who all share and are committed to WELL’s passion of securing and sustaining a centre of excellence in West Cumberland:

Implementing WELL: Leading the way on Evidence-Informed Implementation

with EEF Authors Professor Jonathan Sharples and Jon Eaton

Universal / Targeted Grant Implementation

Professor Jonathan Sharples and Jon Eaton, the team behind the EEF’s ‘A School’s Guide to Implementation’ , are partnering with WELL on the ‘Implementing WELL’ programme to develop a range of cutting-edge tools, training materials and activities that can build deeper expertise on effective implementation.

The ‘Implementing WELL’ project will get ‘hands on’ in supporting leadership teams to implement evidence-informed approaches in line with their vision for improvement. The aim is to make powerful changes in practice that lead to sustained improvements in pupil outcomes, including those facing disadvantage, in schools and across Trusts.