“The writers, artists and
musicians working in Florence
in the late fourteenth and
early fifteenth centuries had
no idea that they were part
of what is now known as
the Renaissance.

But through networks, shared
knowledge and influence they
individually created a climate
that allowed a new creativity
to flourish.

The work that schools are
doing on new approaches to
learning, working with the
community, developing
relationships with other
schools, rethinking school
roles and relationships all
point to radical changes in
practice which have
the potential to become
emergent policy.”

Professor John West-Burnham