The Cambridge Primary Review[1] (CPR), following a lengthy period of consultation and planning, was launched in October 2006 as a fully independent enquiry into the condition and future of primary education in England. The Review, directed by Professor Robin Alexander,[2] has been supported since its inception by grants from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.[3] The scope of the Review and the depth of its evidence have made it the most comprehensive enquiry into English primary education since the Plowden Report of 1967. Between October 2007 and February 2009 the Review published 31 interim reports, including 28 surveys of published research, 39 briefings, 14 media releases and several newspaper articles. The Review's 608-page final report Children, their World, their Education: final report and recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review[4] was published on 16 October 2009, together with an 850-page companion volume, The Cambridge Primary Review Research Surveys. Both books are published by Routledge.
The Review's work has fallen into four distinct phases:
- January 2004 – September 2006 : consultation and planning.
- October 2006 – September 2009 : implementation and interim reporting.
- October 2009 – September 2010 : publication, dissemination and discussion of the final report.
- October 2010 – September 2012 : building on the CPR through professional networking and policy engagement.
- ^ "The Primary Review". Archived from the original on 26 October 2006. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Robin Alexander".
- ^ "Esmée Fairbairn Foundation". Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
- ^ Children, their World, their Education: final report and recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review [1]