Our Research in schools

The Repair-Ed project is conducting research with ten primary schools – both public and independent – in ten different wards of the city of Bristol. We hope to understand the stories of each school in relation to the economic, socio-political and policy mechanisms that create inequitable conditions of primary schooling.

We are working closely with teachers, children, school leaders, parents and wider communities to map how primary schooling is experienced in different contexts of the city. We’ll be focusing particularly on Key Stage 2 (years 3-6).

Through this research we will be focusing on the conditions and experiences of classed and racial inequality across the city and exploring how different members of Bristol’s primary schools imagine a fairer education system for all.

In May 2024 we met with a group of school leaders and teachers in Bristol to create a ‘manifesto’ for primary schooling in the city. Here’s a visual map of the key ideas teachers shared, illustrated by Seekan Hui.