The London RISE Open Education Fortnight series aims to be a collaborative pan-London initiative showcasing and sharing exemplary educational practices that are making a positive impact on children's learning and development across all age phases.

Our ambition is to deliver a London wide programme of school visits focused on the four national education priorities, thus extending teachers’ and educational leaders’ professional growth and learning in the following areas:

• Attendance (RISE support for improving attendance in schools) RISE attendance improvement - GOV.UK

• Inclusive Mainstream (RISE support for inclusive mainstream education) RISE support for inclusive mainstream education - GOV.UK

• Reception Year Quality (RISE support for reception improvement) Reception improvement offer - GOV.UK

• Attainment (RISE support for improving attainment in schools) RISE attainment improvement - GOV.UK

We recognise that all schools have strengths and aspects of their work that are valuable to share. We hope that as part of an increasing focus on collaboration all schools will be able to be involved in sharing their practice further at some point. It may be that for this fortnight in Jan/Feb 2027 your team are involved in showcasing practice, in visiting other schools, or both.

At this stage, RISE London are seeking expressions of interest from London schools, including special education and alternative provision settings, willing to host visits for staff from other schools across London. Hosting schools should broadly meet generic criteria of very strong practice and specific strength in one of the four priority areas. The criteria are highlighted in the accompanying document. Schools interested in hosting visits should read the accompanying document and submit an expression of interest by no later than 5pm 20 October 2026. The link to the expression of interest form is here - Open Education Fortnight: Expression of Interest to Host Visits - 2027.

Schools will then be shortlisted by the London RISE advisors and communicated with by 17 November 2026. If you cannot host this time but want your staff to visit schools which will be open, we will send out further information in late November/early December about the range of opportunities which will be on offer across our region during the fortnight.

For enquiries, please contact:

Email: london.riseregionalmailbox@education.gov.uk (please put open fortnight in the title).