Notions of ‘experience’ in a high performing primary school: implications for practice, policy and research development

This article discusses one of the most pervasive and taken-for-granted concepts in professional practice – ‘experience’ that we arguably all seek, enable others to develop, use make a case for hiring or firing employees with potential implications on performance educational organisations. Yet, it remains under-researched fields study.In response, develops literature-based framework ‘experience retrospect prospect’ grounded John Dewey’s theorisation experience. These theoretical mechanisms are used retroductively inform analysis study data from high performing primary school (Rising Star -RS) low local authority (WEB) North England.This shows is (can be) understood applied differently: as reliant past (retrospect), future (prospect) learning, both neither. In RS, outstanding pupils’ outcomes can be linked matrix combines experience prospect retrospect. combination represented by ‘RS retrospection prospection wheel’ made up four core spokes (individual, collective, spatio-temporality endgame) unified four-pronged disk/hub set RS collective auctor onto counter-performativity trajectory its own.This adds new insights interview, induction development processes impact students’ outcomes.