SHINE: Support and Help IN EducationSHINE is an education charity that finds and backs exceptional teachers with the ideas to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children.
We fund, evaluate and scale evidence-based innovations that raise attainment and strengthen schools across the North of England.
SHINE identifies, evaluates, and scales up the most promising educational ideas.
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SHINE connects donors with teachers to create new opportunities for disadvantaged children.
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SHINE uses evidence from its work to influence positive changes for children.
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SHINE's projects have made a significant impact.
In the last 12 months, we have helped more than 100,000 children across nearly 750 schools, while also providing support to over 26,000 parents and 5,220 teachers.
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Opportunities to join our network of successful practice across the North.
Discover our funding opportunities, the support we offer, and ways to participate in our programmes.
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It's easy to make a donation to SHINE. Even the smallest gift could make a big difference to the lives of children in the North.
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SHINE backs innovative learning approaches aimed at levelling the playing field for all children.
We fund school-based projects supporting children aged 0-19, addressing a wide range of areas such as reading, maths, science, verbal communication, parental engagement, school transitions, and wellbeing.
Find out moreMany from low-income homes start school without key skills, fall behind, and over half leave school without essential GCSEs in English and maths – limiting their opportunities for further education or good jobs.
The divide is particularly acute in parts of the North.
Every GCSE results day, we ask why some parts of England outperform others. Yet after decades of reform, one uncomfortable truth remains: England's attainment map still looks remarkably like its poverty map.
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New job opportunity
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SHINE is seeking an experienced partner to design and deliver a two-year learning programme that will support teachers leading SHINE-funded innovation projects.
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Report by SHINE Trustee Jonny Utley makes direct appeal to Andy Burnham to translate his commitment to devolution and inclusion into new era of education reform.
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It’s amazing the sudden progress she has made. The way she will now speak to adults confidently and share her ideas. It’s just incredible.
Ever since starting reception, Eva had been very shy. She always avoided eye contact with adults and never put her hand up in class to share ideas. Both Eva’s mum and her teacher were acutely aware of how reluctant she was at school.
Even though he was only 10 years old, Lee would storm out of the house in a rage, refusing to say where he was going or when he would be back
Lee was finding primary school increasingly stressful. The noise of other children and all the questions from the teacher made him anxious and upset. Nobody seemed to understand how he was feeling.
Lincoln never used to say a word in class. Then his school introduced Chatta into daily lessons.
Lincoln is now confident and happy to stand at the front of class and tell his classmates about what he did at the weekend.