A systemic approach to school development incorporates the concept of schools as learning organisations (Kinsella and Senior, 2008). This approach aims to identify and overcome institutional barriers at all levels that might cause school failure. It ‘focuses on developing an inclusive system where all learners receive a high-quality education (including those at risk of failure and most vulnerable to exclusion)’.
This approach ‘leads to raised achievement and successful completion of compulsory education. It also goes beyond school organisation, aiming to address inequity to ensure wider community participation and transition to stable adulthood’ (European Agency, 2019c, p. 14).