Building a learning organisation: announcing our partnership with Renaisi

At the Fair Education Alliance, we believe that meaningful change starts with learning. As we deliver our Neighbourhood to National strategy, becoming a truly learning-led organisation is central to how we work, and to the impact we’re striving to achieve. 

Being a learning organisation means more than measuring progress. It’s about embedding learning into how we work, creating space for shared reflection, curiosity and continuous improvement, so that we can adapt quickly to complex and shifting systems. Our ambition to tackle educational inequity from local to national levels depends on our ability to understand what is (and isn’t) working across different contexts, to learn collectively across the Alliance, and to use those insights to make more informed, responsive decisions that strengthen collective action. 

We’re therefore incredibly excited to be partnering with Renaisi as our Learning & Evaluation partner. Renaisi are leaders in place-based learning, evaluation and systems change, with a strong track record of working alongside organisations and partnerships to navigate complexity and generate meaningful insight. Their collaborative, adaptive approach makes them an excellent fit for how we work at the FEA. 

In practice, this partnership will support us to evolve our Theory of Change, develop a robust systems change evaluation approach, and strengthen how we capture learning and evidence across our work, including within our Place-based Collaborations. Just as importantly, Renaisi will help us embed a culture of continuous learning across the Secretariat and the wider Alliance, ensuring that insights actively shape decisions and action. 

For members, this will create new opportunities to engage with and shape shared learning across the Alliance. As the partnership evolves, we will explore ways to surface insights, spark collective reflection, and support members to strengthen their own practice. 

“The Neighbourhood-to-National strategy capitalises on a unique moment. Growing momentum around English devolution presents an opportunity to demonstrate how locally led partnerships can tackle previously intractable challenges facing children and young people. We look forward to supporting the FEA, their members, local communities, and young people to ensure that ongoing learning and evaluation are central drivers of the work .”

- Cathy Hearn, Associate Director, Renaisi

We’re excited about what this partnership will unlock, for our work, for our members, and ultimately for the children and young people at the heart of everything we do. 

Su Moore

Interim COO

Fair Education Alliance