CUREE works at the leading edge of research and evidence-informed educational policy and practice. Our mission centres on promoting and supporting the use of evidence by building bridges between academic research and professional practice. We support practice-driven action research, develop tools for Continuing Professional Development and Learning (CPDL), for organisational leadership and for teaching and learning. We believe in modelling good practice in everything we do and our work in consultancy, advice, development and training in the use of research and evidence is consistently informed by the principles underpinning effective mentoring and coaching in education. We work directly with schools and colleges - individually and in networks - and with Local Authorities across the country. We work with organisations who support schools and colleges such as the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA), the National College (formerly the NCSL), the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), the General Teaching Council (GTC), and the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA). We work with the UK government, in particular the Department for Education (DfE), and increasingly other people's governments (e.g. Italy, Canada)