(a) How far can schools institutionalise local action through transformational empowerment and social cohesion and help low attaining schools in socially disadvantaged areas? Give examples to substantiate your answer.

(b) Examine the extent to which the participatory role of the community would require support mechanisms, namely: a whole range of formal and informal networks, a framework of information, multiple partnerships, a developmental space to enable dialogic openness and mutual learning. Illustrate your answer with examples.