This report remains unprecedented in the Australian education research landscape for its investment, scope and ambition. It was generously supported by a $17.2 million philanthropic grant from the Paul Ramsay Foundation, as well as cash and/or in-kind support from the NSW Department of Education, the Australian Research Council, and the University of Newcastle.

Through three interrelated activities – research, scaling, and setting up a sustainable business model – researchers set out to comprehensively explore what the ‘Quality Teaching Rounds’ (QTR) approach to teacher professional development could do for schooling in Australia.

In this report, the authors also outline the project’s wider impact on schooling and school systems, society and policy, and the field of research. They also share important lessons for researchers, philanthropic organisations, other funding bodies, education departments, and government policy-makers who seek to have the kind of impact in education that the Building Capacity project achieved.