there is also scope to foster stronger cooperation between schools to share resources break professional and social isolation reduce administrative burdens and exchange good practices the introduction of a national assessment for all schools could provide valuable information on the quality of learning in small schools visavis larger primary schools see policy issue this would enable the mep to understand whether these institutions provide good outcomes for students and value for money in a context of limited resources and help convince students and parents that travelling further away might enhance their education and life prospects in there were primary schools with students including schools which had fewer than students and which had between and students