The School Partnership "The Compass Project" addressed pupils of different ages and with learning diffi culties, and aimed at assisting them in becoming active citizens in an ever-changing society. Four schools from the UK, Finland, Hungary and Portugal compared and analysed all aspects of school life, environment, cultures and climate and learned more about living in another part of Europe. The pupils in each of the partner schools achieved this through exchanging emails, sampling each others' local foods, planting each others' seeds, and using products from each others' countries to make recipes. Throughout the project their communication and reading skills improved. They became more aware that they are members of a multicultural European society, which broadened their view and changed their thinking. Their experiences during the 3 year project encouraged them to accept diff erences and to look at their abilities. The impact of this partnership on the participating schools was impressive: teachers and pupils improved their language skills and the European dimension within the curricula was strengthened. For example in the UK partner school teaching has become more dynamic with an emphasis on experimental learning. The partnership promoted social and educational inclusion and all partners agreed on a policy of equality and diversity in their schools. They also exchanged experiences in the diff erent strategies for an easy transition from school to adult life e. g. by implementing more practical skills into the curriculum. The project succeeded in raising the profi le of children with special needs and bringing Europe into the classroom. But some of the results were also much more tangible: a "Diversity Booklet" with dissemination materials, a website, the creation and implementation of a policy of equality and diversity, and the introduction of a system of Quality Assurance Management, by which each of the partner schools could measure the learning outcomes of both learners and facilitators.