School Partnerships

Part of being a great, outward looking school is the strength of the partnerships you form with your fellow schools and teachers. Whether joint purchasing, running collaborative training events or supporting each other with curriculum development, there's much to be gained by pooling your resources.

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  Supporting the steps to secondary

  Pupils

  • It’s never too early to start talking to pupils about moving on from primary, says Emily Weston
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  Making visible improvements

  School Partnerships

  • Deborah Saunders outlines how An Daras Trust put in place a new programme to help pupils understand how they learn
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  How to create an effective curriculum

  Teaching Practice

  • Darren Woollard outlines how a collaborative approach led to reviews of how and what pupils are taught
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  Best practice in SEND – Sharing expertise

  School Partnerships

  • Ashley Eastwood describes how the Learning Harmony Trust is rolling out its SEND approaches nationwide...
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  How to turn around a failing school – Heyford Park’s rapid school improvement journey

  School Partnerships

  • Sarah Nickelson and Craig Thomas describe how they took their Free school from an “inadequate” inspection to looking ahead to a brighter future
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  MATs – Working together to improve education

  Teaching Practice

  • Guy Shears believes that collaboration and a shared language make trusts tick...
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  Catch-up curriculum? How learning can be enhanced following Covid-19

  Teaching Practice

  • Dawn Haywood believes education can emerge stronger from the pandemic...
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  How to create an academy – Putting together a family

  School Partnerships

  • Patrick Taggart speaks about the process of creating an Academy...
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  Games-based learning needs a place in schools, says Ian Livingstone

  School Partnerships

  • Ian Livingstone CBE explains why games-based learning deserves a place in every school...
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  Rethink Your Performance Audits with the STaR Team Approach

  School Partnerships

  • Giving staff a key role to play in school audits can unlock their potential in multiple ways, says Louise Smith...