challengepartners.org challenge partners - an introduction 2014
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challengepartners.org
Challenge Partners - An introduction2014
Our aims
1. Improve pupils’ examination results at a rate above the national average and accelerate the progress of the disadvantaged
2. Enable all schools to improve at a rate above the national average
3. Create more national leaders and outstanding schools that fulfil the Teaching School criteria
4. Develop a world-class, self-improving and sustainable system that contribute to national research and policy making
Our impact starts with the young people we serve
• Hubs– A local network of schools who come
together to pool their knowledge and resources
• Partners– Members of the hub who participate in its
activities
• Senior Partners– Head teachers of the lead hub school
who helps facilitate collaboration and represent their members in the wider network
THE MODELA partnership owned and led by its members
A GROWING PARTNERSHIPA national network of local partnerships
170,000 Pupils
238 Schools
21 Hubs
A REPRESENTATIVE PARTNERSHIP All phases, governance type and context involved
A NATIONAL NETWORK
CORE ACTIVITIES
THE OFFERBuilding capacity in the Hub model
• Joining a Hub– Opportunities to work as part of a
local school improvement network
• The Quality Assurance Review– Every year a Challenge Partners
school receives a QA Review and participates in a reciprocal review.
• Teaching & Learning– Funding for teachers to attend
Olevi’s ITP, OTP and OFP programmes.
• Hub Funding– Resource to support the Hub carry
out collaborative school improvement
CORE ACTIVITY
• Subject Directory– Directory of quality assured practice
from across the Partnership
• Subject Leaders– Opportunity to accredit and access
outstanding middle leaders
• Conferences– Hosted by Hubs to showcase best
practice and network
• National Subject Seminars– One day seminars in English and
Maths for middle leaders to share practice and engage in policy
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIESSchool improvement support which schools can draw on
• Engine of Improvement– Out school improvement service which draws on outstanding schools and
practitioners within the Partnership.– Support available from whole school improvement, through to Ofsted readiness
and subject specific help
• Challenge the Gap– A whole school programme which closes the gap between the attainment of
disadvantaged pupils and their better-off peers. – Targeted pupils are making five terms worth of progress in three terms
• Subject Reviews– Peer reviews led by an Ofsted-accredited inspector which focuses on developing
departments– The reviews take place across three schools and involves two middle leaders from
each school
Thank you
CONTACT US
91 - 95 Southwark Bridge Road
London SE1 0AX
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