December 2012

1. Innovation in EducationGrasping opportunities arising from collaboration and comparing and contrastingdifferent models of working in a competitive landscape December 2012

2. School partnerships – where are we now? Schools working mostly in isolation from other schools Schools working in formal partnerships but with no accountability to each other Schools in federations or chains with a shared or evolving pedagogical approach Loose to tight spectrum Schools working in informal partnerships Schools are part of a partnership, federation or chain with executive leadership and formal accountability

3. Developing depth in partnership is also vital • Depth takes time to achieve and comes as partners build trust and work together more extensively • Depth is linked with hard-wiring how partnerships work together

4. What makes a partnership effective – the core features • Shared vision • Ethos • Values • Ambition • Strategy

5. What makes a partnership effective – the core features Shared vision • Standard systems • Shared data • Common approach to classroom observations • Peer review or inspection

6. What makes a partnership effective – the core features • Shared pedagogy • Curriculum design • Teachers learning together though joint practice development • Joint research Shared vision Standard systems

7. What makes an effective partnership – the importance of geography Cross-chain leadership deployment and development Cross-chain teacher development

8. What makes an effective partnership – the importance of organisation Integrated support services Executive leadership Quality assurance Cross-chain development of teacher capacity Cross-chain leadership development and deployment Shared vision Shared pedagogy Standard systems Corporate governance

9. But many partnerships are not yet in the right shape to be effective