1. challengepartners.org AN INTRODUCTION TO CHALLENGE PARTNERS Prof Sir George Berwick CBE Chief Executive

2. challengepartners.org What are we trying to achieve?

3. Ensuring that every pupil experiences the combined wisdom of the education community Challenge Partners is the catalyst to make this happen

4. The ambition: upwards convergence in all our pupils’ achievements A theory of action Your hub

5. The approach: creating a virtuous learning community Bringing together three bodies of knowledge in a structured way

6. What have we learnt so far?

7. The Four Capitals Putting in place the key components of effective knowledge management Moral capital is the glue that binds us together. It has to be constantly nourished, takes a long time to set and can rapidly become unstuck.

8. Moral Capital Creating the moral climate for knowledge sharing between staff and schools 1. Track Record2. Collaboration3. Empathy4. Trust

9. Knowledge Capital Identifying those who have the knowledge for effective school practice and capturing it Leading and managing change Effective knowledge management Talent management Identifying and capturing best practice

10. Starting point: Identifying the bodies of knowledge Three elements lead to improvements in pupil outcomes Best practice Research Emerging effective innovation Internal External Internal External Internal External Identifying how this knowledge can help 3 groups The individual The school The system How do you use the knowledge to make decisions in the school?

11. Social Capital Identifying the social skill set necessary to enable the effective transfer of knowledge and then equipping the staff accordingly The capacity of the staff in a school to learn directly impacts on their pupils’ performance

12. The nature of educational knowledge Identifying the activity required for learning

13. Organisational Capital Setting up the organisational systems for people to share their knowledge with those who need to learn Teaching Schools need to improve the quality of education of their own pupils, as well as those in other schools

14. Catalysts in a network Examples of hub configurations in Challenge Partners East Midlands South Hub 17 schools: 2 Teaching Schools, 3 NLEs, and 5 LLEs Brighton & Hove Hub 8 schools: 1 Lead School London West Hub 34 schools: 1 Teaching School, 4 NLEs, and 6 LLEs 23 hubs

15. Creating and connecting catalysts The hub is the sum of the parts of the catalysts The critical element of any human network is the strength and configuration of its people

16. Allowing the hub to grow organically The development of a hub 2011-12 2012-132013-142014-15 East Midlands hub West Midlands hub 18 schools West Midlands hub 11 schools Rushey Mead/George Spencer hub 8 schools 14 schools East Midlands South hub 19 schools East Midlands North hub 12 schools East Midlands South hub 17 schools East Midlands North hub West Midlands hub 18 schools 17 schools TOTAL SCHOOLS 852 45 29

17. 5 Key Lessons Build moral capital to drive moral purpose Understand the nature of the knowledge so that it can be transferred effectively Build a network around parallel rather than individual catalysts Allow the hub to grow organically Ensure that users accept that they have to give more to get more back The quality of the people define the effectiveness of the hub