1. Innovation in Education Grasping opportunities arising from collaboration and comparing and contrasting different 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
Quality assurance
Executive leadership
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