1. Dr Gary N Chambers g.n.chambers@leeds.ac.uk School of Education

2. Our ITE provision: -Primary -Secondary School of Education

4. 2012-13 The Cluster Pilot

5. School of Education 2012-14 Transition to School Direct Clusters

6. School of Education The challenges faced to date: Converting Primary Schools to School Direct – the expectation of employment However – cluster model is growing – most Primary Clusters are applying for School Direct 2014-15

7. School of Education The challenges faced to date: The free market – the money issue However -Growing emphasis on ‘the moral imperative’ -Developing relationships with Teaching Schools

8. School of Education The challenges faced to date: Breakdown of – Sense of collaborative work with other HEIs  However – good work with APTE continues – Sense of collaborative work with the TA (as was)

9. School of Education The challenges faced to date: Sense that NCTL is working against HEIs Possible loss of schools long established in the Partnership  However – attempts to minimise this with strategic use of core numbers

10. School of Education The challenges faced to date: Embedding agreed systems re: recruitment  However - success of review meetings Running two different models in parallel

11. School of Education The challenges faced to date: Increasing the number of School Direct schools in the Partnership. How?  Partnership Development Co-ordinators  Huge investment of resource  Increase in subjects on offer

12. School of Education Our intention: to remain a major ITE provider in the region a continue to offer a distinctive, high quality product

13. Thank you for listening Dr Gary N Chambers g.n.chambers@leeds.ac.uk School of Education