Teaching School National Induction – Workshop 1 What to expect from the first year North Liverpool Teaching School Partnership

_The North Liverpool Teaching School Partnership is a collection of five schools that are all situated in north Liverpool and work in partnership with a number of strategic partners. _Everton Nursery School and Family Centre is the lead school and works in partnership with: - Barlows Primary School and Fazakerley and Croxteth Children’s Centres - Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School - The Beacon Church of England Primary School - All Saints Catholic Primary School and Anfield Children’s Centre _Together, we work in partnership with Liverpool Local Authority and three HEIs: - Liverpool John Moores University - Liverpool Hope University - University of Cumbria Also work with Merseyside and Cheshire and Greater Manchester consortium

Strengths of the North Liverpool Teaching School Partnership _Early Years focus _Core primary subjects focus: Literacy and Mathematics _Integrated provision and working models: four Children’s Centres within the partnership _ITT _CPD _Research and Development _Environmental Education: Eco Schools Ambassador School for the north west _Faith education across the partnership _Leadership and Management _Trust and a long-standing history of working collaboratively

Measures in place to ensure sustainability for the North Liverpool Teaching School Partnership _Clear lines of accountability _Partnership agreements _Governance arrangements within the partnership _CPD opportunities to self-generate _Capacity building _Established and effective leadership and management across the partnership _Links with the Local Authority _Links with fellow Teaching Schools _Links with Liverpool Learning Partnership

Aspirations of the North Liverpool Teaching School Partnership _To make a significant impact upon Early Years and Primary teaching and learning _To be successful across the Big 6 _To work collectively as a partnership for the best interests of children’s learning, development and education _To enable all teachers and practitioners to access high quality CPD across both Early Years and Primary education _To engage teachers and practitioners to engage in innovative and meaningful research and development projects _To grow and nurture ‘leaders for tomorrow’ _To join up Early Years settings – regionally and nationally

School Direct - Why we encourage trainees to train with us? _Outstanding school and children’s centre as acknowledge by Ofsted and HMI _National Teaching School _Local, regional, national and international work _Key focus on 0-8 education _Offer both Tuition Fee and Salaried School Direct Training Programmes _Committed to succession planning and ‘talent spotting’ for future education leaders

What we are looking for in School Direct trainees _ We are looking to recruit and develop trainee teachers who will be outstanding teachers within the Early Years Foundation Stage and through into Key Stage 1. _ Trainees must be able to demonstrate that they have the capacity to raise the life opportunities and expectations of children and their families within these communities. _ We are looking for trainees that are enthusiastic, self-motivated, resilient, and who are able to demonstrate a strong commitment in enabling young children to have the very best start in life.

Our current Home Schools are: _ All Saints Catholic Primary School and Anfield Children’s Centre, Anfield _ Barlows Community Primary School and Fazakerley Children’s Centre and Croxteth Children’s Centre, Fazakerley and Croxteth _ Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School, Everton _ The Beacon Church of England Primary School, Everton We have an additional 5 alliance primary schools that have just joined us recently.

Success of the North Liverpool Teaching School Partnership since April Working Together as a collaborative of schools (nursery school linking to primary schools) and other Teaching Schools in Liverpool as well as the Local Authority. 2.Making an impact on the school led system, influence through sharing practice. 3.Appointing early years and family support SLEs. Deploying and making an impact. 4.Engaging in research through the school led system with links to HEI re Test and Learn – Numicon, 1 st Class at Number, Growth Mindsets, Inference. 5.Applying for research bids re National Curriculum, Spelling, What makes great pedagogy? 6.Leading on the National Early Years Hub project. Establishing a network and making an impact on disadvantaged areas with links to pvi’s. 7.School Direct trainees being appointed to schools.

Challenges for the North Liverpool Teaching School Partnership since April School Direct provider for tuition route – difficulties with HEI on recognising the potential of partnership links. Concern by HEI with regards to impact on jobs and future role HEIs play in ITT. 2.Partnership Agreement with HEI re trainees who suspend studies. 3.Marketing of School Direct – more so for Tuition than Salaried route. 4.Recruitment of School Direct Trainees – more so for Tuition than Salaried route. 5.Some primary/nursery schools distance themselves from the Teaching School agenda. 6.Local Authority are supportive but also a company with income targets from September 2014, so at times in competition re CPD courses, school-to-school support.

Opportunities for the North Liverpool Teaching School Partnership 1.To link with the early years and primary sector and explore system leadership in schools, children’s centres and the private and voluntary sector. Explore links with health and social care to link with schools through an early intervention model and focus on School Readiness. 2.To work collaboratively with a range of HEI providers to explore research. 3.To work both locally and nationally with a range of Teaching Schools and explore different partnership models.

10 Strategic tips from the North Liverpool Teaching School Partnership 1.Build and review capacity in own organisation. Build in administration support for the Teaching School and School Direct. 2.Push for fairer funding with HEI or develop links with/or become a SCITT. We had £3,000 in 2013, £4,000 in 2014, moving to £5,500 with SCITT in Build professional leads with schools as you can’t lead on everything yourself as the lead school. 4.Keep governors of all schools informed, create a governors collaborative group to monitor income/expenditure and any impact on schools involved. 5.Ensure Teaching School Co-ordinator has finance/project management skills to bid for finances and support business model of sustainability. 6.Think about building IT support re website, Twitter, blog. 7.Consider leadership at all levels – coaching/mentoring, succession management and talent management. 8.Build links with the Local Authority and network with other local/national Teaching Schools, as they can act as a mechanism of support. 9.Encourage own staff to develop as SLEs to expand school to school support. 10.Enjoy the experience of being part of leading the developments within a school led system!

Contact details Everton Nursery School and Family Centre Spencer Street Liverpool L6 2WF Tel: Web: