Challenge Partners is a collaborative group of schools at various points in a journey towards excellence We have a moral commitment to ensure that we maximise the life chances of all our pupils and through collaborative learning, ensure that each generation achieves more than the one before

1.Improve pupils’ examinations results at a rate above the national average 2.Enable all schools to improve at a rate above the national average 3. Create more outstanding schools that reach the Teaching School criteria with national leaders in school-to-school work 4.Develop a world class, self improving and sustainable system that contributes to national research and policy making OUR SHARED AIMS

CHALLENGE PARTNERS BY NUMBERS ,000

...from all phases (65)% secondary schools 39 (28)% primary schools 6 (7)% special schools / PRUs...and governance models… Challenge Partners is made up of 216 (179) Schools in 20 (17) Hubs, representing more than 150,000 pupils across the country......including 25 (21) Teaching Schools...and all Ofsted ratings… Hubs provide the context for close collaboration and the Hub leaders (Seniors Partners), are the representative voice of the Partner Schools, who lead the partnership PARTNER SCHOOLS

Challenge Partners facilitates a national network of local partnerships that enables each Hub to retain its own identity, whilst providing a national coherence and political voice The Hubs have grown organically, such that each is unique, with its own history, focus and ways of working. They may be same-phase, cross-phase, rural, urban, academy chains or local authority schools The systemic leadership of these is Hubs is key, which is why Challenge Partners actively supports the development of the Senior Partners who lead them The Hubs lead their own local agenda and programmes which cover everything from ITT to headship. Challenge Partners is merely one aspect of the Hubs’ on-going activities The strength of Challenge Partners is in the combined moral purpose, and in facilitating the coming together of effective Hubs of schools to pool their knowledge, wisdom and resources It is the combined effectiveness of the Hubs that gives Challenge Partners its effectiveness, and not the other way around HUBS

Governance Leadership & Management Network of Excellence Projects Engine of Improvement Source of Efficiency ACTIVITIES

Key Stage 2 Key Stage 4 Level 4+ Level 5+ % 5A*-C % 5A*-C (Incl E&M) Eng Bacc AIM 1. Improve pupils’ examinations results at a rate above the national average

AIM 2. Enable all schools to improve at a rate above the national average Challenge Partners National Average School Ofsted Inspections (Cohort 1)

OutstandingGoodRequires Improvement Inadequate AIM 2. Enable all schools to improve at a rate above the national average Internal Quality of Teaching Data (cohort 1)

An additional 5 schools were awarded Teaching School status in March 2013 (21 in total) Teaching Schools Areas of Outstanding Practice Accredited through the QA Review AIM 3. Create more outstanding schools that reach the Teaching schools criteria with national leaders in school-to-school work to

70186 Specialist Leaders: CPSLs and SLEs AIM 3. Create more outstanding schools that reach the Teaching schools criteria with national leaders in school-to-school work to

AIM 4. Develop a world class, self improving and sustainable system that contributes to national research and policy making

Governance Leadership & Management Network of Excellence Projects Engine of Improvement Source of Efficiency

Governance Leadership & Management Network of Excellence Projects Engine of Improvement Source of Efficiency

Governance Leadership & Management Network of Excellence Projects Engine of Improvement Source of Efficiency

QA Review Teaching & Learning Subjects Governance Leadership & Management Network of Excellence Projects Engine of Improvement Source of Efficiency

QA Review Teaching & Learning Subjects Governance Leadership & Management Network of Excellence Projects Engine of Improvement Source of Efficiency

The review looks at performance relative to the most recent Ofsted inspection, as well as the school’s contribution to, and participation in, the Partnership The Partnership’s quality assurance and assessment is built around a professionally-led peer review Occurs annually during the autumn and spring terms and takes 1.5 days Conducted by a team of senior leaders from other Partner Schools and led by an Ofsted accredited inspector All lesson observations are joint and all outputs are discussed with the school A development opportunity for those reviewing the schools who will receive training and feedback on their role The accredited inspector assesses the work of the senior leaders, and is responsible for the review report Scope of the Report Pupil Performance Quality of Teaching School Improvement Systems Areas of Outstanding Practice Impact on Challenge Partners QA REVIEW

QA Review Teaching & Learning Subjects Governance Leadership & Management Network of Excellence Projects Engine of Improvement Source of Efficiency

TEACHING & LEARNING Improving Teacher Programme (ITP) Outstanding Teacher Programme (OTP) Outstanding Facilitation Programme (OFP) Challenge Partners has, in partnership with Olevi, trained 35 facilitators from Challenge Partners schools. Challenge Partners equips each Hub to run training programmes, for the benefit of those within the Hub

QA Review Teaching & Learning Subjects Governance Leadership & Management Network of Excellence Projects Engine of Improvement Source of Efficiency

CPSLs Subject Directory Challenge Communities Governance Leadership & Management Projects Engine of Improvement Source of Efficiency QA Review Subjects Teaching & Learning Hubs Catalyst Annual Conference

Governance Leadership & Management Network of Excellence Projects Engine of Improvement Source of Efficiency

Challenge Partners will ensure appropriate quality assurance measures are in place to deliver high quality improvement in these schools Using the strength of the Partnership we will turn around weak schools and bring improvement where it is most needed Challenge Partners will: Provide a vehicle, through the Challenge Partners Academy Trust, for weaker schools to convert to academy status, associated to Challenge Partners Broker relationships, pairing schools and heads for improvement activities, making best use of the skills across the Partnership Facilitate intervention through a menu of differentiated proven learning activities to drive whole school improvement ENGINE OF IMPROVEMENT

Governance Leadership & Management Network of Excellence Projects Engine of Improvement Source of Efficiency

Governance Leadership & Management Network of Excellence Projects Engine of Improvement Source of Efficiency

CHALLENGE THE GAP Narrowing the FSM attainment gap through a school-to- school approach Two-year programme funded by the Education Endowment Foundation

CHALLENGE THE GAP Two-year programme funded by the Education Endowment Foundation