1. The Deployment Of Challenge Advisers

2. Action Taken Reports and discussions with directors
Discussion with Headteacher Strategy Group
Informal discussion with Welsh Government
Discussion with managing director of another consortia
Discussion with assistant directors of the other three consortia
Workshop with challenge advisers who chose to attend.
One to one interviews with School Challenge Cymru advisers.
One to one discussions with SCAs
Discussed with diocesan officers

3. Extent Of Support Up to Green- up to 4 days Yellow-up to 10 days
Amber-up to 15 days
Red- up to 25 days

4. Relevant Guidance Document (no. 198/2016)
‘Each challenge adviser will determine the nature of the bespoke support package to be provided to each school according to need which may result in the allocation of additional support days. This additional support could be delivered by a range of providers’

5. Teams - Advantages Coaching/development opportunities
Using expertise of CA team for the benefit of schools
Simplifying the existing line management system
Has the potential to enhance primary/secondary transition
Collective knowledge of schools as opposed to knowledge being with one person and lost when they leave/move.
Fewer issues when personnel leave as the schools will become used to working with more than one CA. 

6. Teams-Advantages Facilitates joint working.
Provides a model into which school leaders and expertise from within schools can be drawn.
Experience and knowledge of working with specific types of schools can be developed.
Fits with Donaldson’s model and could facilitate the delivery of Successful Futures.
Facilitates innovation and flexibility

7. Secondary Team New Team Existing secondary CAs
Accelerated Progress Leads
New appointments, including headteachers

8. Accelerated Progress Leads
CSC version of SCC adviser but
Employed by us
Work with CA team
Use our systems

9. Risks
Silo working (mitigated by cross regional processes and training)
Admin to organise team (mitigated by SCA meetings.)
Accountability (mitigated by having a named CA for each school)
Introduces more change to CAs for many schools (mitigated by the development of a team knowledge of a school)