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REAL Trust 12.04.06 Rochdale Looking at the rather exceptional work of the Trust,
not least in terms of its outcomes for pupils and staff.
Secondary heads collaborative agreement on the reintegration of excluded pupils 01.03.06 Sheffield Looking at how schools working together can tackle the reintgration of excluded pupils when there just aren't enough places to go round.
Large Scale School Cluster Arrangements 01.03.06 Kent Ever considered an LA wide partnership? Here is Kent's experience of clustering over 600 schools to improve primary education.
Family Learning 28.02.06 Rotherham How family learning and parental involvement are inspiring a number of initiatives in a Rotherham partnership.
Families First 28.02.06 Co. Durham All about a successful initiative by an Excellence Cluster to encourage parent involvement in their children's learning.
14-19 Partnership Working 27.02.06 Derbyshire See a 14-19 partnership in action as it seeks to serve an area of significant deprivation.
Buddy Clubs and other activities to assist transition 27.02.06 Sefton See how 8 diverse schools in Sefton,
with over 2000 pupils between them,
came together to improve transition.
The PLE partnership in Plymouth 27.02.06 Plymouth Illustrating how collaboration can start with a single focus and grow to a much larger and better developed Education Improvement Partnership.
Partnership working in Plymouth 27.02.06 Plymouth Of particular interest to existing partnerships in deciding their route to becoming an Education Improvement Partnership.
A programme of intervention 27.02.06 Birmingham Successful pupil intervention programmes which are significantly raising attainment in literacy and numeracy.
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Transition Project Arsenal Study Support 27.02.06 Islington and Camden How a collaborative has drawn upon the popularity of its local football club to ease the passage of transition for its pupils.
Managing behaviour and reducing exclusions 27.02.06 Kent How one LA has brokered effective collaboration county wide to tackle behaviour and exclusions.
Cross phase mentors 27.02.06 Manchester Demonstrating how you might use mentors to improve transtion.
Extended Services and Collaboration 27.02.06 Darlington Focusing on cross phase delivery of extended schools provision.
Transition Acitivities 27.02.06 Islington A very interesting and wide range of activities all geared at smoothing the passage through transition.
Provision of study support activities for Gifted and Talented pupils through partnership working 27.02.06 Sefton One cluster's approach to providing study support for groups of Gifted and Talented pupils across a wide age range.
CPD in Geography 27.02.06 Sefton Illustrating a partnership of Sefton secondary schools providing study support for groups of Gifted and Talented pupils across a wide age range.
Awareness of Enterprise 27.02.06 Sefton Raising awareness of enterprise can be achieved. See here for a clear illustration of how it might be done.
West Sussex Federation 01.02.06 Sussex A rare example of a hard governance federation,
distinguished by a single governing body across two or more institutions.
Weston Education Partnership 31.01.06 North Somerset looks at the challenges,
achievements and solutions of a 6 school federation,
including 2 special schools.
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Shrewsbury Partnership 30.01.06 Shropshire Highlighting the experience of a federation in developing areas which include teaching and learning; staff development; and pupil targeting.
Rural Norfolk 30.01.06 Norfolk Looking at the focus,
successes,
challenges and solutions of a rural federation in Norfolk.
North Somerset 7 27.01.06 Somerset Highlighting the experience of an unusual federation of 6 specialist schools,
1 special school,
2 training colleges and 1 leading edge school.
Plymouth Confederation of Colleges 25.01.06 Plymouth Three community colleges working as a confederation,
including joint planning; CPD; and Curriculum development; along with a look at the experience of transition to an EIP.
Good Schools Working Together 24.01.06 Woking Showing that schools can work together to raise standards even at times of particular challenge and change in the local area.
Zodiac EiC Action Zone 20.01.06 Stoke on Trent An incredilbly successful partnership shares what they have been doing as a basis of their achievements.
Pupil Training - pupils at risk 15.11.05 Slough Introducing a centre based pupil training programme,
supporting pupils in retaining their mainstream school place and also in meeting their attainment targets.
Cumbria South Lakes Federation 01.08.05 Cumbria A federation combining a number of approaches to improve teaching and learning; staff development; and 14-19.
Curriculum Development to Raise Pupils' Basic and Key Skills 01.08.05 Nottingham Using Curriculum development to raise pupils' basic and key skills.
Improving Teaching and Learning using Professional Development 01.08.05 Birmingham A Diversity Pathfinder improving teaching and learning while establishing a collegiate identity.
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Learning for Life 01.08.05 Sheffield A possible route into expanding vocational opportunities pupils at 14-19.
Behaviour and Education Support Teams 01.08.05 Manchester This is one for those looking for ways of bringing together a good mix of professionals to provide effective behavioural and educational support.
Hard to Place Pupils 01.08.05 Derbyshire A successful EIP in action with delegted responsibility from the LA for hard to place pupils.
Extended Schools 01.08.05 Stoke on Trent illustrating how one school has turned the extended schools agenda into reality.
Continued Professional Development 01.08.05 Devon and Plymouth See what a group of 15 schools are doing to improve Continuing Professional Development through a research based learning approach.
After School Activities 01.08.05 Leeds Looking at how a family of schools might collaborate to provide a wider programme of after school activities
Post-16 Learning 29.07.05 Gateshead How collaboration brought about the creation of 20 new AS and A level courses,
greater variety of opportunities for work-related learning and an increase in the Post -16 staying on rate.
Chesil Federation 29.07.05 Dorset See how one Education Improvement Partnership discharges its responsibilty for service delivery; whilst also improving teaching and learning; and engaging the local community.
Cambridge Federation of Secondary Schools 28.07.05 Cambridge Federation can help to improve: professional development for teachers; subject expertise; broader and richer 14-19 provision.
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