Our approach

The Schools Partnership Programme (SPP) is a cluster-based approach to school improvement, developed by schools, for schools.

Our vision

To build a sustainable, self-improving school-led system where schools are jointly responsible for the improvement of themselves and others.

What's happening in SPP?

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BLOG: How Wokingham Schools are building relationships that allow for challenge as well as support.

We chat to Philip Theobald, Assistant Head at Emmbrook Junior School in Wokingham on how their partnership of three schools is working towards embedding collaboration at all levels.

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NEW REPORT: The Principles of Effective School-to-School Peer Review

Today, school leaders’ union NAHT publishes its ‘Principles of Effective School-to-School Peer Review’ report, which argues that peer review between schools should be the norm, not an exception, and should be at the core of the school improvement system.

Collaborative practice insights: What schools are discovering about working together.

These research-informed briefs report what school partnerships have discovered about working together through peer review and how their experience compares with wider research findings.

We explore what practitioners have learned about the culture, the practical systems and processes, the skills and attributes and the use of evidence and data required to support effective peer review partnerships.

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