The Blackpool Challenge is aiming to bring together school leaders, teachers and parents to raise aspirations and drive up pupil progress across the city.
It is being led by Sonia Blandford, professor of education and social enterprise at University College London’s Institute of Education, and will include both academy and maintained schools – targeting specifically those rated by Ofsted as inadequate or requiring improvement.
The London Challenge was launched in 2003 in a bid to tackle poor examination outcomes and support challenging schools across the capital.
The scheme was based on collaboration between schools facing similar challenges, a detailed use of data, and a focus on raising the quality of school leadership and teaching and learning. By 2010, London had a higher proportion of good and outstanding schools than any other area of England.
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