The strategic new approach to share best practice and work together is part of a radical plan to drive up attainment after a council report showed that schools in the Welsh capital were performing below a host of rival cities.
Deficiencies at key stage 4 were particularly acute and overall Cardiff schools performed below expected targets across all measures.
When compared with similar councils – including Bristol, Coventry, Derby, Leicester and Portsmouth – Cardiff came 13th out of 14 on key stage 4 indicators.
But plans hatched by Cardiff and its neighbouring education authorities aim to redress the balance.
Schools in Cardiff, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf, and the Vale of Glamorgan will share best practice and help each other to improve.
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