Wales’ education inspectorate Estyn has found that while nearly all schools are involved in some form of partnership, the greatest barrier to making these collaborations successful is an unwillingness to invest in staff time for “research, development and collaboration”.
Only a minority of schools in Wales with informal, self-generated partnerships can identify the impact of joint working on standards.
Education chiefs say it is too early to evaluate the impact on standards of schools working in a formal federation.
Estyn’s report School-to-school Support and Collaboration found that successful support works best when there is a clear need identified, a genuine commitment from school leaders, and a partnership that is designed to be mutually beneficial. It is also essential that schools working together have clearly identified strategic objectives and success criteria.
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