Challenge Partners
What is Challenge Partners?
Launched in 2011 by a group of headteachers, they are a practitioner-led education charity with a national network of more than 575 schools and 150 school trusts, who all believe the best way to reduce educational inequality is to combine wisdom.
They partner with primary, secondary, special and alternative provision schools, all united by a commitment to collaboration and challenge to ensure great practice isn’t trapped in individual schools.
School leadership has a significant influence on pupil outcomes, and by supporting our trust and school leaders we currently reach 385,000 pupils across the country.
Pupils in partner schools, such as St Chad's achieve more and progress faster than the national average, and that is particularly evident for disadvantaged pupils. Sharing innovative practice quickly to schools across the country helps ensure the most effective support reaches more of the students in greatest need.
As part of the network each year the school opts to have a challenge partners quality assurance review. During this a team of external reviewers and a host reviewers undertake a comprehensive review of the school including leadership, provision for all children including the most vulnerable and overall outcomes.
