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3. Building effective partnerships around schoolsInternational evidence clearly shows that it is a ‘system thing, not a single thing’ thatenables widespread and long-lasting improvement. Schools are at the heart of the systemand obviously the most important part of it. But, the relationships between schools, otherlocal partners, local authorities, regional consortia, government and national partners areimportant for enabling all schools to improve and the whole system to work effectively.In creating this plan acknowledgement must be given to the broad range of partnerswho have provided contribution and who are vital to delivery. These include Estyn,local authorities, regional consortia, schools, representatives of Diocesan authorities in Wales,Governors Wales, Trade Unions and further and higher education institutions together withan extensive range of community organisations.The actions set out in this chapter are aimedat strengthening the key partnerships and relationships of those engaged in leading schoolimprovement, and cover five priorities.• Building capacity at a national level – we will continue to build capacity within DfESand have created the School Standards Delivery Division to keep the focus on schoolimprovement.• Building capacity at a regional level – we will bring together resources and expertise inconsortia and strengthen capacity to create an effective ‘middle tier’.• Developing professional learning communities – we will support PLCs to focus on thekey priorities and embed best practice.• Empowering and engaging with parents/carers – we will improve the flow ofinformation on school performance and support schools to engage with and developstrong partnerships with parents/carers.• Strengthening inspection and school intervention – we will amend legislation onschool intervention and with Estyn explore options for inspection of consortia.30 Improving schools
Figure 13: Building effective partnerships around schoolsBuilding capacity at a national levelThe School Standards Delivery Division, introduced in spring 2011, is designed to be acatalyst to school improvement at all levels of the system. It is intended to address threeimportant needs in the system, such as to:• support and evaluate the ‘how’ of policy implementation rather than the ‘what’ of policydevelopment• challenge performance through sharpening the use of data and strengtheningaccountability mechanisms• facilitate the sharing and joint-development of high-impact practice.The Division is resourced from a combination of DfES officials, data/research experts,practitioner experts seconded from their roles across the system in Wales, and schoolimprovement experts used on an advisory basis.Improving schools31
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Page 3 and 4: ContentsMinisterial foreword 2Intro
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