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Opportunities and challenges - inter-school collaboration

Opportunities and challenges - inter-school collaboration

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Opportunities and challenges  - inter-school collaboration

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Drivers for collaboration

teacher training & education

diminishing LA capacity/services

accountabilityagenda

leadership capacityshared services

creating safetynet

educational outcomes

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Common models of collaboration

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Common action

Very informal

Agree at convenience to work together on a specific activity

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Common action

pros

cons

pros

cons

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Most likely to be appropriate…

• not worked together before

• need a ‘quick fix’.

Common action

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Memorandum of understandingShort document setting out what you are agreeing to do

Not legally binding

Balance between detail and brevity

Can be supported by joint committee*

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Memorandum of understanding

pros

cons

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Most likely to be appropriate…

• contract too formal but ‘handshake’ not sufficient commitment

• large numbers of parties working together.

Memorandum of understanding

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Collaboration agreement

Formal contract setting out rights and obligations

Typical terms: objectives, business planning, KPIs, decision-marking, term and termination

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Collaboration agreement

pros

cons

pros

cons

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Most likely to be appropriate…

• worked together before and now need to rely on outputs to greater extent

• need greater commitment from parties because activities carrying out e.g. joint buying

• sharing staff/resources.

Collaboration agreement

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Collaboration company

Similar to collaborative agreement but also have shared company

Company can be profit/not for profit/charitable

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School Academy

Collaboration Company

COLLABORATION COLLABORATION AGREEMENTAGREEMENT

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Collaboration company

pros

cons

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Most likely to be appropriate…

• need greater commitment for collaboration company

• want to access benefits of limited liability and greater shared decision-making

• want to jointly employ.

Collaboration company

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Hard federation / academy group

One legal entity responsible for maintaining two or more schools

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F&GP

hard federations

School 4 SchoolLevel

Governing Body

GB level

T&L Staffing Premises

School 3School 2School 1

Regulations set out rules on

composition & appointment of

GB.

Frequently committees

established on cross-federation

basis.

Different approaches to leadership –

from Executive Head Teacher to separate Head

Teachers reporting to

Chair

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Academy 1

multi-academy trusts

LGB

SchoolLevel

Board of DirectorsTrust level

Members

Academy 2

Academy 3

Academy 4

LGBLGBLGB

Members – appoint & remove

directors

Board of Directors –

approve accounts, MFA, employ staff, hold land &

overall responsibility

Academy - SFA, oversight of educational standards at

local level

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umbrella trust

Members Members Members Members

Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Academy 1 Academy 2 Academy 3 Academy 4

Members

Umbrella Trust

Board of Directors

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Hard federation/academy group

pros

cons

pros

cons

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Most likely to be appropriate…

• pre-existing relationship with high level of trust

• strong common ethos/culture

• want to achieve shared service type efficiency AND collaborative at all levels including governor level.

Hard federation/academy group

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Some barriers

• not enough time

• too complex

• GB feel pressurised

• one sided.

Unblocking the barriers

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Unblocking

• WG to report on

– why needed

– approach

• firm but fair timeline

• clear rationale with targets.

Unblocking the barriers

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