Models and partnerships case studies
These pages contain new case studies of schools and academies that are implementing different models of leadership to suit their context and circumstances.
An A-Z list by case studies by organisation is also available as well as an application that allows you to filter the case studies by category (such as urban, rural, complex mix of schools and so on).
Academies
- Sandy Hill Primary School: Converting to academy status
- Broadclyst Community Primary School: Converting to academy trust status
Co-leadership
- St George's Central CE Primary School: Sharing a headteacher supports the retention of experienced leaders
Collaboration
- Babington House: Collaboration between an independent school and maintained sector schools
- Bilsdale Midcable Chop Gate Church of England (CE) Primary School and Carlton and Faceby CE Primary School: Confederating to keep schools in small communities
- Cluster D: Raising standards through large-scale collaboration
- Kennet Valley Primary School: Achieving sustainability within an emerging collaborative model
- Methwold High School and Hockwold Primary School: A formal collaboration between a secondary and primary school towards an all through 4-19 school
- Southbroom Infant School: Developing sustainable and improving leadership across two sites of a collaboration
- St Gregory’s Catholic College: Building faith school collaborations
- St Joseph’s Catholic School, St Edmund’s CE Girls’ School and Wyvern College: Cross-campus collaboration
Co-location
- St Mary’s College: A proposed co-location of a secondary school and new free school
Executive head
- Keyham Barton Catholic Primary School and St Peter’s RC Primary School: Stepping up to system leadership
- Kingsley Primary School: Peer-to-peer support across schools to develop the executive headteacher model
- Norfolk County Council: Local authority strategy promoting new models of leadership
- Sculthorpe and West Raynham Federation: Executive headship of small schools as a career option
Federation
- Albert Pye Primary School and Ravensmere Infant School: Federated vision and strengths lead to outstanding outcomes for both schools
- Fawcett Primary School and Queen Edith Community Primary School: Chains of federations as part of the school competition process
- Hart Primary School and St Peter’s Elwick C of E Primary School: A community school federating with a faith school
- Herdley Bank, Henshaw and Greenhead First Schools: Sharing resources to achieve first-class teaching and learning
- Kymbrook and Thurleigh Lower Schools: A new headteacher looking to enable a more practical model of leadership
Partnership
- Costessey and West Earlham Junior Schools: A formal management partnership between a successful school and a school in Special Measures
- Gloucester Schools' Partnership: Using an effective partnership to provide added value to school outcomes
- Hurst Lodge School: Developing commercial partnerships
- Kennet Valley Primary School: Achieving sustainability within an emerging collaborative model
- Leiston Community High School: Effective transition through reorganisation using school-to-school partnerships
- Lyons Hall Primary School: A local authority promoting the use of executive headships
- SHARES, Lancashire: A company model based on a longstanding school partnership
- Thorndon CE VC Primary School: Using partnership headship to secure the future of small rural schools
School company
- Nottingham City Schools and Academies (NCSA): Partnership working through a school company
- SWAN Community Interest Company: Establishing a community interest company to improve access to learning
Trust
- Brigshaw Trust: Securing a partnership through a co-operative trust
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