Challenge Partners is a practitioner-led national network of schools that improves school performance through peer-to-peer challenge and knowledge sharing. Each school in Challenge Partners receives an annual Quality Assurance (QA) Review. The QA Review is a peer review involving senior leaders from other schools in the partnership. The review has a whole school remit and focuses on teaching and learning, which enables practitioners to have deep conversations about the quality of teaching the school.
All outcomes are agreed by the school and the review team.
The QA Review is different from other external inspections and has a focus mainly on teaching and learning. The outcomes are not directly comparable to an Ofsted inspection.
We have been awarded an Area of Excellence for our work on Cognitive Science
From our report:
"Cognitive science strategies are at the heart of the teaching, learning and vision across the whole curriculum. The school’s commitment to this approach is evident in the seven-year investment of time and effort"
Key outcomes:
Key outcomes from our Challenge Partners 2022 report