Challenge Partner
Leckhampton C of E Primary School is once again involved in the Challenge Partners – Network of Excellence. This fantastic project provides the opportunity to work closely with other school to share best practice and to learn from and with each other. As part of the programme we receive an annual “Quality Assurance Review”. We are delighted to share the results of our most recent review with you.
“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
learning in the school being reviewed.
All outcomes are agreed between the school and the review team as part of an ongoing
professional dialogue that seeks to unpick and articulate effective teaching practice and
school improvement strategies. Review reports are best viewed as a summary of
conversations between peers during three days spent in school.
By nature of being a collaborative peer review, the QA Review is different from other
external inspections. Due to the review’s focus on teaching and learning, the review
does not consider areas such as safeguarding or governance and so its outcomes are
not directly comparable to an Ofsted inspection.” Challenge Partner Website