Collaborative Partnerships
The Constable Collaborative Partnership
'The Constable Collaborative Partnership (CCP) leads its staff, children and community to excellence. To drive continuous improvement, it develops and shares staff expertise. It is ambitious for the growth of the whole child.’
The CCP works in partnership to develop its action plan for continuous school improvement based on the following areas: excellence, ambition, ‘whole child’ and community. Each aspect of our partnership has been broken into a range of activities/areas of collaboration, which will improve the school experience and outcomes for all its children.
For many years, Highfields has been working strategically and collaboratively with Lawford C of E Primary and Dedham Primary School.
The three Heads and Deputies meet regularly to plan valuable training for Governors, Senior Managers, teachers and support staff.
Each term teachers have opportunities to spend time in each other’s schools, observing and planning opportunities for sharing ideas and moderating samples of children’s work.
This year, again, the Head teachers have carried out peer reviews in each other’s schools.
We have found the partnership very helpful and supportive in moving the school’s development forward. Combining the expertise in each school is very powerful.
We can all learn from each other and share our experiences to ensure that we continue to progress and make our schools the best they can be.
Excellence | Ambition | Whole Child | Community |
Peer review including use of partnership Evaluation Tool and action planning | Careers – pooling the expertise of parents across the CCP | School Council links including membership of the Multi Schools’ Council (MSC) | Local church links |
Joint CPD (including both training hosted for all 3 schools and opportunities for staff to join each other’s internal CPD as part of individual professional development) | Competitions – sports, academic, and arts – for all abilities | Festivals – e.g. dance, music , debating, and sport | Local events – Tendring Show, Earth festival |
Moderation of work | Shared support to staff completing NPQs | Parent workshops including e-safety, transition, SEND, and wellbeing | Charitable giving/events |
ECT Support | Collective voice within local area for example within the Local Delivery Group (LDG), secondary schools and transition. | Adventurous activities e.g. mud run and Sailing | Links with Pre-schools |
Shared expertise (Opportunities for collaboration specifically between roles e.g. SENCOs, deputies, subject leaders, year groups) |
| Online clubs across the schools e.g. book club |
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Shared governor training and co-opting to boards |
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CCP Governor Training
Joint governor training between the three schools takes place once a term. It will cover over a year an update on the latest DfE initiatives like the changes to the attendance, exclusions and behaviour guidance. Governors receive annual safeguarding training.