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SPP’s structured self and peer evaluation processes form the blueprint for growth and improvement.
We partner with multi-academy trusts to support growth, develop people, and cultures that empower staff at all levels and improve the quality of education for inclusion of all learners.
Sometimes these partnerships are formed through informal partnerships where schools have started working together for other reasons but want to carry on and introduce a more robust approach.
Take a look at our case studies with Focus Trust or the Kyra Teaching School Alliance to find out more.
We are committed to working with system leaders through consulting and co-constructing clear frameworks to implement improvement plans across local areas`.
Facilitating professional development, transfer of knowledge and greater accountability for self-improvement. We work closely with school leaders and effectiveness partners to improve school systems at scale.
Developing the skills within the Local Authority as well as their schools to ensure they can sustain the approach on their own.
Take a look at our case study with Essex County Council to see how we have worked at a strategic level to support their school improvement ambitions.
Schools Partnership Programme is truly a scalable solution, with experience showing it can be just as effective at a regional level.
The recent rollout of SPP to 255 schools in North Wales was commissioned by the GwE consortium, and involved delivering the programme across six Local Authority areas.
Click here to download our Welsh brochure and learn more about the GwE project.
Most recently the programme has been taking part in a Knowledge Exchange being conducted by Universities College London under the supervision of Dr David Godfrey.
We shared our expertise from our 10 years of development with other key school improvement organisations from the Netherlands and Spain.
Read more on the SPP and UCL Knowledge Exchange to learn about transnational school peer reviews.
All of the training and support we deliver to partnerships is through a core team of experienced education consultants (SPP Associates) who have a background in school improvement and who work with partnerships of schools, MATs, TSAs and local systems to develop high quality and robust peer review practice.
Nicola has worked at Education Development Trust (EDT) since 2016, and brings to SPP a wealth of management experience of delivering impactful education programmes. In her 8 years at EDT, she has delivered a range of Government funded programmes, including the Core Maths Support Programme; the Global Learning Programme for Wales; the Accelerate Teaching programme (the pre-cursor to the Early Career Framework) and most recently the Early Years Professional Development Programme.
Leading the SPP team, she has overall responsibility for ensuring the programme grows, that delivery to schools is impactful and meets our quality goals and that the programme continues to deliver value to its participants by evolving within the educational landscape.
Michelle Richards is the Partnerships Manager for the Schools Partnership Programme, working closely with schools and multi-academy trusts to support leaders drive their own improvement. Michelle has a background as a Lead Practitioner in education and her masters research specialises in equity, raising aspirations, STEM and Careers education.
Contact Michelle if you would like to know more about how to facilitate creating a culture of collaborative, sustainable improvement using an evidence-based framework.
Danni has worked at Education Development Trust (EDT) since 2021 as a Programme Coordinator on the National Professional Qualifications Programme (NPQs) as the Lead Coordinator for the NPQ Executive Leadership programme and the management of Summative Assessment. Danni has worked within the charity sector for the past nine years; her previous experience is in event management.
As the Programme Coordinator, Danni brings a wealth of knowledge from her time with NPQs, and her experiences in event and project management.
Niki is Lead Associate for the Schools Partnership Programme.
Formerly a primary Headteacher, Niki has substantial experience of working on collaborative school improvement and leadership development, through roles such as a Lead Associate for the National College for Teaching and Leadership for Southern England, as a co-leader of a networked learning community and an LA consultant advisor (with a particular focus on collaboration and networks).
As an SPP associate, Niki has worked with a range of clusters including TSAs, MATs and local systems.
Pam Butterfield has been integral to the development and delivery of peer review training for Education Development Trust. Having taught in London schools for 35 years, Pam led a secondary girls' school in West London to outstanding status while serving as Head. She provided school to school support for many years as part of the London Challenge and as a National Leader of Education.
From 2009 to 2016, Pam was also a College Associate for the National College of Teaching and Leadership both in London and internationally.
Vanessa has a wealth of experience from 16 years of teaching, including 9 years' Headship where her school was judged by Ofsted to have made ‘outstanding progress’ under her leadership. She also draws on a vast experience at Local Authority level where her last post was Head of the School Improvement Service for 0-11.
Now an independent education consultant/adviser, Vanessa works in a diverse range of schools and MATs on a number of professional development and capacity-building projects, including the BI Norwegian Business School in London, Leeds, Oslo and Stavanger.
Vanessa leads on the Master of Management Programme in School Leadership as a lecturer and facilitator.
Nicola has extensive experience working in Education. She has worked in schools and in Local Authorities delivering training at all levels and advising on school improvement. As Headteacher, she led her school to ‘outstanding’ where leadership was described as ‘exceptional.’
As well as being an Associate for Education Development Trust, she is Assistant Director of Education in Essex where she is responsible for the School-Led Improvement Strategy and School Partnership working.
Nicola has developed peer review across the county and supported partnerships in other areas.
Nicky heads up our UK Education team – a team of exceptionally dedicated experts in a wide range of subjects, phases and specialisms as well as having strategic oversight of our teacher development programmes (the ECF and NPQ), as well as the Schools Partnership Programme.
*Bio from Nicky*
Nicky’s primary responsibilities are the strategic leadership of these programmes ensuring quality-assured delivery across the portfolio, senior stakeholder management, profile-development, thought leadership, monitoring and evaluation of impact, driving long-term growth through income generation, and technical oversight of EDT’s at-scale UK contracts.
Dr Rogers is a Principal Education Advisor and NPQEL Course Director for Education Development Trust and leads his own consultancy company. He has been a Director in both a large UK multi-academy trust and a teaching school alliance of 84 schools, with responsibility for school improvement and professional development and also held various positions as a Trustee of schools.
Dr Rogers has significant expertise in effective system leadership at scale, leading to impactful and sustainable improvement and it is this set of skills, expertise and knowledge that he brings to the programme as part of our Strategic Board.
Richard is Global Head of Research at Education Development Trust and leads its programme of global public benefit research. He has worked in education for over thirty years as a teacher, school leader, consultant and government adviser.
He is the author of a number of books including Neuroscience for Teachers: Applying brain science in the classroom and Teacher-Led Research: How to design and implement randomised controlled trials written with Eleanor Dommett and Ian Devonshire.
Richard works alongside SPP providing strategic guidance and most recently has been instrumental in orchestrating the International Knowledge Exchange with UCL.
