Education Durham is the leading school improvement service in the North East. We work with schools, academies and other educational institutions to ensure the highest quality opportunities and outcomes for all children and young people in County Durham, and in our partner organisations across the north east.
You are assured of a first class, consistent, integrated service which works professionally with all partners and stakeholders to meet their needs and aspirations. This is done through providing or brokering support and challenge to help schools, settings and academies continually improve.
What we offer
We have developed our new service level agreement in consultation with School Leaders and are pleased to offer a choice of Partner or Affiliate level. Bespoke arrangements are also available on request.
Acknowledging that one-size does not fit all, our 2019-20 offer is relevant, responsive and flexible. At this time of challenging financial circumstances for schools, Education Durham believes that the revised SLA structures will provide the flexibility that will enable our partners to purchase services selectively and efficiently, with confident assurance of value for money.
The Education Durham team has a proven track record and can respond to specific and detailed requests across a wide range of training and development needs. All members of the Secondary team are skilled professionals using evidenced based approaches and drawing upon a wide range of educational leadership, subject and inspection expertise. The Education Durham Secondary team includes experienced school and system leaders, experienced and current practising Ofsted inspectors, national subject leads, examiners and CPD leaders.
Each SLA is offered annually to schools, academies and other institutions, and runs over a financial year, 1 April to 31 March. Your school will be allocated an account manager who will work with you to find the best SLA for your school, develop a bespoke support and training package to meet your needs and oversee the contract process from commission to delivery.
Restrictions
Full or Affiliate Partners cannot invite staff from non-partner schools to attend training arranged through the SLA.
Options available
Education Durham non partners
- Two visits from your EDP with written notes of visit, plus a summary report to support inspection and to clarify governors’ priorities for improvement. (10hrs equivalent)
- EBacc review and support package (9 hrs) - one subject specialist to support subject and senior leaders in a review and development of provision; concentrating on how pupils progress through the secondary curriculum. A follow up visit approx. one term later to review progress and provide evidence of impact can be provided utilising discretionary hours. For example: specialist advisor meets with subject and senior lead to develop quality assurance of key stage three assessments and reviews the curriculum provision to establish if it provides challenge to support further GCSE study.
- School discretionary hours (9 hrs) - school leaders work alongside their SLA account manager to identify areas requiring support and development programmes that will support school improvement. Cost per hour after initial block of 9: ÂŁ110. NB: ÂŁ180 per hour for non-partners. For example: leadership coaching, support for subjects outside of EBacc, work scrutinies, middle leadership development.
- Professional consultation regarding matching support to identified school development priorities
- FREE access to a full programme of termly networks: one of the leading strengths of the Education Durham offer is the range and quality of network meetings. Ensuring that subject and senior leaders remain prepared for educational change; network meetings provide vital opportunities to share good practice with a range of colleagues in a supportive yet challenging setting.
- Discounted costs for courses and conferences Approximately 30% reduction on all full-price courses and conferences.
Price available on request.