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Guidance

Setting up school partnerships

Information for schools and universities on sharing expertise and resources through collaboration.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Education
Published:
6 November 2018
Last updated:
19 October 2022
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  1. The outdated 'School partnership case studies' have been removed and the information about setting up school partnerships has been revised.

  2. Added new grant funding programme for cross-sector partnerships, bidding announcement and information.

  3. First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Guide to setting up partnerships

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Partnership models guide

HTML

Template: school partnership model diagrams

MS Word Document, 102 KB

Guide to writing a memorandum of understanding (MOU)

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Template: memorandum of understanding

MS Word Document, 38.2 KB

Details

The Department for Education (DfE) supports collaboration across all sectors, including between independent schools, state-funded schools, colleges and universities. We encourage schools to develop ambitious partnerships that deliver activities focused on one or more of the following areas:

  • leadership and governance
  • teaching
  • curriculum development and support
  • targeted school improvement activities

Each partnership should ensure that it:

  • is sustainable for all partner schools
  • is mutually beneficial for all partner schools
  • prioritises activities that bring about the greatest impact

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