Erpingham V.C Primary

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Erpingham V.C Primary

• Family orientated, child centred, nurturing ethos
  with supportive church links
• Good standards maintained over recent years
• Highly differentiated teaching and learning
  meeting the needs of every child
• High quality Forest Schools learning environment
• Outward facing approach to school development
  taken by Governors and staff
• Governors and staff have a good understanding of
  the potential benefits of school to school
  collaboration or partnership
• Governors and staff are keen to build on existing
  collaboration with other schools
• Stay and play. One session per week pre-school
  provision established providing improved
  community links and prospective annual Reception
  intake
• Well qualified and committed staff who are keen
  to develop their careers with associated benefits
  to the school

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Shaping a vision with Governors, Community and
staff. Erpingham Primary context

• A very small school such as Erpingham is working
  in a degree of isolation which can restrict
  opportunities for children with related
  leadership development and capacity and
  recruitment issues
• Erpingham Support Group. The group comprises of
  Mary Jane-Edwards, Bob Bone, Richard Snowden and
  Amanda Mawbey representing Norfolk L.A. Imogen
  Waterson representing the Diocese. Chris Allen,
  Partnership Head and consultant. John Longhurst,
  COG and Simon East, Acting Head. The group has
  met on three occasions and fully supports
  potential future partnership work.
• Aim to maintain the good standards and broaden
  access to the curriculum by improving
  opportunities for children to develop
  academically and socially
• Aim to develop engagement with local communities
• Aim for increased, focused staff development
• Aim to increase numbers of children at the school
• Aim to reduce the schools vulnerability to
  potential closure

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21st Century Schools - partnership and
collaboration

• Partnership must become central to the
  organisation of the system. Schools will need to
  work with one another and with other partners in
  education and in wider childrens services if
  they are going to provide the full range of
  opportunities that children and young people will
  need for success.
• Partnership and inter-school collaboration is
  fully consistent with Trust development
  principles.

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Potential benefits to school involved

• Increased opportunities for children across more
  than one school to learn and play together
• Opportunities for professional development
• providing support, peer to peer learning,
  leadership development, improved leadership
  capacity
• Improved staff recruitment and retention
• Increased potential to transform and sustain
• Enhanced community and public confidence
• Development of a can do approach
• Enhanced reputation of the schools
• Long term sustainability and viability assured