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Creating connections

An exploration of school collaborations

Research
04/06/2025
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In recent years, England’s education landscape has changed significantly. Amid evolving policies, shifting structures, and financial pressures, schools have adapted, often by working together. This report explores how schools across the country are collaborating to improve outcomes, strengthen leadership, and support the wider system. It offers timely insights into how these partnerships work and what more can be done to realise their potential.

Research overview

While MATs have become the dominant framework for structured, formal collaboration over the past decade, many schools continue to operate outside this model, leveraging alternative methods to communicate and work together.

This study draws on a bespoke NGA survey and case study data to explore these alternative approaches, examining their advantages and challenges, and the cultural, logistical, and financial dynamics that influence their adoption.

Publication pending

Report coming soon

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