New AEPA Report – Belonging and Excellence: The Importance of Local Education Partnerships

How place-based, school-led partnerships are reconnecting schools, academies and communities to deliver improvement, inclusion and belonging.

Across England, local education partnerships are quietly transforming the school system. As this new AEPA publication shows, these school-led, not-for-profit collaborations provide the “local glue” that binds schools, families, and services – ensuring that education continues to serve as a public good.
Featuring examples from Camden Learning, Birmingham Education Partnership, Haringey Education Partnership, HfL, Schools Alliance for Excellence, Learn Sheffield, Tower Hamlets Education Partnership, and Leicester Primary Partnership, the report explores how partnerships are:
  • Raising standards and building professional capital
  • Developing strong local leadership pipelines
  • Supporting wellbeing and inclusion
  • Tackling economic and educational disadvantage
  • Strengthening belonging and identity within communities

Belonging and Excellence: The Importance of Local Education Partnerships demonstrates that place matters, and that partnerships offer a ready-made infrastructure for improvement, equity, and collaboration across England’s schools.