The Norfolk Learning Collaborative

You can find the focus for each priority area by clicking the sections below:

Capacity and Expertise of the Education workforce

This group focuses on bringing the system together to work collaboratively on activity which improves the recruitment and retention of support staff in Norfolk; secures the pipeline into teaching and education careers in our county; and enhances Teacher Training and CPD offers available, to meet local needs.

Leadership

This group focuses on ensuring senior leadership is seen as an attractive aspiration for the educational workforce and as a viable and attractive career within the graduate market by developing a package of wellbeing support, collegiate networks, CPD and flexible working options for school leaders developed with the sector.

Ensuring Effective Transitions

This group used as its starting point the learning achieved through the Norwich Opportunity Area transition group. It encompasses transition points across the age ranges from pre-school to post-16 as well as a broad range of aspects from careers to transport and capture of stakeholder voice

Improving Data and Information Sharing

Working alongside other Data and Intelligence workstreams within Norfolk County Council, the goal of this priority area is to develop the sharing of information with those working in, and with, schools. This will enable leaders and colleagues to benchmark their education settings against local and national data, analyse trends and gain useful insights into how provision enables children and young people to Flourish.

This priority area is currently developing data at Multi Academy Trust and Zone Inclusion Partnership level and is designing a universal 'data training' program. It aims to enhance stakeholder's ability to use data analysis to identify issues that the system can address collaboratively

Supporting Resilient Families and Communities

This group aims to provide accessible support to help families become more resilient, ensuring they have the resources and guidance needed to navigate challenges effectively. It is working initially with pilot schools to align available support to children, young people and their families through developing trusted web-based content (self-serve). The piloting will then be adapted so all schools can access these resources and sources of support to share with their staff, students and communities.

Additionally, the project seeks to offer resources that empower school communities to FLOURISH, promoting overall well-being and growth within the educational setting including aligning with RHSE statutory guidance.

Norfolk KS2 Challenge

Through the Norfolk KS2 Challenge, the whole system is being invited to share how they are contributing to improving KS2 outcomes and to consider how they could collaborate to support one another Norfolk Key Stage 2 Challenge.

Since its launch in November, the challenge has provided colleagues with a platform to reach out to others with a question, share goals for KS2 and plans to achieve them as well offer opportunities to support and work collaboratively with others.