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Our Priorities

This year the Partnership has seven priorities organised under two workstreams.

LEADERSHIP OF LEARNING

1. Promote high quality approaches to learning, teaching and assessment

2. Build flexible and collaborative approaches to quality improvement across all sectors

3. Build collective capacity in effective curriculum design

4. Build understanding and effective use of AI and emerging technologies

5. Work with partners to develop clearer post-school pathways, aligned to regional opportunities, for young people.

INCLUSION

  1. To promote high-quality approaches to inclusion and support for learners and families in specialist and mainstream provision.

Focus areas for the coming year will be:

  1. a) Included, Engaged, Involved Part 3
  2. b) Child-friendly complaints, ASN lense
  3. c) Flexi-schooling and flexible timetables
  4. d) Residential Outdoor Education Bill
  5. To build a shared overview of effective resources, support and practice in promoting wellbeing, safety and positive relationships.

HOW WILL WE ACHIEVE OUR PRIORITIES?

The Partnership’s seven priorities for 2026-27 focus on strengthening the quality and consistency of learning experiences for children and young people across the region.

Leadership of Learning continues to reflect the strong shared focus on this area. It now encompasses Early Level to better reflect a 3-18 model as the system begins to consider the implications of the new curriculum guidance. This workstream has the largest number of groups, networks and professional learning programmes, organised under five priorities.

The Inclusion workstream is smaller in scale, with two priorities for 2025-26. This workstream relies heavily on relationships, professional trust and shared expertise which are required in an area that is characterised by significant complexity, increasing demand and a rapidly evolving national context. Activity is focussed around collective problem-solving, sharing materials, approaches and practice.

You can download our Plan on a Page which summarises the key actions and focus areas for each of the seven priorities.

Download WestPartnership 26-27 Plan on a Page

What will change as a result of the work?

The work we do together will make a difference by:

  • improving wellbeing, achievement and inclusion for our children and young people;
  • improving the confidence, knowledge and practice of teachers and practitioners;
  • providing opportunities for collaboration within and between sectors, schools, centres and local authorities; and,
  • building system leadership capacity and sustainable approaches to improvement across the Partnership.
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