Multi-school Trusts and Collaboratives

Partnering multi-school Trusts and Collaboratives - Local innovation for the 21st Century

The Innovation Unit has a national reputation for successful partnership work with local leaders to develop radical innovation in their localities. These are leaders who seek to design new forms of collaborative working in order to achieve transformative and long-term improvements for learners, families and for the localities that they serve. They know that having foresight and vision is easy: turning vision into reality and taking others with you can be very challenging. External critical friendship and support can be of real benefit.

As a part of its Applied Next Practice work, The Innovation Unit is keen to work with a limited number of multi-school Trusts and collaboratives to support them to achieve their aspirations and radical purposes. The Specialist School and Academies Trust will assist all potential Trusts to achieve Trust status. The Innovation Unit's unique position is to help the most ambitious to utilise Trust status to enact real change.

The benefits of working with The Innovation Unit

Expert consultants who will offer both support and challenge:

• who have knowledge about the possibilities of collaborative improvement, and who will be stakeholders in your success
• who have facilitated collaborative solutions elsewhere and will challenge your thinking
• who will bring rigour and commitment to the work you are embarking on.
  
  

Direct support to effect the change you are seeking:

• help to create a ‘living vision' and to generate widespread enrolment
• support to confront contextual barriers to success and to problem-solve innovative solutions
• facilitation to build a leadership partnership able to enact the emergent strategy.
  
  

Active help with design of work programmes:

• design and support for ‘joint work' projects across the collaborative
• tried and tested tools and processes to advance the work
• brokerage of external partnerships (other localities, key innovators, policymakers).
  
  

Specifically, we will help you to:

• generate dynamic new models of governance
• develop system leadership capacity and capability
• shape a compelling vision and manifesto
• build widespread ownership and community commitment
• find innovative models for shared decision making
• identify strategic options and unite people around your strategy
• tackle the contextual and cultural factors that limit possibilities
• problem-solve the local implementation challenges
• broker relationships, partnerships and new alliances
• ensure sustainability and leadership succession capability.
  
  

Overview of our Service Offer

Our core service offer to multi-school Trusts and collaboratives includes the following:

• a partnership strategy designed to help you achieve your purposes and aspirations
• support to design new models of system governance and leadership
• approximately 12 days site-specific consultancy from an IU Senior Associate
• up to the equivalent of 3 days regular e-mail and telephone consultancy advice
• a custom designed model of ‘executive coaching' for 3 key leaders
• ongoing access to practice insights and external expertise
• brokerage of partnerships and alliances to advance your work.
  
  

Indicative Cost

A tailored programme of work, covering a 12 month period, will be co-designed with you and is likely to cost between £20,000 and £25,000 plus VAT dependent upon the specific level of support you require in order to achieve your aspirations.

Further Information

Please call Claire McEneaney on 020 7259 1232 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  if you would like to arrange a discussion with one of our team about how we might work in partnership with you.

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