Evaluation and Support

Contacts for Other Federations and Development Templates

Here you can find our federation database and templates that we hope will be useful for further development of your federation. Please amend the templates for your own use. The database is not exhaustive, but contains details of many of the people who have worked alongside us. The list can be searched by theme or type of federation. Please get in touch with any of our colleagues directly for more information.

Federation contact database (Excel - 46 Kb).

If you would like to be included on the database and are prepared for others to contact you, please e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

• Federation Self-evaluation Template
• Feedback Template for Staff, Pupils and Parents of a Federation
• Website links

Federation Self-evaluation Template

This may help you to plan an evaluation of your joint working. It identifies key targets, goals and outcomes over a period of time and may provide a useful focus.

Self-evaluation template (Word, 89 Kb).

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Feedback Template for Staff, Pupils and Parents of a Federation

Federations highly value the opinion of parents, staff and pupils when seeking to reflect and improve their partnerships.

Below are three template surveys designed for parents, staff and pupils to comment on their perceived changes brought about by collaboration.

Feedback/development template for staff (Word, 93 Kb).

Feedback/development template for students (Word, 80 Kb).

Feedback/development template for parents (Word, 64 Kb).

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Website links

We invite you to contact some of these federations and collaboratives via their websites - see also the Federations in Practice page for some examples of promotional materials in hard copy.

http://www.pensnett.com
The website of Dudley Pensnett all-age, hard federation.

http://www.peterborough-education.org.uk/Ncsef/
The website of the Peterborough Diocese, which includes a section on the Northampton (CofE) soft federation. (NB it is referred to as 'foundation'.)

http://www.thegrid.org.uk
An example of a local authority provision of centralised information across the board - with information on networks plus loads more.

http://www.chesil.org
Chesil is a collaborative or learning network in Dorset. This site covers all aspects of their group working and includes information on co-ordinated CPD, training and curriculum.

http://www.school-portal.co.uk/Grouphomepage.asp?GroupId=21527
Serlby Park Business and Enterprise Learning Community is a 3-18 all-age school on three separate sites. It comprises three previously separate schools and operates similarly to an all-age hard federation. A fully-functioning school web portal.

http://www.yeovil-learning.co.uk/
Yeovil Federation website.

For more information on the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) federation and collaboration regulations, go to the DCSF Federation Policy Team's website.

Also, take a look at the Education Improvement Partnerships' website.

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