Chartered College of Teaching opens up its regional network

The Chartered College of Teaching has launched its founding group of Chartered College networks. This network programme will help the Chartered College build up the professional knowledge base of teaching and provide centres to bring together members to work on issues of direct concern to classroom practice, wherever they are located and whatever their setting, interests and experience.

Dame Alison Peacock, Chief Executive, Chartered College of Teaching, says, ‘A key element of the Chartered College’s mission is to support teachers in engaging with research evidence. Our network programme has been carefully designed to offer flexible, high quality opportunities to ensure that as many teachers as possible can enjoy access to professional collaboration and development.’

The Chartered College network programme will include a broad range of stimulating face-to-face events and online forums. There are three types of network: local, thematic and hub networks, and these differ in scale, focus and the types of opportunities they will be presenting. Local networks are mainly school-based and, as the name suggests, they will be working within a specific location, allowing teachers to hone in on issues that reflect their particular communities and settings. Thematic networks are more diverse in format and focus: some are organised in collaboration with subject associations whilst others explore aspects of practice such as inclusion and early years education with the support of expert organisations and experienced practitioners. Hub networks are bases for larger-scale events and activities, supporting collaborative knowledge-sharing via groups of schools, universities and other educational organisations across the country.

The Chartered College of Teaching is delighted to announce that networks are being established in collaboration with the following schools and organisations:

Acorns Teaching School Alliance, Hertfordshire
Albert Village Community Primary School, Leicestershire
Alfred Sutton Primary School, Reading
Ashlawn School, Rugby
Ash Manor School, Surrey
The Association for Science Education (ASE)
Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln
Bury Church of England Primary School, West Sussex
Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent
CHARTER
Devon Teaching School Partnership
Didcot Girls’ School, Oxfordshire
Dunraven School, London
Eardley Primary School, London
Early Education
Endeavour Academy, Oxfordshire
English and Media Centre
Essex Thames Primary SCITT
The Evolve Trust, Nottingham
Great Sankey High School, Cheshire
Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education
The Holy Family Roman Catholic High School, West Yorkshire
The Howard School, Kent
Keele & North Staffordshire Teacher Education
Kingslea Primary School, West Sussex
Learning Academy Partnership, Devon
Liverpool John Moores University
Manchester Metropolitan University
Merton Special Teaching Alliance, London
National Star College, Gloucester
Netherthorpe School, Derbyshire
North Bridge House, London
Oakmeadow Church of England Primary School, Shrewsbury
Orchard School, Bristol
Oxfordshire Teaching School Alliance
St Gregory the Great School, Oxfordshire
St Thomas More Catholic Teaching School, Bedfordshire
Sir Christopher Hatton Academy, Northamptonshire
Suffolk and Norfolk SCITT
The Royal Masonic School for Girls, Hertfordshire
The Springfields Academy, Wiltshire
The States of Jersey Education
The University of Derby
The University of East London
The University of Exeter
The University of Manchester
The University of Portsmouth
The University of Sussex
The University of Winchester
The University of Wolverhampton
Windsor Academy Trust, West Midlands

View our map to examine where each of the networks are based around the country. More information on forthcoming events and activities coming out of the Chartered College’s network programme will be available from September 2017 onwards at chartered.college/networks

For further information, please email Julia Flutter, Research Partnerships & Networks Manager.