Latest Updates

Research School Launch

The launch of the Oldham Research School by The Greetland Academy, has been covered in the Oldham Times.

The Academy's Jo Pearson leads the Research school with the support of our Teamworks Teaching School Alliance partner schools. Jo works with Research Champions: Adam Harris, the Greetland Academy; Helen Crowther, Beech Hill Primary School; and Cath Profiitt, The Halifax Academy.

SCITT Updates

Our professional learning programme on Literacy, Early Years, History and geography and TA training can be found here and here (Flyer)

Teamworks TSA and Greetland Academy are very excited to have been chosen to be the EEF Research School working for Oldham. See our launch event here

Find out more about us here

Read more here and here please look at the research section on our website

If you are interested in our work please contact Jo on

jpearson@teamworktsa.org

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Working with us

Key questions and FAQs for partners

What is a strategic partner?

Strategic partners take a lead in an area of work; for example leading a programme. They share in the decision making about the direction and work of the TSA and have representation on our strategic board.

Becoming an SP with Teamworks does not prevent you from working with other TSAs.

Why become a Strategic Partner?

Working as an SP allows partners to develop their own staff and capacity in key areas such as CPD and school to school support. SP staff will get the opportunity to work beyond their own school, to develop practice and pedagogies both in themselves and others, to access research evidence and build their own capacity to improve outcomes for children.

How can we become one?

Strategic partners need to have the capacity to offer support and leadership in one of the six areas of Teaching Schools i.e. CPD, leadership development and

succession planning, research and development, Initial Teacher Training, Specialist Leaders in Education. This may be in one specific sector of education (for example Early Years). We are based primarily in Calderdale but you do not have to be a Calderdale school to join the TSA.

If you feel you have this capacity contact us and we can arrange to come and meet with you.

What is an Alliance Member?

Alliance members do not take a lead role in one of the six areas but can fully access all of the training opportunities and build their capacity over time, if they wish, to become a Strategic Partner and take leadership of an area.

Becoming an AM with Teamworks does not prevent you from working with other TSAs.

Why become an Alliance Member?

Working as an AM allows you to access support from the TSA, for example training your own teachers, discounted fees for events and Appropriate Body fees. It can also help you meet key targets in your school development plan by building the capacity of your staff over time. Staff may observe ITE training sessions with the view to leading some in the future or work alongside shadowing colleagues experienced as SLEs in school to school support.

How can we become one?

Just contact us to express your interest in becoming part of our alliance and we will come and meet with you.

Do we have to become a SP or AM to work with Teamworks?

No; you can work with Teamworks in an informal and ad hoc way if you wish. You may want to take an ITE student from us or come to our CPD. You can work with as many Teaching Schools as you choose in this.

Organisational level	Roles and responsibilities
Teaching Schools	To maintain the Ofsted grading that allows the TSA to remain designated. To be responsible for returns and reporting to NCTL. To receive and account for core funding to members and NCTL To communicate such returns and reporting to Strategic Partners, Alliance Members and their Governing Bodies.
Strategic Partners	To support and contribute to the delivery of the ‘Big 6’ To deploy staff within their capacity towards the Big 6 (this will be funded) To sit on the Governing Body of the TSA and contribute towards strategic governance and decision making including performance management of the Head of the TSA.
Associate Members	To support, where appropriate , the work of the TSA. To build capacity, where appropriate and over time, towards strategic partnership