What are the benefits for schools, students, parents and teachers?

Schools benefit in two ways. They have the opportunity to develop areas of particular strength, with funding and support to assist them for some programmer’s. They also have the potential to benefit from the diversity in the wider system, accessing resources and areas of expertise in other schools through school and community networks.

Parents benefit by having the confidence of knowing that their children can attend their local school and still have increased subject choices through the network of schools. Parents can also benefit, along with all adults in the community, from the learning opportunities being offered by specialist schools through their community plans.

Students benefit through the extra learning opportunities available. As networks are developed between schools, any student attending his or her local school should be confident of a sound education in core subjects, but will also benefit from the range of specialist subjects available in the local network of schools.
Teachers benefit by being supported to develop their areas of strength, share their good practice with teachers in other schools and be part of collaborative networks for continued professional development.

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