Rodborough Community Primary School

Challenge Partners is an education charity, led by practitioners, through which schools collaborate to improve each other and the education system as a whole, so all children benefit.

Challenge Partners work with schools across the country, and focus on school improvement, leadership development and knowledge exchange. The programmes are grounded in evidence of what works, regular quality assurance, and sharing the collective wisdom in our schools. 

The Quality Assurance Review (QAR)

Challenge Partners' quality assurance and assessment is built around the QA review, a professionally-led peer review focused on teaching and learning.  The review identifies areas for development, bringing key challenges to schools for the coming year and also provides Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for the visiting team members.  It is a joint exercise between the review team and the school.  All activities include a member of the school working alongside the reviewers.  This approach enables honest and open conversations about where the school is and where it is going, to the benefit of all concerned.  The review is led by an expert Lead Reviewers, whose role is to guide and support the review team. 

The Quality Assurance Review is at the heart of our school improvement.