Tower Hamlets Education Partnership

Who we are

THE Partnership exists to bring the schools of Tower Hamlets together and at a time when we were in some ways more isolated from each other than ever before, the power of collaboration has come to the fore. It is clear that connecting and collaborating sustained us in a time of such significant change and turbulence.

Inevitably, our work over the last two years has changed as we responded quickly to new challenges, establishing what worked and what didn’t; we had to be agile and flexible and regularly review our work – our Strategic Plan became a very fluid one!

We are very proud of the work we have done to support school leaders, introducing executive coaching for all Headteachers and increasing the range and number of networks to facilitate collaboration and support. We have continued to develop our Professional Learning offer and our exceptional Leadership Development Programmes whilst introducing new ways to connect and help schools, from weekly KiT bulletins and virtual coffee mornings to ‘Spotlight’ events and ‘Teach Meets’.

As an organisation, we have grown and developed; recruiting new members to the team, increasing the contribution from partner schools as part of the school-led system and refining our role with the local authority.

Feedback from our annual member survey highlighted the value schools place on being part of THE Partnership. In times of uncertainty and crisis, we are forced to become creative designers, working out how to make the best of the situation thrown at us. Our experiences over the last two years have enabled us to question actively and consult on how we can make things better, build on what we have and reinvent where necessary.

Our work with schools has been characterised by a genuine partnership and we are determined to continue to build on that as we take THE Partnership forward.