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Ebor Hope TSA are committed to improving the life chances and opportunities for all young people. Supporting other schools and colleagues is fundamental in sharing great practice and improving teaching, learning and outcomes.

We have a wealth of experience in supporting schools in a wide range of contexts, from bespoke local authority-commissioned, focused support to individual school packages.

Ebor Hope Teaching Schools Alliance has a network of over 60 professionals accredited to work in school to school support. We recruit from academies that are part of Ebor Academy Trust, Hope Learning Trust, Woldgate Learning Partnership and elsewhere, as we believe in sharing best practice at every opportunity. Our support teams are made up of good and outstanding practitioners who are all trained and accredited to work in school to school support for Ebor Hope Teaching Schools Alliance.

We believe we offer unrivalled quality in terms of individuals who are motivated and possess extensive professional knowledge. It’s vital to our model that all team members have proven track records in highly effective school improvement.

Being an SLE is a fantastic experience. It gives you the opportunity to support other schools on their improvement journey and transform the education of young people beyond your own classroom. It provides really excellent professional and career development as it allows you to hone your leadership skills and increase your experience through working with others in different contexts and, often, challenging circumstances.

Chloe Dolphin, SLE

How we can help you

Primary Support

For an informal, no obligation conversation, contact Dave Barber, Director of Primary School to School Support on 07854 239996 or via email d.barber@ebor.academy. Dave will be pleased to discuss ways in which we can use our collective expertise to support your school.

Ebor Hope School to School support team

Secondary Support

For an informal, no obligation conversation, contact Sarah Clarke, Director of Teaching School on 01904 528663 or via email s.clarke@eborhope-tsa.org. Sarah will be pleased to discuss ways in which we can use our collective expertise to support your school.

Join our Ebor Hope School to School support team

Our Support Model

Our immersion model uses high-quality professionals who work alongside school staff to support and strengthen provision. Any partner that works for Ebor Hope Teaching Schools Alliance is fully accredited and rooted in current practice.

A typical Primary model is a series of two-day immersive visits when practitioners will work side by side with teachers, TAs and leaders in schools to model, coach and share effective, proven practice.

As well as a project plan, we provide a ‘note of visit’ after each support visit. These are tightly focused and produced in conjunction with supported partners – they are fully invested in the process at every stage.

Our support is fully quality assured by project leads (either LLEs or NLEs) and the commissioning body (LA or MAT) – we have robust lines of accountability and seek out feedback at every stage of support to continually improve and develop our support programme.