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University of Exeter

The School of Education & Lifelong Learning is the largest school at the University of Exeter and has been enrolling students since 1840. The university has become a partner in two trusts:

• Coombeshead College in Devon, which includes BBC, British Council and Sustainability South West
• South Dartmoor Community College which includes Capita Education, TLO and EW & J Glendinning

Why become a trust partner?

The University of Exeter, School of Education & Lifelong Learning is in partnership with around 300 schools, primary and secondary, across the south west and London. The school has more than 165 years of experience in education, offers a wide range of both undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and has an excellent research record.

Benefits of becoming a partner

Professor William Richardson, head of the School of Education, said: 'We are continuously thinking about the patterns of professional and school development of the future. Becoming a partner with two Trust schools, who are also specialist training schools, will enable us to play an integral role as this education model matures.'

The university believes being more closely involved with Trusts will enhance the capabilities of the university and hence the contribution that it can make in the future.

Over the past few years schools have been given more and more authority to define precisely what direction each school takes. A goal of the university is to make a difference to education development. By working on a more regular basis with headteachers and their staff it will be easier to gain practical access to what is going on. Having a greater understanding what issues are being faced gives the opportunity to create new ideas and best practices to help solve the problems.

Another benefit is it will become easier to identify cooperative opportunities and to explore collaborative working between the university and one or more of the trusts. Examples of this are pilot projects that are looking at teacher research fellowships and joint appointments/staffing between the schools and the university. The schools will look to the university to help their staff grow professionally, to strengthen teaching and learning and to develop their practice through university research. This will help the university to remain in the forefront of educational research and to enhance its national and international reputation for excellence.

Being involved in two trusts will increase the level of the university’s involvement in the whole Trust school programme. This may then form the foundation of a much wider network as the number of Trust schools increases.