School Partnership Strategy

Find out about the Essex strategic partnership behind improving school performance.

Partnership strategy steering group

Chairs and co-chairs

The quadrant chair and co-chairs lead meetings each term with partnership leads and Teaching School Hub representatives to:

  • support and encourage school engagement in partnership working
  • advise and support partnership development and maturity
  • facilitate sharing of best practices between quadrant partnerships
  • support partnership sustainability and impact within quadrants
  • ensure partnership take up and best use of support within quadrants
  • set and track quadrant progress against key priorities reflecting county-wide priorities

The chairs and co-chairs of these meetings are:

  • Dida Burrell - Chair of Mid quadrant meeting
  • Kerry Malcolm - Co-Chair of North-East quadrant meeting​
  • Nicky Patrick - Co-Chair of North-East quadrant meeting​
  • Heidi Blakeley - Co-Chair of South quadrant meeting​
  • Katherine Parker - Co-Chair of South quadrant meeting​
  • Colin Raraty - Chair of West quadrant meeting​