Our strategic partners are central to the work of our alliance. Berkshire Teaching Alliance has six strategic partners who form our Steering Group. Each has a strong desire, capacity and expertise to contribute. They either take on a leading role in a key area or have more of a ‘watching brief’ in order to build capacity.

Membership as a strategic partner on our Steering Group means that they share collective responsibility for the outcomes of the work of the alliance against BTA and national performance indicators. Strategic Partners sign our terms of reference each year, confirming their commitment.

Strategic partners meet many of the following criteria, they

• Have a specific skill connected to one of the ‘big six’.
• Are a current headteacher or individual holding a senior role in a member school whose school has a proven track record in successfully addressing key performance indicators in one of the ‘big six’.
• Have a proven track record and expertise in meeting an identified need within the alliance or can provide leadership on a priority area in our strategic plan.
• Are a current NLE or LLE or willing to become a system leader.
• Can contribute to system leadership, by sharing expertise across the alliance and providing leadership of an aspect of the strategic plan.
• Have good capacity to give time and energy to the alliance.