Designated in 2012, Affinity Teaching School Alliance (ATSA), headed up by Kibworth Primary School, works across Leicestershire, Leicester City, Northamptonshire and Rutland and has 62 primary school partners. We lead several successful initiatives including our designation as a SCITT (School Centred Initial Teacher Training) in February 2014 and our work developing system leaders. We currently work with 16 NLE/LLE headteachers and 40 SLEs.

Kibworth Primary School is also the lead school in the Discovery Schools Academy Trust (DSAT). Affinity is an Inspiring Leaders partner at Director level.

Ash Lea School is a Special School in south Nottinghamshire which caters for the educational needs of children and young people (age range 3 to 19) that experience complex learning difficulties and brings a wealth of leadership expertise. Ash Lea is a member of Candleby Lane Teaching School Alliance and Nottinghamshire Special School Soft Federation, so has played a significant role in collaborative school improvement.

Ash Lea Headteacher Dawn Wigley sits on the Director board of Inspiring Leaders.

As one of the first 100 schools to be awarded National Teaching School status, we are proud of the longstanding commitment of our Alliance to improving the standards of education in our locality, region and nationally and our expertise in doing so. Our alliances comprises of primary and secondary schools and academies from Fenlands and Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, working together to deliver a wide range of training and support for teachers and leaders in schools.

The vision of the Teaching School is to create genuine collaboration between partners; drawing on the vast expertise across the Alliance and utilising this to promote effective, coherent school to school support which meets the needs of the area and is instrumental in developing a self-improving school system. The ethos underpinning this vision is one of the high expectations and the provision of outstanding engagement with schools which has measureable impact on student progress and outcomes and enhances leadership capacity in schools.

Cotgrave Candleby Lane School is a large primary school in south Nottinghamshire developed through the amalgamation of three schools in 2007. The school is a National Support School and cohort one Teaching School. It has developed a comprehensive CPD programme and has delivered a range of leadership programmes, both locally and nationally. There are currently 54 primary schools within the alliance across Nottinghamshire. Cotgrave Candleby Lane is the flagship school for the Flying High Trust.

The school the lead partner for Inspiring Leaders and is where the central team are based.

NETS is a school driven CPD service which offers high quality courses through experienced and recognised course leaders, bespoke support to schools, accredited programmes with evidenced impact, whilst always being aware of affordability. We can also offer a bespoke support tailored to the needs of individual schools. We have a range of consultants and school based staff who can tailor events or packages of support to meet the needs of individual or groups of schools.

The Redhill Academy is a large, mixed secondary school in the residential district of Arnold, north Nottingham It caters for students across the 11-18 age and ability ranges, and currently has 1340 students on roll, including a Post 16 of 200. We became an academy in December 2010. We have been designated by the DfE as a National Support School and our Principal, Andrew Burns, is a National Leader of Education. In April 2012 we became a National Teaching School and currently lead an alliance of over twenty other schools.

The Redhill Trust is an active academy sponsor, currently sponsoring another local secondary school, The Carlton Academy.

Synergy Teaching School is proud to lead an alliance of over 35 schools; nursery, infant, primary, secondary and special. Collectively we are known as the 4Derbyshire Alliance as we span the length and breadth of Derbyshire, offering schools the opportunity to become part of a school led self-improving system. We have one vision in mind, which is to offer successful outcomes for all through empowerment and collaboration.

Synergy is a delivery partner for Inspiring Leaders.

Transform TSA has been a teaching school since May 2012 and in that time has grown to include 53 schools with a diverse membership of primary and special schools in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derby and Derbyshire. The TSA now offers over 40 development programmes, as well as bespoke school support. Transform has sought to create a unique partnership whose values are grounded in trust, investing in staff, giving all partners an equal voice in defining our aims and programmes, and ultimately improving outcomes for children.

Transform TSA is a partner at director level.