Midwheb Partnership Graduation Success built on collaboration across schools and local authorities.

The growing postgraduate professional development programme passed another milestone this week with over 20 graduates being awarded Masters in Education. The partnership's programme is led by schools and local authorities and based upon identified development needs and priorities. The boroughs of Enfield and Haringey were particularly to the fore in leading this work through programmes for early years, teaching and learning, and leadership and management. The work by Jan Hickman leading PE teachers from Westminster, Enfield, Barnet and Newham came to fruition with the graduation of Kevin Matthews. Sue Cook's "Foundation stage" programme with Enfield, Waltham Forest and Haringey input has resulted in the graduation of Sue Storey, Jude Wood, Marion Samuel, and Elizabeth Detheridge . About a third of particpants report they are promoted as a result of their studies and several successful candidates moved from one partner borough or school to another. Midwheb Partnership work makes a real contribution to the development of education.

Masters Awards at St Thomas More Catholic School

Credit goes to London Borough of Haringey and especially St Thomas More school for the graduation of Andrew Hall, Eve Czauderna, Susan Kambalu and Deborah Mitchell (not pictured). The school has been actively supporting staff initially through a Haringey led professional development programme called "Developing Effective Practice" focused upon teaching and learning strategies. The teachers have gone on to research and develop school based projects for their dissertations on assessment, and teaching of writing. (Also pictured is Sue Storey from Hertfordshire)

Graduation Ceremony 2008

Masters Award for Park View Academy Staff.

Park View Academy staff featured strongly in the Middlesex University 2008 graduation ceremony with five teachers gaining MA in Education awards. Pictured are Drew Wilkins, Peter Czajkowski and Abdul Jabbar, and who with Serpil Urmez and Ann Persadhave completed three school based development projects focused upon improving aspects of teaching learning and assessment at the school. The school has a group, led by Assistant Headteacher Lisa Jepson and projects include literacy skills, assessment for learning, active and engaging learning styles, and meeting the needs of bilingual learners. Further graduations are expected next year.