Welcome

Welcome to our impact report – a round-up of news, developments and insights from across Best Practice Network (BPN) and its growing nationwide network of partners.

It’s been a year of twists and turns for everyone involved in the education world. Across the schools and early years sector the bad memories of the pandemic eventually began to fade away only to be replaced with an economic crisis fuelled by spiralling energy costs.

That has had a profound economic and social impact on every aspect of society, not least in schools. But despite those pressures the commitment of education professionals to their training and development hasn’t dimmed, as our in-depth survey – detailed in this report – has revealed.

It was a year of continued expansion and so many significant achievements for BPN and its partners.

Our refreshed and expanded suite of National Professional Qualifications began delivery in September, attracting record recruitment numbers at home and abroad and plenty of plaudits from participants.

We continued to expand our programme provision: we completed the ‘golden thread’ of our CPD provision by becoming a primary ITT provider, while our Early Years SENCO programme launched in the autumn, with the aim of delivering training for up to 5,000 early years SENCos.

And our high-quality work was recognised in a range of ways: our NPQ programmes and Apprenticeships provision received positive Ofsted ratings after indepth inspections and BPN won the title of Education and Childcare Apprenticeship Provider of the Year at the Annual Apprenticeship Awards. You can also read all about these achievements inside this report.

The education world will continue to twist and turn over the next 12 months. Best Practice Network and its partnership network will continue to work closely together, listening intently to the needs of education professionals, and responding with sector-leading programmes that answer those needs as effectively as possible.

Simon Little Managing Director, Best Practice Network