The Norfolk Learning Collaborative (NLC) is a sector-led collective of colleagues from across the education system committed to working together to fulfil this ambition for Norfolk's children and young people.
What does the Norfolk Learning Collaborative do?
The Norfolk Learning Collaborative meets termly to share perspectives, discuss local and national priorities and facilitate networking. Each year, the NLC also identifies key priorities to focus collective efforts and draws from expertise in the sector to shape a universal offer that would impact positively on educational outcomes. This includes opportunities for collaboration, events celebrating best practice and signposting to valuable resources, events and expertise already available within Norfolk.
It is all about working together: sharing best practice, tapping into the wealth of expertise across our system, and shining a spotlight on the fantastic work and opportunities already happening in our schools so that all children and young people can benefit from the collectve expertise in the system.
For 2025/26 the Norfolk Learning Collaborative have identified four priorities:
The NLC has a wide membership including from schools, colleges, Early Years, SEND, alternative provision, and multi-academy trusts alongside representatives from the local authority and Department for Education's RISE team.
The Norfolk Learning Collaborative is supported by a Priority Action Group (PAG), members of the NLC who are fully representative of the Norfolk system and who act on behalf of the wider NLC to drive progress against identified priorities. It includes leaders from primary, secondary, early years, special and post-16, together with Norfolk County Council and regional DfE RISE advisor representation. Representation also includes both MATs and Local Authority Maintained schools.
Get involved
Getting involved is easy. Whether you or your school or organisation has the capacity and expertise to work with other schools around a particular theme, could share your school's approach or recommend an event or resource, the Norfolk Learning Collaborative wants to hear from you.
Get in touch:
If you have an area of expertise or experience which you would be happy to talk to others about
If you have an offer you can open up to others such as places on a network or spare CPD places
If you have an area of expertise you could offer to lead a collaborative piece of work around
To ask a question of the wider system, for example 'How have other schools improved x...?"
To share what has worked for you in the past around a theme
To share your goals around a theme and how you are planning to achieve them
The Norfolk Collaborative has already benefited from generous offers from within the system which can be accessed now. Your further contributions will help to grow and enable more colleagues to directly benefit from collaboration.
