All Advocates will be expected to identify and initiate, or further develop a teacher network locally to their school. This may be based on existing structures such as an MAT or teaching school alliance, secondary and feeder primaries, etc, or common interest (e.g. art form, phase etc.)
Where no network exists, a new network opportunity must be identified at the application stage. If there is an existing network, this should be identified at the application stage and the Advocate should then work to support and expand this. A network should comprise at least five schools and should be active (i.e. meeting or communicating regularly).
