Oxfordshire Quality Schools Association (OQSA)

OQSA is the long-standing arrangement with Oxfordshire schools for services to support school improvement.

Position Statement

OQSA will no longer operate on a subscription basis, with guaranteed entitlements, from April 2009.

The restructured Raising Achievement Service will shortly be confirming what the core, targeted and intensive support available to schools from the service will be.  Alongside this, OQSA courses and consultancy will continue to be available to schools as resources permit.  Brokerage advice will continue to be part of the School Improvement Partner role with each individual school, some of which may advise drawing upon OQSA services. Your school

improvement leaders and school improvement adviser will also be important contacts for consultancy and INSET support for your school and partnership.

Schools are encouraged to retain their OQSA subscription resources as a fund for purchasing courses and consultancy that are appropriate to their school improvement priorities and staff needs during the coming year.

Finally we should like to thank all schools for their active engagement with OQSA as it has operated under ‘joint provision’ management over the last 16 successful years.  We hope your representatives will continue to give your views and communicate your needs for OQSA services to meet or signpost you towards the most suitable other providers as best we can.

The Oxfordshire Directory of Additional Trainers and Consultancy will be updated again during 2009.

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