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Join our community of supporters to help us shape a future where every child has a truly equal chance to flourish, thrive and learn

Challenge Partners exists to make excellent education a reality for all children, with the greatest gains for those facing disadvantage or with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). By connecting schools, sharing proven practice, and fostering hard-edged collaboration, we ensure that no leader or teacher faces challenges alone and all pupils can thrive.

Our vision for a country where every young person can flourish, contribute to vibrant communities, and help build a strong economy is threatened by persistent, systemic inequalities. By GCSE level, disadvantaged 16-year-olds are on average 19.1 months behind their more affluent peers, with regional gaps exceeding 21 months in parts of northern England (EPI, 2025). Too often, best practice in the key drivers of school and pupil performance - teaching, leadership, curriculum, and pupil support - remains trapped within individual schools, and many schools serving disadvantaged communities lack access to high-quality professional development and peer support. 

Challenge Partners provides systemic solutions to systemic problems, working at scale to help schools learn from each other and leading practice, growing leadership and improvement capacity across the system. Our schools improve faster and more sustainably, while disadvantaged pupils in our schools make better progress and achieve more than similar pupils elsewhere. 

Building on strong progress against our 2023 Grow for Good plan, our refinedStrategy to 2030sharpens our focus on disadvantaged pupils and high-need areas, strengthens influence across the education system, and ensures programmes remain innovative, responsive, and impactful.

We are grateful for the support of individuals, trusts, foundations and corporates whose values are aligned with our mission to reduce educational inequality and improve the life chances of all children. Core funding helps everything we do, and donors can also target their support to key strategic priorities.