In partnership with schools, the School Improvement Team plays a central role in promoting school improvement and in raising educational standards in Bedfordshire and carrying out the principles of the Code of Practice: Local Authority -School Relations.

Its objective is to assist schools in moving speedily towards sustained high performance and continuous-improvement.

There are 16 School Improvement Advisers in the team. Each Adviser is linked to a group of schools in a Learning Community. In this way they can get to know each school well, be able to better understand the issues facing schools, monitor the progress of young people as they move through the phases, challenge the quality of learning taking place, the standards being achieved, while facilitating the support needed for schools.

There are seven Learning Communities in Bedfordshire.