Dr Kate Chhatwal
@katechhatwal.bsky.social
Passionate about education, equity, young people, running, and LFC.
CEO at Challenge Partners; Non-Exec at Olex.AI, parkrun, Liverpool Priority Area, ImpactEd; former education senior civil servant.
CEO at Challenge Partners; Non-Exec at Olex.AI, parkrun, Liverpool Priority Area, ImpactEd; former education senior civil servant.
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Our Impact | Challenge Partners
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Proud to share Challenge Partners Impact Report, highlighting the difference we made to #schools, #trusts and 385,000 #pupils in 23/24.
It is a celebration of what we achieved together through #challenge, #collaboration & experiential #leadership #development.
www.challengepartners.org/our-impact
It is a celebration of what we achieved together through #challenge, #collaboration & experiential #leadership #development.
www.challengepartners.org/our-impact
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Very pleased to see the DfE adopt our measure of the disadvantage gap. Calculating it each year, for each phase, is a labour of love but it has been game-changing in improving focus and understanding of the gap.
It's great to see the Government adopt EPI's 'months of learning' disadvantage gap measure for the first time in its CAR response. It's a key recognition of a measure that is intuitive, clear, and having a real impact across education, media, and policy.
November 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Very pleased to see the DfE adopt our measure of the disadvantage gap. Calculating it each year, for each phase, is a labour of love but it has been game-changing in improving focus and understanding of the gap.
🧵Hot on the heels of this morning’s publication of the Francis Review, DfE has published its response.
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In the thread are four things to welcome, and three factors crucial to the reforms' success:
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In the thread are four things to welcome, and three factors crucial to the reforms' success:
November 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🧵Hot on the heels of this morning’s publication of the Francis Review, DfE has published its response.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6908c6...
In the thread are four things to welcome, and three factors crucial to the reforms' success:
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6908c6...
In the thread are four things to welcome, and three factors crucial to the reforms' success:
The Francis Review is out. Huge congratulations to @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and the panel for a thorough and thoughtful review which is (1/4):
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The Francis Review is out. Huge congratulations to @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and the panel for a thorough and thoughtful review which is (1/4):
Encouraging teaser from the Curriculum and Assessment Review due out this week.
The recommendation of an entitlement to triple science speaks to a serious drive for equity and social mobility in the curriculum. 1/3
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
The recommendation of an entitlement to triple science speaks to a serious drive for equity and social mobility in the curriculum. 1/3
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
www.thetimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Encouraging teaser from the Curriculum and Assessment Review due out this week.
The recommendation of an entitlement to triple science speaks to a serious drive for equity and social mobility in the curriculum. 1/3
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
The recommendation of an entitlement to triple science speaks to a serious drive for equity and social mobility in the curriculum. 1/3
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Delighted to welcome Education Select Committee Chair @helenhayes.bsky.social to the launch of the 3rd cohort of @challengepartners.bsky.social pioneering #SEND Developmental Peer Review today. 1/3
October 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Delighted to welcome Education Select Committee Chair @helenhayes.bsky.social to the launch of the 3rd cohort of @challengepartners.bsky.social pioneering #SEND Developmental Peer Review today. 1/3
All of us @challengepartners.bsky.social are devastated by the loss of Dave Baker @olympustrust.bsky.social, true system leader.
Read our full tribute here:
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Read our full tribute here:
challengepartners.org/news/tribute...
Tribute to a true system leader: Dave Baker | Challenge Partners
All of us at Challenge Partners are devastated by the loss of Dave Baker, a trust and system leader who embodied the spirit of professional generosity and collaboration.
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August 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
All of us @challengepartners.bsky.social are devastated by the loss of Dave Baker @olympustrust.bsky.social, true system leader.
Read our full tribute here:
challengepartners.org/news/tribute...
Read our full tribute here:
challengepartners.org/news/tribute...
Sunny start to the day at Spanish Banks #parkrun in #Vancouver #Canada. Small, stunning and lovely volunteers. #loveparkrun
August 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Sunny start to the day at Spanish Banks #parkrun in #Vancouver #Canada. Small, stunning and lovely volunteers. #loveparkrun
V happy (and somewhat hot) to be back at #parkrun today after a 2 week break to manage an #AxSpA flare. Huge thanks to @drailyntan.bsky.social for sharing research and encouragement. #loveparkrun
May 31, 2025 at 10:17 AM
V happy (and somewhat hot) to be back at #parkrun today after a 2 week break to manage an #AxSpA flare. Huge thanks to @drailyntan.bsky.social for sharing research and encouragement. #loveparkrun
I do love a bluebell-strewn parkrun in the spring. We were treated this morning at Bethlem Royal Hospital parkrun. And the carpark welcome to direct first timers to the start was the warmest ever. #loveparkrun
April 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I do love a bluebell-strewn parkrun in the spring. We were treated this morning at Bethlem Royal Hospital parkrun. And the carpark welcome to direct first timers to the start was the warmest ever. #loveparkrun
@jembenson.bsky.social saw this and thought of you.
BBC News - Surprise as 100 Spaniards turn up at non-league football match - BBC News
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BBC News - Surprise as 100 Spaniards turn up at non-league football match - BBC News
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Surprise as 100 Spaniards turn up at non-league football match
Harborough Town's home match had some international visitors - but why were they there?
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April 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
@jembenson.bsky.social saw this and thought of you.
BBC News - Surprise as 100 Spaniards turn up at non-league football match - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Surprise as 100 Spaniards turn up at non-league football match - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Back on the #parkrun tourist trail with a beautiful run along the #Thames in #Kingston. Gorgeous day for it. #loveparkrun
April 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Back on the #parkrun tourist trail with a beautiful run along the #Thames in #Kingston. Gorgeous day for it. #loveparkrun
Natasha Dowie a history-making legend in yesterday's match. Her skill & strength a perfect riposte to the guy sitting near me who told his son having a woman in the team "made a mockery" of things. Not sure how many England caps or Super Cups he'd won. #LFC #YNWA
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'A moment I won't forget' - Natasha Dowie on making history during LFC Legends win - Liverpool FC
Natasha Dowie expressed her pride at becoming the first female to appear in a Liverpool FC Legends game at Anfield.
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March 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Natasha Dowie a history-making legend in yesterday's match. Her skill & strength a perfect riposte to the guy sitting near me who told his son having a woman in the team "made a mockery" of things. Not sure how many England caps or Super Cups he'd won. #LFC #YNWA
www.liverpoolfc.com/news/moment-...
www.liverpoolfc.com/news/moment-...
First time in 15 consecutive weeks... it's #parkrun o'clock and I'm not running 😱. Off to #Anfield instead to see #LiverpoolLegends. #loveparkrun #loveLFC #YNWA
March 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
First time in 15 consecutive weeks... it's #parkrun o'clock and I'm not running 😱. Off to #Anfield instead to see #LiverpoolLegends. #loveparkrun #loveLFC #YNWA
Proud of the progress we made in #Liverpool on our priorities of #EYFS, #attendance and #aspiration. We ensured sustainability was a consideration from the start and hope RISE teams will build on what we achieved.
🔵 Exclusive: A Conservative levelling-up scheme designed to boost outcomes in education priority areas is set to end, leaving councils drawing up their own plans to informally continue the work
Priority education areas no longer a priority
Priority education investment areas scheme due to end
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March 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Proud of the progress we made in #Liverpool on our priorities of #EYFS, #attendance and #aspiration. We ensured sustainability was a consideration from the start and hope RISE teams will build on what we achieved.
Last Thurs, it was my great honour to chair the final meeting of the #Liverpool Priority Education Investment Area Board. Our projects have helped improve #EYFS, #attendance and #aspiration, with a focus on sustainability from the start.
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March 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Last Thurs, it was my great honour to chair the final meeting of the #Liverpool Priority Education Investment Area Board. Our projects have helped improve #EYFS, #attendance and #aspiration, with a focus on sustainability from the start.
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Today, @edupolicyinst.bsky.social published a groundbreaking report on the impact of school absences on the disadvantage gap. I was pleased to talk to the Today Programme about some of these issues and challenges.
📻On BBC Radio 4 Today, our Chief Executive @natalieperera.bsky.social discusses the findings from our latest report on rising levels of school absence and the widening disadvantage gap for pupils.
You can listen the full interview here at 44.30👇
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You can listen the full interview here at 44.30👇
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Today - 17/03/2025 - BBC Sounds
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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March 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Today, @edupolicyinst.bsky.social published a groundbreaking report on the impact of school absences on the disadvantage gap. I was pleased to talk to the Today Programme about some of these issues and challenges.
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Eminently sensible interim report from @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and the review team. So refreshing to see a non-ideological approach, seeking to tackle problems, such as the forgotten third, without sweeping away what is good in the current curriculum.
The next stage of the Curriculum and Assessment Review will look to create a more inclusive and fair system, address subject-specific challenges, and assess available pathways beyond GCSEs.
Find out more ➡️ www.gov.uk/government/p...
Find out more ➡️ www.gov.uk/government/p...
Curriculum and Assessment Review: interim report
An independent review of the curriculum and assessment system in England, with statistical analysis.
www.gov.uk
March 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Eminently sensible interim report from @beckyfrancis.bsky.social and the review team. So refreshing to see a non-ideological approach, seeking to tackle problems, such as the forgotten third, without sweeping away what is good in the current curriculum.
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Excellent article from @beckyfrancis.bsky.social
Writing exclusively for Tes, curriculum review lead @beckyfrancis.bsky.social lays out why she will be resisting ‘non-educationalists’ calling for revolution, and keeping what works in England’s curriculum and assessment
Becky Francis: We’ll resist ‘non-educationalists’ who want revolution
Writing exclusively for Tes, Professor Becky Francis details why the curriculum and assessment review does not support calls for ‘revolution not evolution’
www.tes.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Excellent article from @beckyfrancis.bsky.social
🧵The interim report of the curriculum and assessment review is out and underlines how the panel led by the excellent @beckyfrancis.bsky.social is dealing with intractable and novel challenges in a measured and evidence informed way. Among the many positives, I would highlight the commitments to:
March 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
🧵The interim report of the curriculum and assessment review is out and underlines how the panel led by the excellent @beckyfrancis.bsky.social is dealing with intractable and novel challenges in a measured and evidence informed way. Among the many positives, I would highlight the commitments to:
Taking @sineadmc.bsky.social's excellent advice and indulging my love of #parkrun, I took a short break from #ASCL2025 to show off my new 250 tee at Princes Parkrun. Apologies to those around me as I joined this morning's keynotes still in running gear. #loveparkrun
March 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Taking @sineadmc.bsky.social's excellent advice and indulging my love of #parkrun, I took a short break from #ASCL2025 to show off my new 250 tee at Princes Parkrun. Apologies to those around me as I joined this morning's keynotes still in running gear. #loveparkrun
Challenge Partners pleased to support this sector-led initiative to capture inclusive practices in mainstream schools. We are already evaluating these through our SEND Developmental Peer Review and look forward to schools in our partnership and beyond submitting examples.
Inclusion in Practice is live! This is a sector-led initiative to gather practical examples of successful approaches to inclusion in mainstream education.
We welcome submissions from all involved in delivering inclusive practice. Link to submit here: www.inclusioninpractice.org.uk 1/3
We welcome submissions from all involved in delivering inclusive practice. Link to submit here: www.inclusioninpractice.org.uk 1/3
Inclusion in Practice
An inclusive education hub, to bring together examples of what successful inclusion looks like in practice.
www.inclusioninpractice.org.uk
March 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Challenge Partners pleased to support this sector-led initiative to capture inclusive practices in mainstream schools. We are already evaluating these through our SEND Developmental Peer Review and look forward to schools in our partnership and beyond submitting examples.
Uplifting end to a great couple of days. When I was tangentially involved in G&T and Aiming Higher policies all those years ago, I would definitely have taken helping a child from a South Birmingham comp to reach Oxbridge and a top media career as a great outcome.
We are delighted to welcome @lewisgoodall.com to #ASCL2025 for the final keynote of Annual Conference.
March 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Uplifting end to a great couple of days. When I was tangentially involved in G&T and Aiming Higher policies all those years ago, I would definitely have taken helping a child from a South Birmingham comp to reach Oxbridge and a top media career as a great outcome.
At #ASCL2025 yesterday it was my pleasure to present with Simon Corner and Amanda Ryan on how Challenge Partners 34 local hubs are driving school improvement at school, area and system level - and some thoughts on how this could apply to RISE teams.
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March 15, 2025 at 8:25 AM
At #ASCL2025 yesterday it was my pleasure to present with Simon Corner and Amanda Ryan on how Challenge Partners 34 local hubs are driving school improvement at school, area and system level - and some thoughts on how this could apply to RISE teams.
www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...
Celebrated #IWD and my 250th #parkrun with the two fab women who keep me running and sane each Saturday. Claire made me a cape! And @fredsharrock.bsky.social visited from Peckham to join in the fun. #loveparkrun
March 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Celebrated #IWD and my 250th #parkrun with the two fab women who keep me running and sane each Saturday. Claire made me a cape! And @fredsharrock.bsky.social visited from Peckham to join in the fun. #loveparkrun
#Halfterm #parkrun was warmer and wet. Grateful to the #volunteers who braved the soggy weather. #loveparkrun
February 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
#Halfterm #parkrun was warmer and wet. Grateful to the #volunteers who braved the soggy weather. #loveparkrun