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Local authorities

By April 2008, School Improvement Partners (SIPs) will be deployed in all phases in all local authorities.

Primary SIPs

Deployment of SIPs will be staged in four waves as shown below:

WaveLocal authority
Wave 1 from January 2007Barnet, Blackburn with Darwen, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, East Sussex, Enfield, Halton West Sussex, Hampshire, Haringey, Kingston upon Thames, Lincolnshire, Luton, Manchester, Merton, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northamptonshire, Oldham, Plymouth, Redbridge, Rochdale, Sandwell, Somerset, Southend on Sea, South Gloucestershire, Surrey, Walsall, York
Wave 2 from April 2007Bath and North East Somerset, Bedfordshire, Bolton, East Riding of Yorkshire, Havering, Hartlepool, Hillingdon, Lancashire, Leeds, Leicester, North Yorkshire, Rotherham, Sheffield, Slough, Swindon, West Berkshire
Wave 3 from September 2007Barnsley, Bexley, Blackpool, Bradford, Calderdale, Camden, Cheshire, City of Bristol, Cornwall, Corporation of London (tbc), Coventry, Croydon, Darlington, Derby, Ealing, Gateshead, Gloucestershire, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Hounslow, Isle of Wight, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kent, Kingston upon Hull, Kirklees, Leicestershire, Lewisham, Liverpool, Medway Towns, Middlesbrough, Newham,
North Lincolnshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Poole, Reading, Richmond upon Thames, Rutland, St Helens, Sefton, Shropshire, South Tyneside, Southwark, Stoke on Trent, Sunderland, Sutton, Telford and Wrekin, Thurrock, Tower Hamlets, Trafford, Wakefield, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Warrington, Warwickshire, Westminster, Wigan, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wirral, Wokingham
Wave 4 from April 2008Barking and Dagenham, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bracknell Forest, Brent, Brighton and Hove, Bromley, Bury, Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon, Doncaster, Dudley, Durham, Essex, Harrow, Knowsley, Lambeth, Milton Keynes, Norfolk, North East Lincolnshire, North Somerset, Nottingham City, Peterborough, Portsmouth, Redcar and Cleveland, Salford, Solihull, Southampton, Staffordshire, Stockport, Stockton-on-Tees, Suffolk, Tameside,
Torbay, Wiltshire, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire

Secondary SIPs

Secondary SIPs have been deployed in all local authorities since September 2006.

Special SIPs

Deployment will be staged in three waves as shown below:

WaveLocal authority
Wave 1 from September 2007Barnet, Bournemouth, Bracknell Forest, Cornwall, Enfield, Halton, Haringey, Hartlepool, Islington, Kingston upon Thames, Knowsley, Liverpool, Merton, Newcastle, Newham, North Linconshire, North Somerset, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Reading, Richmond, Rutland, Sandwell, Sefton, Shropshire, South Gloucestershire, St Helens, Sutton, Warrington, West Berkshire, West Sussex, Wigan, Wirral
Wave 2 from January 2008Barnsley, Blackburn with Darwen, Bolton, Cambridgeshire, Camden, Croydon, Derby, Gateshead, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Kingston upon Hull, Leeds, Leicestershire, Lewisham, Lincolnshire, Luton, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Norfolk, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Oldham, Plymouth, Redbridge, Rotherham, Sheffield, Slough, South Tyneside, Southwark, Sunderland, Swindon, Telford and the Wrekin, Thurrock, Trafford, Walsall, Wandsworth, York
Wave 3 from April 2008Barking and Dagenham, Bath and NE Somerset, Bedfordshire, Birmingham, Blackpool, Bradford, Brent, Brighton and Hove, Bristol, Bromley, Buckinghamshire, Bury, Calderdale, Cheshire, Coventry, Cumbria, Darlington, Derbyshire, Devon, Doncaster, Dorset, Dudley, Durham, Ealing, East Riding, East Sussex, Essex, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hampshire, Harrow, Havering, Hertfordshire, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Isle of Wight, Kensington & Chelsea, Kent, Kirklees, Lambeth, Lancashire, Leicester, Medway, Milton Keynes, North East Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Peterborough, Poole, Portsmouth, Redcar and Cleveland, Rochdale, Salford, Solihull, Somerset, Southampton, Southend, Staffordshire, Stockport, Stockton on Tees, Stoke on Trent, Suffolk, Surrey, Tameside, Torbay, Tower Hamlets, Wakefield, Waltham Forest, Warwickshire, Westminster, Wiltshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wokingham, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire