Over the last 25 years there have been several developments leading secondary schools to build various forms of partnership and collaboration. In recent times this trend has increased markedly; there are more such partnerships and some of them are much tighter and more enduring, eg federations of schools.

• Related information on system leadership

Institutional reconfigurations

• From single to multiple institutions
• Merging of phases
• Flexible and permeable age cohorts
• School day, term and year
• Flexible time schedules
• Design of buildings and learning spaces
• Competence-based, trans-disciplinary curriculum
• Academic and pastoral division
• Smaller units within schools
• School and workplace

Role reconfigurations

Leadership reconfigurations