“…This echoes Higham and Yeomans (2010) who refer to the depth of engagement with the collaborative activity in their research that ‘ determined the extent to which a partnership was principally a talking shop for senior managers or had an impact upon the day‐to‐day practices of member institutions’ (p. 389). A number of other studies identify leadership, in respect of establishing clear goals, coordination and the sharing of responsibility, as central to collaborative practice between schools (see, for example, Ainscow et al ., 2006; Allen, 2007; Chapman & Hadfield, 2010; Hayes & Lynch, 2013; Chapman & Muijs, 2013; Howland, 2014; Muijs, 2015a; Armstrong & Ainscow, 2018; Brown et al ., in press).…”