The 2020-2021 SE DCS Peer Challenges took place between 1 December 2020 and 28 February 2021.
This year’s programme saw two innovations.
1. Alison Michalska of LGA (see below for contacts) supported Lead Members in providing scrutiny and challenge within each authority as the self-assessments were drafted and signed-off.
2. Coordinating with the Quality Assurance Group. We tested a process of detailed QA Group activity in Triad/Quartet groupings to maximise access to the underlying data which informs each authority’s self-assessment statement. We plan to use our learning in future years to futher develop this approach.
We provide access to our growing library of the region’s self-assessments and the Peer Challenge data packs in the password-protected Peer Challenge Library.
This has been set up as a resource for nominated participants to the 2020-2021 SESLI Programme DCS Peer Challenge cycle.
If you are a nominated participant and have yet to receive log-in details, please contact Isabelle Gregory (details below).
Governance and Planning
SESLIP 2019-2020 Memorandum of Understanding (the next edition is in production)
2020-2021 DCS Peer Challenge dates
All of these events were held via MS Teams
| Triad | Date | LA1 | LA2 | LA3 |
| 1 | 29th January 2021 | Wokingham | East Sussex | Surrey |
| 2 | 29th March 2021 | West Sussex | Kent | Portsmouth |
| Quartet 3 | 1st February 2021 | Slough | Hampshire and Isle of Wight | Milton Keynes |
| 4 | 9th March 2021 | Windsor and Maidenhead | Oxfordshire | Medway |
| 5 | Cancelled | West Berkshire | Buckingham-shire | Brighton and Hove |
| 6 | 14th April 2021 | Bracknell Forest | Reading | Southampton (did not participate this year) |