It became very clear from the start that this was going to be a special partnership, working with the greatest ambassador tennis has ever seen.
She led the recent OCS funded Transforming Local Infrastructure Programme in Lincolnshire; and was successful in establishing more effective partnership working with eight other infrastructure organisations.
It has had an experienced and respected independent chair of its local safeguarding children's board, good partnership working with other organisations, and sensible political governance and oversight.
They will be enlightened by new school "report cards" that set out matters academic (exam and inspection results), social (sport and healthy eating) and sundry ("partnership working" with other schools), both separately and in an overall grade.
But partnership working with the police, who can refer people to the service, has also seen those with mental health issues in Brighton and Hove taken into custody fall from 158 in 2014-15 to 31 in 2015-16.
Tracy Lindsell, head of children's services at 4Children (South), agrees that the centre is a lot further down the line with its partnership working with health services than many other Sure Starts.
Governors' proposals include partnership working with city colleges and the formation of a "collaborative trust", which would see educational, social and business partners brought on board to support the school, which would be rebranded and renamed.
The partnership works with teachers at high schools and colleges nearby to make sure prospective employees have the skills to fill job openings.
