There is no predetermined number of schools that is required to make
a cluster. Each cluster should be formed depending on need and what is
logistically possible to manage. Too many schools involved in a single
LCO may make it difficult to coordinate, particularly when it comes to
the sharing of staff time, resources and timetables. Too few schools and
there may not be the critical mass required to obtain the benefits of
sharing resources in this way. The frameworks shared in this manual assume
an ideal number of schools may be between six and ten.
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