We exist to support schools
Our Trust is built upon high empowerment and high support. To achieve this, we collaborate as leaders to build strength, resilience and improvement in a coordinated fashion. Schools and their leaders/staff enjoy:
- Networking across all MAT schools within a supportive and collaborative culture.
- Leader coaching and development to retain and progress as appropriate.
- Sharing of best practices and proven innovations.
- Support in shaping and writing your School Development Plan based on Self Evaluation and Ofsted frameworks. Coaching for evidence-based initiatives to target your school development needs.
- Action learning and peer networking within the MAT and with key partners including use of your school’s outcomes data and peer benchmarking.
- Termly forums to receive and offer support on topics such as safeguarding, SEND and school leadership. Sharing and spreading good practise, supervision and support as well as sharing proven innovations.
- Support for website/social media/marketing development for your school within the MAT family of school websites – fully compliant and maintained with a MAT level layer for shared information, policies and news.
- Coordinated Local Governors meetings and committees within a MAT cycle to maximise efficiency and maintain effective coverage of assurance.
- Support for school leadership from experienced Executive Leaders with a focus on leadership coaching, CPD and strategic skills development.
- Clear delegation for effective local governance with simple MAT reporting by exception based on the effective Local Governance.
- Influence within the wider sector through MAT participation in Local Authority level forums and working groups.
- Effective industrial relations and partnership working with staff representative organisations through MAT participation in working groups with all relevant TUs.
- School strategy development processes facilitated for schools’ long-term success.
- A close-knit and responsive team that can support leaders with the day-to-day challenges they face.