--- title: "School Support & Improvement" url: "https://learningforlifetrust.co.uk/our-trust/school-support-improvement" school: "Learning for Life Trust" --- # School Support & Improvement ## 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. ### Our Trust - [Vision & Values ](https://learningforlifetrust.co.uk/our-trust) - [Trust People](https://learningforlifetrust.co.uk/our-trust/trust-people) - [Governance](https://learningforlifetrust.co.uk/our-trust/governance) - [Become a Trustee](https://learningforlifetrust.co.uk/our-trust/become-a-trustee) - [Who we are](https://learningforlifetrust.co.uk/our-trust/who-we-are) - [School Support & Improvement](https://learningforlifetrust.co.uk/our-trust/school-support-improvement) - [Centralised Functions](https://learningforlifetrust.co.uk/our-trust/centralised-functions) - [Safeguarding & SEND](https://learningforlifetrust.co.uk/our-trust/safeguarding) - [Trust Schools](https://learningforlifetrust.co.uk/our-trust/trust-schools) ![Learning for Life Trust](https://files.schudio.com/learning-for-life-trust/images/logo/LFLT_Logo.png) #### Learning for Life Trust Gallowbarrow, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 0DX 01900 821133 #### Our Academies - [Broughton Moor Primary School](https://broughtonmoorschool.co.uk/) - [Broughton Primary School](https://www.broughtonprimarysch.co.uk/) - [Cockermouth School](https://cockermouthschool.org/) - [Fairfield Primary School](https://www.fairfieldprimary.co.uk/) #### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/learningforlifetrust) - [LinkedIn](https://learningforlifetrust.co.uk/pages/linkedin.com/company/learning-for-life-trust) © Copyright 2021–2026 Learning for Life Trust School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://learningforlifetrust.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)