ashton-on-mersey school
Cheshire
As part of our protocols, we have a number of over-arching aims and a mission
that pervades all of our schools and academies as follows: Our mission: We
always put ‘pupils first’ We follow Local Authority admissions criteria We
believe that local children should attend local schools and we are not selective
We are fully inclusive and welcome children from vulnerable groups e.g FSM,
SEND, LAC etc We continuously provide high quality professional development for
all of our staff We follow the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions and National
Joint Council conditions of service We work positively with trade unions and
actively involve them in our decision making We play our full role in behaviour
partnerships/hard to place protocols We always put collaboration before
competition Aims: To work in the areas of greatest challenge To move all
academies in the Trust to at least ‘Good’ using The Dean Trust school
improvement offer from the centre (Teaching School) To sustain improvements by
developing character, values and beliefs alongside sound systems and processes
To ensure that all academies in our Trust adopt The Dean Trust model for
success, high aspirations, high standards and continuous improvement throughout
the organisation To concentrate our operation within a 50-mile radius of the
Central Hub to ensure that coverage of the academy group and lead times are
manageable and focused The Trust would have at the centre The Dean Trust
Teaching School and high quality School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT)
To have high quality academy/school governance at the heart of the process To
establish a strong centralised ‘back office’ support service for the academy
group which is well resourced and funded to meet operational needs.
