RESPECT AND ENJOYMENT FOR DEVELOPING A BRIGHTER YOUTH AT REDBY ACADEMY GROWING WISDOM AT MONKWEARMOUTH ACADEMY SURGING FORWARD AT MONKWEARMOUTH ACADEMY RESPECT AND ENJOYMENT FOR DEVELOPING A BRIGHTER YOUTH AT REDBY ACADEMY Wearmouth Learning Trust was formed by the Governing Body of Monkwearmouth School, who applied to the Secretary of State for Education to become a Multi Academy Trust, where they could act as a sponsor school for other Academies, aiming to help them improve their standards and performance and to offer a partnership for our primary partner schools. In November 2014, Directors of the Trust welcomed Redby Academy to the Trust as a sponsored Academy. The relationship cemented the existing partnership arrangements and support which had been in place since early 2014. In addition to the Trust Board, each Academy has its own Local Governing Body or Advisory Body who take a key role in driving forward achievement and progress within each Academy. It is hoped that the Trust will continue to grow with more schools joining us in the future and we welcome either convertor or sponsor academies. The overall purpose of the trust is to strengthen provision across all academies within it. The trust will do this by providing strategic leadership for all academies through its inclusive ethos and vision and providing strong governance and high quality teaching and learning to ensure students are ready to progress to the next stage of their education, employment or training. OUR TRUST VISION Our vision is to create a family of outstanding schools providing a high quality education to improve the life chances of our young people and to support our local communities. All schools within the Trust provide inspirational teaching within a creative curriculum that motivates every child and young person to enjoy their learning and achieve their full potential. We strive to ensure outstanding care, guidance and support within an inclusive, stimulating and supportive community based on mutual respect and trust. We aim to provide the highest quality personalised learning, support and care, in partnership with parents and carers and the wider community to foster ambition, raise aspirations, ensure the highest achievement and help our students to make a positive contribution to society. The trust will lead and support all schools within the trust in striving for excellence in teaching and learning via a broad and balanced curriculum within a fully inclusive ethos. Monkwearmouth Academy is planning to open a sixth form in September 2015 to enable us to provide all through education from age 3 to 19. OUR TRUST ETHOS The Trust aims to promote the academic, physical, emotional, cultural, moral, spiritual and social development of all our children and young people. We will do this by: • Placing the student at the centre of learning, providing challenging experiences, appropriate for their age, ability, interests and needs and developing lively and enquiring minds. • Enabling all students to achieve their academic potential and gain qualifications appropriate to their skills, talents, academic ability and the changing needs of society and preparing them for the next stage in their learning. • Building students self-esteem through an understanding and appreciation of their own self-worth, whilst enabling them to respect, appreciate and acknowledge the achievements and aspirations of others. • Encouraging students to become tolerant, active and positive members of their community, respecting diversity and developing personal, spiritual and moral values. WHAT ARE ACADEMIES? Academies are publicly funded independent schools that are not managed by the Local Authority. Academies don’t have to follow the national curriculum, can set their own term times and employ their own staff. The have to follow the same rules on admissions, special educational needs and exclusions as other state schools. Academies receive their budgets directly from the Government not their local council as other state schools do. Academies are run by an Academy Trust, some Academy Trusts only have one school to look after, we have more than one school and are known as a Multi Academy Trust (MAT). We have one Trust board who oversee all of our schools. A MAT is the company and each individual academy sits in the company. All of the schools within the MAT are governed and managed by the trust, however, the trust will delegate some management and decision making to individual schools within the trust. ADVISORY BODY Each of our Academies have either their own Local Governing Body or Advisory Body. Each local body has a set constitution, governing the types of members and the numbers of members in each category. They are largely made up of the same people who formed the Governing Body prior to conversion to Academy or joining our MAT. The local bodies look after the day to day aspects of running the individual schools, holding leaders to account for performance, achievement, teaching and learning and behaviour and safety. Each local body operates under delegated powers assigned to them by the Trust Board and the main task assigned to our bodies is to drive forward achievement and progress through quality teaching and learning within our schools. OUR MAT BOARD Our MAT Board is made up of Directors of the company. A number of our Directors served on the Governing Body of Monkwearmouth School prior to its conversion to Academy Status. Each of the schools in the Trust will be represented on the Board to ensure that all decisions made by Directors are for the benefit of all schools in the Trust. Our MAT Board meet at least once each term and in addition to this, they operate a number of committees to deal with matters linked to Personnel, finance, curriculum etc. The MAT Board and each committee have an elected Chair who ensures each meeting runs smoothly. Our MAT Board will also establish a Board of Directors or Advisory Body in each school. Please click here to view information about our Governing Body of Wearmouth Learning Trust. POLICIES & DOCUMENTS Please click here to view information about our: • Value For Money Statement • Financial Statements Wearmouth Learning Trust Torver Crescent, Seaburn Dene Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR6 8LG Telephone: 0191 553 5555 Fax: 0191 553 5558 Email contactus@mwacademy.co.uk Website: monkwearmouth.sunderland.sch.uk Steve Wilkinson (Executive Headteacher) Melissa Dobrianski (HR and Business Manager) Lindsay Winter (PA to Executive Headteacher) Wearmouth Learning Trust is a company limited by guarantee registered in England & Wales and is an exempt charity. Having difficulty viewing our new website? It may be necessary to update your old browser! Please do contact us if any problems persist. Contact Us We're not around right now. But you can send us an email and we'll get back to you, asap. Send