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Our vi Ou vision on a and a aims Helping every child achieve their God-given potential We aim to be a Trust in which: D eveloping the whole child means pupils achieve and maximise their potential C ontinued development of staff is valued and improves education for young people A ll schools are improving and perform above national expectations T he distinct Christian identity of each academy develops and is celebrated 3
Wh What’s s an Educational Tru rust? • Set up by the government to put school leaders at the heart of improvement • Set up to give schools more freedom to make decisions about what’s best for their children • Designed to be a group of schools working together, sharing what what works and helping each other on what’s not working so well • They usually have a Chief Executive helping co-ordinate the work across the schools • They are designed to save schools money with the Trusts providing shared finance and other ‘back office’ functions 4
Wh Why join our r Tru rust? • We are Diocese of Chichester Academy Trustso this would strengthen Sedlescombe’s position as an outstanding Church School (SIAMs) • We are successful Education Trust (2 nd out of 31 Church Trusts in the Country and 18 th out of 298 for all Education Trusts) • Your Headteacher will benefit from being with a team of other, successful Headteachers • As a ‘small school’ joining the Trust it would protect the financial position of the school • The schools will access a share of a sizable capital grant 5
What difference do we make with our schools? Children achieving reading, writing and maths at ‘expected standard’ 100% 86% 90% 83% 80% 80% 77% 74% 75% 72% Nat Avg (2019)= 65% 70% 68% 68% 67% 61% 65% 62% 62% 61% 60% 60% 55% 48% 50% 40% 30% 29% 29% 30% 23% 21% 21% 20% 10% 0% Central St Leonards All Saints Christ Church St Paul's The March 2016 2017 2018 SATS 2019 SATS
What difference do we make with our schools? Children achieving reading, writing and maths at ‘expected standard’
What difference do we make with our schools? Children achieving reading, writing and maths at ‘higher standard’ 12% 11% Nat Avg 2019 = 10.5% 10% 8% 6% 5% 4% 4% 4% 3% 2% 0% 0% 2017 2018 2019 DCAT Sedlescombe
What difference do we make with our schools? The progress children are making in reading, writing and maths.
What difference do we make with our schools? What do parents/carers say? 92+% of our parents/carers strongly agree or agree with the statement: My child is happy at the school 10
What difference do we make with our schools? What does Ofsted say about DCAT? The multi-academy trust The governors and The Trustees have brokered (MAT) has a firm hand on the Trust hold leaders additional support to the school. Senior leaders to account (Jan 2018) improve the quality of in the MAT closely monitor teaching and accelerate The work of the MAT the school to ensure that pupils’ progress (Jan 2018) has been key in pupils are safe and making supporting leaders to [governors] appreciate the progress. (March 2019) improve outcomes for guidance they receive from pupils (Jan 2018) officers of the MAT (Jan 2018)
What difference do we make with our schools? What does Ofsted say about DCAT? Governors are uncompromising in their Trust leaders and governors recruitment of high-quality leaders. They have are well placed to champion helped to build a strong leadership team. They and challenge school leaders to also took the decision to join the Diocese of continue improving the school. Chichester Academy Trust, which has brought They are highly ambitious for support and many benefits to the school. They all pupils to succeed to the have been instrumental in ensuring that St Paul’s best of their abilities. provides high levels of nurture and support for (Nov 2019) its pupils. They have high aspirations for all. (Jan 2019)
What does DCAT offer? Sedlescombe one of ten schools – with a strong staff team ready to support
What does DCAT offer? A strong set of Trustees who can provide support and challenge
What does DCAT offer? In summary Our own finance team CEO to be a practical support for Headteachers HR package Head of Improvement – hand on, in Access to a sizable annual grant for school support maintenance and capital work Trust leads for English and Assessment Solicitors (more to follow) ICT service School improvement fund for hubs to use Pooled caretaking expertise on their priorities Governance Manager Peer and Trust reviews to check on standards Compliance Manager
What next? www.dcat.academy
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