Our values are shared among all of the Trust’s members. They were shaped by the student leaders from each of the schools and reflect the kind of ethos and culture they want to be a part of.

Our Values: 

• Dreaming big 
• Rewarding effort 
• Leading together 
• Respecting each other and our world 
• Learning that inspires

Working together we will develop inspirational schools which instil ambition and desire in young learners, open their minds, widen their horizons and equip them to succeed in a challenging world.

By 2027 the Trust’s excellent reputation will reach beyond Dudley and the West Midlands. The Trust will be well known for raising up education standards across the region and for being the employer of choice. Both disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged learners will achieve outcomes well above the national average. The successful development of a pioneering Master Collaboration Agreement with Dudley College of Technology and the Black Country and Marches IoT will have achieved a progressive education group arrangement. This will optimise the value of careers education and employer encounters which will be integral to the curriculum. All learners will progress onto positive destinations with the majority accessing Level 3 programmes of study.

Our family of schools will number approximately twelve academies with the infrastructure to support further growth. A thriving cross phase alternative provision will have the capacity to meet the needs of learners in all our schools, both in the primary and secondary phase.

The Trust’s highly effective and innovative inclusive practice will be fully embedded. In all academies, experienced and committed staff will be adept at using trauma informed approaches in all aspects of school life. Our learners will benefit from the development of a comprehensive range of enhanced support services. 

All learners will develop resilience and their school’s culture will help them to flourish, inspiring them to strive and to achieve.

The Trust has pioneered some highly effective projects with external agencies that has laid a firm foundation to sustain this help in the future. The ‘Dudley Reflections’ programme was spearheaded by the Trust which means that parents with mental health issues are now able to access support from CAMHS. Similarly, the ‘Emotionally based School Non Attendance’ project focuses on wellbeing support for parents to enable them to encourage their child to attend school. Alongside these powerful and highly effective initiatives, the Trust will continue to provide vouchers for parents to access a wide range of support from Provision House, a local charity which includes a food bank and also provides white goods and furniture. This will be further enhanced by the Trust’s ongoing support for parents with school uniform. Not only is every learner in Reception and Year 7 gifted items of uniform as a welcome to their new school, but all learners in need are provided with an outdoor coat in the winter and a pair of shoes. The Trust’s ‘standby’ fund is generously boosted by two Trustees who donate ten thousand pounds each year. This means that no child entering one of our schools will face the traumatic situation of feeling different because they don’t have the right uniform due to poverty. 

In partnership with Dudley College of Technology, the Trust will signpost parents to funded adult learning and career development opportunities, encouraging both them and their children to ‘dream big’. As part of our civic duty, the Trust will continue to work proactively with a wide range of external agencies to support our families whenever they face adversity.

In these times of hardship and the cost of living crisis, our commitment to supporting our learners’ families will continue and this will also serve as a model of good practice for other schools and Trusts to follow.

In our primaries, secondary schools and alternative provision, our commitment to innovative and creative teaching and learning will be at the forefront of all that we do. This will ensure that all learners are engaged and motivated by their experiences in lessons and in a wide range of cultural capital activities. Teachers will skilfully blend the latest available learning technologies into their teaching methods to deliver learning that truly inspires. Our relentless focus on encouraging our learners to dream big will secure them strong examination outcomes and lead them into positive destinations. All learners will continue to benefit from excellent careers provision which, in 2024, resulted in the Careers Gold Award for all four secondary schools, an exceptional achievement.

Our curriculum will be rich and varied, meeting the needs of all learners, both in mainstream schools and in our alternative provision. The Trust’s partnership with Dudley College of Technology and the Black Country and Marches IoT will allow learners to access a wide range of pathways, integrating vocational programmes and high-quality work placements into the curriculum.

The Trust will be the preferred employer in the area. Our innovative Human Resources strategy will have staff wellbeing at its heart. Teaching staff and associate staff will have access to first rate continuous professional development and clear career pathways. All stakeholders will be fully committed to our core values and will feel proud to be involved in our pioneering Trust.