Vision & Values 

 

"Rooted in Christ, Flourishing Together."

The Trust believes that every child is like a tree planted by streams of water—created to grow strong, bear good fruit, and bless the world. With Jesus at the centre of all we do, we help each other learn, love, and live well.

As a Church of England Multi Academy Trust, we believe that every child is a unique and precious gift from God, created to grow, learn, and flourish in a community rooted in love. Inspired by Psalm 1, which speaks of those who are “like trees planted by streams of water,” and by Jesus’ words in John 15, where He says, “I am the vine, you are the branches,” we understand that true flourishing happens when we are rooted in God’s truth, nourished by His love, and connected to one another. We believe that flourishing means more than just academic success. It means growing in wisdom, hope and joy. Together, our schools are places where:

• Every child is known and valued as an individual

• Learning is exciting, purposeful, and joyful

• Our communities reflect God’s love through compassion, courage, and service where Christian values shape the way we live and treat others.

Our Trust exists to provide a safe and joyful environment where children and adults alike are nurtured in body, mind, and spirit. We are committed to offering an excellent education that supports all learners to be ready to make a positive difference in the world.

Aims:

In order to realise our Trust’s vision, our aim is to provide high quality, fully inclusive learning opportunities to children across the early years and primary age ranges through;

• realising potential by working together to develop everyone's education and enabling all to flourish

• empowering each CE academy within the trust to embody its distinctive Christian vision; sharing our Christian values, being warm and welcoming to all, knowing our children and their families well

• a strong emphasis on meeting the pastoral needs of pupils: promoting and delivering strong mental health and wellbeing support to all children and the Trust workforce including promoting opportunities for families, building in the unique natural beauty of Shropshire to promote positive wellbeing and opportunities to explore learning outside the classroom

• ensuring our ethos is underpinned by a strong knowledge and understanding of the impact of trauma and ensure our approach to supporting behaviour is trauma-informed and attachment aware

• providing an ambitious and engaging curriculum within each academy

• ensuring the delivery of high-quality education to all young people across the academies through a comprehensive school improvement offer to all academies within the Trust

• creating an inclusive environment in all academies where all pupils and adults can truly flourish

• growing and developing the expertise and capacity of the Trust to meet the needs of children and young people with SEND who may require more specialist provision

• Skilled, effective and robust governance, overseeing efficient, effective, and compliant management of the trust’s finances.

 

The Trust ethos is derived from, and informed by, the Church of England’s commitment to education and schooling over more than 200 years; the Trust closely adheres to the Church of England’s policy of ‘church schools for all’ rather than ‘faith schools for some’.

The Church of England’s Vision for education can be found here.

As with the other church MATs across both dioceses, our Trust is open to church and non-church schools with a core purpose of providing an inclusive education for children of any ability, culture, gender, sexuality, faith or no faith.