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Case studies

Read why schools are interested in taking on trust status and the benefits they feel this will bring to students.

  • The Trust is hoping to increase the number of partners especially with regard to higher education.
  • The strategic involvement of Trust partners has been a sounding board for the school expansion plans, especially in terms of the KS4 curriculum.
  • Canterbury High is an all ability co-educational 11-19 Foundation School, with sports status.
  • This is a shared trust of three schools in SW Cambridge which has been evolving since 2003.
  • This High Performing Specialist School sees the trust as a strategic vehicle.
  • Exists to improve the educational and training outcomes of all young people in the Trust area.
  • This is a shared trust of two secondary schools serving the town of Rochford and the surrounding rural areas of Essex, the trust opened in April 2008.
  • Lyng Hall is a single school trust based on the specialist secondary 11-18 school “Lyng Hall Specialist Sports College”.
  • This trust looks to raise standards by active collaboration with its stakeholders - students, parents and the local community.
  • Examples of Trust impact include: Publication of the first edition of Educational Research in Classrooms, a South Dartmoor Community College publication, in collaboration with Trust partners.
  • Addressing the Every Child Matters agenda, raising standards and transition issues for children with special needs.
  • Very strong levels of trust and mutual support exist between the respective schools, The Trust status was seen as a way of continuing and formalising collaboration that had been taking place for several years.
  • Examples of trust impact include: Development of the school as a multiple specialist school delivering a stimulating curriculum with many cross curricular links.
  • This is a single Trust opened in May 2008. The College has Science, Arts and Leading Edge status and serves the rural market town of Kingsbridge and the surrounding villages.

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