Community Schools Trust Brochure

Focused Informed Passionate

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Welcome to Community Schools Trust Whether you are looking to raise standards fast, or simply want to share expertise and ideas across a wider network, we would love to discuss how we might work together.

Community Schools Trust is an established multi-academy trust with an ambition to grow by working with schools who share our passion and values. We are proud of our success, but also eager to learn from others and constantly improve what we offer.

If you’d like to find out more about us, or visit one of our schools, please feel free to contact me personally on simon.elliott@communityschoolstrust.org.

Simon Elliott, CEO

“ I am being supported to develop into an outstanding teacher, working with like-minded colleagues who hold pupils at the heart of everything they do.”

Temi Awoyejo, Head of Media

“Everyone is a close knit family and the school is always adapting to get the best out of staff and students.”

Shamayun Mirza, Maths Second in Charge

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Sharing values Community Schools Trust is a small multi-academy trust with a proven track record of creating extraordinary outcomes for students from all backgrounds.

Our aim is simple – to provide a first-rate education for every child, and create outstanding schools that change perceptions and expectations across whole communities. We are:

• Focused on supporting each student’s path to excellence

• Informed by the latest educational research, to constantly improve our curriculum

• Passionate about giving young people the best chance for success

If these values sound like yours, we would love hear from you. We have a talented team who will be happy to share their expertise and knowledge. But you’ll find us eager to learn too, so we can move forward together.

Forest Gate Community School has been in the top 50 schools in England and Wales for progress four years in a row.

Planning for extraordinary Curriculum planning is at the heart of our success. It’s one of the main reasons children in our schools achieve the extraordinary results they do.

Teachers and students across our schools share a common understanding of what we teach, why we teach it, when and how. There is no short cut to excellent curriculum planning, but get it right and the impact on students’ learning is remarkable.

It’s just one example of how we plan for success – creating systems and processes that work because students, teachers and parents see their benefit.

But as well as achieving excellent results, students also feel looked-after and supported in a respectful, calm environment where everyone can thrive.

We help students achieve, on average, one grade higher than expected.

“ We have children in the third set getting Grade 9 in English.”

Stacey Goyan, English Teacher

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Focused on supporting each student’s path to excellence.

Informed

by the latest educational research, to constantly improve our curriculum.

Inspiring teachers Teachers develop their careers and grow as professionals as we grow too.

“The Trust is exceptionally good at recognising and appreciating talents and strengths and providing opportunities to develop our careers.”

Georgia France, Head of Learning

Staff enjoy working for Community Schools Trust.

Teachers tell us they value our innovative approaches to managing workload, such as shorter working weeks, a ban on retrospective book marking, and no formal lesson observations.

It leaves teachers free to do what they love most – inspiring children to learn.

We are informed by the latest educational research in everything we do. We invest heavily in leadership and encourage everyone to voice their ideas to make our students’ experience even better.

Working together How might joining the Community Schools Trust benefit your school?

When a new school joins us, our starting point is always to learn more about their goals and aspirations, and the support they might need to reach them.

We’ll help you plan for change, based on your school’s individual priorities, and support you to make change happen.

We’ll share our learning and ideas, based on the latest educational research, but also learn from you too.

We will then work together with a shared passion to bring about rapid progress. Because only by working together can we make our students’ experience the best it can possibly be.

“Having highly experienced individuals around me has allowed me to both discover and unlock my potential.”

Rashid Benellal, Head of Physics

“The Trust has a real commitment to looking after staff.”

Roslyn Campbell, Head of Design and Technology

Passionate about giving young people the best chance for success.

“ No fads, no fuss, just a clear focus on implementing effective practice by everyone from senior leaders to teachers at the start of their careers.”

Yamina Bibi, Assistant Headteacher

If you would like to explore further how we might work together, why not arrange an informal discussion with our team?

020 8534 8666 info@communityschoolstrust.org @CST_London

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Community Schools Trust Ltd Forest Gate Community School Forest Lane, Forest Gate, London E7 9BB