INTRODUCING OUR WORK
INFORMATION FOR SCHOOLS INTERESTED IN JOINING A TRUST
JOIN THE COLLEGIATE TRUST
We would like to invite schools to discuss with us the benefits and opportunities of working as part of The Collegiate Trust (TCT).
Are you a good or outstanding school and keen to develop your work within a forward-thinking, ambitious partnership?
Do you need support on your improvement journey to become a good or outstanding school?
Would you like to join a family of schools focused on collaboration to deliver new teaching and learning practice?
Do you want to maintain a clear, individual identity within a strong, local partnership?
Our central mission is Collaboration to Deliver Exceptional Education.
We focus on this mission to help us achieve our vision of Exceptional Education For All.
If you wish to arrange a discussion about our Trust and the opportunity to work with us, please contact the CEO at soumick.dey@tct-academies.org.
MESSAGE FROM THE CEO
“We work together, as The Collegiate Trust, to deliver the very best life chances for our pupils and students. To achieve this, we know that we must be a great employer to our team of 700+ staff, determined custodians of the facilities we hold on behalf of our communities, and role models for how to deliver the very best education for the 3- to 18-year-olds that attend our schools. Working in a school brings with it an awesome responsibility; working in a trust helps our staff to deliver on that responsibility.
We created TCT in 2015, out of a belief that the quality and success of Riddlesdown Collegiate enabled us to bring together other schools that would benefit from high quality collaboration. Since then, we have grown to become a family of seven schools in South London and West Sussex. Our approach to growth is not driven by a desire to be the biggest but by a determination to make a difference.
My team would be delighted to talk to groups of governors, staff, parents or pupils about our Trust and how it could support your work in delivering great learning.”
Soumick Dey, CEO
WHO ARE WE?
The Collegiate Trust grew out of Riddlesdown Collegiate, an Outstanding secondary school in Croydon. Now a family of seven schools in Croydon and Crawley, we are a charitable organisation with a sole purpose of delivering great education.
Our Trust is run by school leaders for the benefit of our communities and families, pupils and students, and staff.
We work together in order to achieve better and more rapid development than we might achieve as individual schools. This is summed up in our mission statement: Collaboration to deliver exceptional education
Our ambition for our collaboration is to offer the very best experience to every young person in our schools. This is summed up in our vision statement: Exceptional education for all
We believe that there are three key features to an exceptional education:
1. All pupils and students achieve their very best academically
2. All pupils and students benefit from a school experience that is rich in creative, cultural and physical learning opportunities
3. Schools invest in the personal and social development of each young person
OUR GROWTH HIERARCHY
SCALE is at the top of this hierarchy, not because it is the most important but because it is the most visible aspect of growth. We are looking for the right partners to join our Trust, schools that will add value and achieve benefit from working with like-minded colleagues. We have ambitions to grow to 12-15 schools by 2025.
The middle layer of our hierarchy covers the ACTIVITY that we choose to deliver ourselves in order to guarantee quality. This ranges from staff development and training to our catering and IT services.
The foundation of our hierarchy, the most important part of our growth agenda, is COHESION between our schools. This does not mean all doing the same but focuses on the development of new expertise through collaborative work – the partnership dividend.
BENEFITS OF JOINING TCT
FOR EACH SCHOOL JOINING THE COLLEGIATE TRUST, WE:
» promote an exceptional and broad curriculum – within and beyond the classroom – which builds the strongest qualities in pupils and students across the Trust.
» support the development of leadership (including governance) and management through high quality collaboration, focused support and challenge, and partnership. We deliver our own suite of NPQ courses.
» support staff development across the whole of the curriculum, through expert facilitation of collaboration to develop new and next practice. This includes direct delivery of the Early Career Framework.
» centralise a range of non-teaching activities (eg. financial monitoring, audit, payroll, HR, governance support, estates management, marketing & communications) to ensure focus by Local Governing Bodies (LGBs) and Principals on pupil and student learning, development and achievement, and to deliver improved value for money within that central spend.
» deliver capital investment which provides the best possible facilities for students and staff across the Trust.
» achieve a partnership dividend – exceptional education for all within the partnership – as a result of collaboration.
FOR PUPILS AND STUDENTS, WE DELIVER:
A broad and balanced curriculum, which takes learning beyond the classroom in order to support personal development
Teaching and support from high quality staff who access excellent CPD
Ongoing investment in learning resources, including IT
FOR STAFF, WE OFFER:
Excellent professional development, from ECT through to senior and executive leadership
Opportunities to lead the development of curriculum and pedagogy at Trust level
Support from Trust experts in leadership and learning
Collaborative opportunities to develop new and next practice in teaching and business support functions
Staff well-being as a key feature of all of our work
WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED?
There are numerous, measurable ways in which our schools have developed and improved since joining The Collegiate Trust and each school in our partnership is achieving higher standards than before joining. We welcome the opportunity to share these with you in more detailed discussions.
The following case studies are typical of our work:
1. THREE EXAMPLES OF OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
Our host school has improved from OFSTED satisfactory in 2009, to good in 2012, then outstanding in 2015. Since then, standards at GCSE and A Level have continued to rise and the school has achieved World Class status.
Gossops Green Primary joined us in 2016 with consecutive requires improvement judgements from OFSTED. In September 2019 the school achieved a good judgement, with outstanding Early Years and outstanding leadership & management
The Quest Academy joined us in 2018 and has continued to deliver amongst the best progress scores nationally
2. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
Curriculum development is at the heart of our schools’ work. Each school has prioritised the development of a rich, broad and academic curriculum, which responds to the needs of learners in the community.
Colleagues across Key Stage 1 have worked collaboratively to ensure that teaching and learning in phonics delivers rapid progress to develop reading and writing skills
In Key Stage 2 we have developed our Maths Framework, to support teachers in identifying and addressing misconceptions
Two of our primary schools and one of our secondary schools are developing the use of Accelerated Reader
Our sixth forms are preparing for our first Post-16 Conference in 2022
We constantly develop our curriculum offer to enable learners to gain an appreciation and understanding of creative, performing and physical arts, promoting leadership and engaging through an extensive range of trips and visits.
3. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Our network of school leaders has regular opportunities to collaborate and support one another to develop the best educational approaches.
The annual Governance Development Day brings together local governors, trustees and members to work with senior colleagues in
developing effective governance practice
We deliver NPQML and NPQSL in partnership with UCL Institute of Education
Across the Trust there is an excellent programme of formal and informal coaching and mentoring to support from early career up to senior leadership
Cohesive working across the trust provides our leaders with opportunities to broaden and develop wider leadership skill. Leaders who demonstrate improvement and impact in their area of responsibility will support other leaders to implement and replicate the most successful strategies.
4. IT STRATEGY
We have built one network for the entire Trust so that you can log on securely in any of our schools and have access to all of your files and resources.
Our five year, 2.5 million pound IT strategy ensures that each school’s infrastructure and hardware is up to date and highly responsive, with state of the art terminals and interactive screens in every teaching space supporting creative learning and better outcomes year on year.
Our central team of IT professionals provide expert support to our schools ensuring a resilient and robust network that allows for a hassle free teaching experience, while a small MIS team uses full remote SIMS integration and analytics to provide accessible data to inform improvement planning.
HOW DOES OUR TRUST OPERATE?
We have two key teams: education and business support.
DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT (Maths)
Rebeccah Strange
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
Lucy Bruce
PRINCIPAL
Riddlesdown Collegiate
Katie Turner
PRINCIPAL
Gossops Green
Sarah Dunne
PRINCIPAL
Waterfield
Harry Hope
EXECUTIVE PRINCIPAL
The Quest Academy
Andy Crofts
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Tom Beecham
PRINCIPAL
Courtwood
Natasha Grant
EXECUTIVE PRINCIPAL
Quest Primary
Andy Crofts
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Jo Stawman
PRINCIPAL Kenley
Denise Dixon
DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT (Leadership)
Linda Harvey
DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT (Literacy)
Mary Proto
DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT (Science)
Liz Donne
DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT (Post-16)
Mike Smith
DIRECTOR OF IT
Lewis Burgess
TECHS:
James Wareham
Luke Green
Ahnaf Jagirdar
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION & DATA TEAM
Stuart Bocking
Debbie Craddock
Matt Innes Neel Katelia
EDUCATION TEAM
CFO
Lyla Dey
FINANCE ASSISTANT
Jenny Perry
FINANCE MANAGER
Daniel Pyke
SCHOOL-BASED
Admin Staff
CATERING MANAGER
Kelly Livingstone
HR MANAGER
Saleh Ahmed
GOVERNANCE MANAGER
Sara Scott
COO
David Clarke
MARKETING CONTRACT
Smarter Reach
DEPUTY CATERING MANAGER
Kelly Garland
HR ASSISTANT
Diane Lane
CATERING STAFF
(43 colleagues )
SCHOOL-BASED
Premises Staff
Jeanne Alexander
Sarah Church
CEO: Soumick
HOW DOES GOVERNANCE OPERATE WITHIN TCT?
Exceptional education within TCT is driven by a strong Local Governing Body in each school. Whilst the Trustees are legally accountable for all schools in the Trust, the Scheme of Delegation places a clear responsibility for leadership of the school on local governors, through which each school maintains its clear and separate identity.
MEMBERS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS / TRUSTEES
THE LOCATION OF OUR 7 SCHOOLS
1.Courtwood Primary School, Courtwood Lane, Addington, Croydon, Surrey CR0 9HX
t: 020 8657 8454 e: office@courtwood.org.uk www.courtwood.org.uk
2.Quest Primary School, Quest Primary School, Farnborough Avenue, South Croydon, Surrey CR2 8HD t: 020 8657 4722 e: office@quest-primary.org.uk www.quest-primary.org.uk
3.Gossops Green Primary School, Kidborough Road, Gossops Green, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 8HW t: 01293 525449 e: office@gossopsgreen.org.uk www.gossopsgreen.org.uk
4.Kenley Primary School, New Barn Lane, Whyteleafe, Surrey CR3 0EX t: 020 8660 7501 e: office@kenleyprimary.org.uk www.kenleyprimary.org.uk
5.Riddlesdown Collegiate Honister Heights, Purley Surrey CR8 1EX t: 020 8668 5136 e: admin@riddlesdown.org www.riddlesdown.org
6.The Quest Academy Farnborough Avenue South Croydon, Surrey CR2 8HD t: 020 8657 8935 e: office@thequestacademy.org.uk www.thequestacademy.org.uk
7.Waterfield Primary School, Waterfield Gardens, Bewbush, Crawley, West Sussex RH11 8RA t: 01293 548014 e: office@waterfield.org.uk www.waterfield.org.uk
TCT Schools in Crawley
TCT Schools in Croydon
REGISTERED ADDRESS
The Collegiate Trust
Honister Heights
Purley
Surrey CR8 1EX
TELEPHONE: 03300 100 701
EMAIL: admin@tct-academies.org
WEBSITE: www.tct-academies.org
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