ABOUT US
WORKING FOR SUMMIT LEARNING TRUST
WELCOME TO SUMMIT LEARNING TRUST
The Summit Learning Trust family is currently made up of three secondary schools, four primary schools and a sixth form college educating almost 8000 learners. All of our academies are located in the Birmingham and Solihull areas which allows us to work closely together for the benefit of all our children, young people and the communities we serve. After another highly successful year, all of our academies have now been judged by Ofsted as ‘Good’ providers with an increasing proportion of ‘Outstanding’ features.
We are relentless in our ambition for all our children and young people to make exceptional levels of academic progress and achieve strong portfolios of qualifications. Across Summit, our focus is on developing responsible, knowledgeable, highly skilled, global citizens who will have a positive impact on our communities now and in future years. We are developing our already established links with higher education establishments, local employers and charitable organisations to ensure that all our young people can benefit from these positive partnerships within our wider communities.
Our Trust is committed to providing vibrant learning communities in our schools and college, where our children and young people are happy, safe and supported to work hard. We are all acutely aware of our core purpose of educating all learners through exceptional teaching and learning, underpinned by high levels of care and support and we challenge our children and young people to do their best, every lesson, every day. We strive for all our learners to have as many life choices available to them as possible.
Being part of the Summit Learning Trust family means that all our academies benefit from a wide range of expertise, support and challenge. Leaders, teachers and support colleagues work with each other across our academies to develop and share excellent practice and provide support where needed. Our academies benefit from highly trained, expert, hardworking and dedicated staff teams who are all committed to providing an outstanding education and the highest levels of care for all our learners. Whilst other schools and colleges struggle to recruit and retain high quality, specialist teachers and support colleagues, we are proud that we attract a high calibre of professionals due to our happy, warm, and hard-working environments and the growing reputation of Summit Learning Trust as a great place to learn and work in.
We pride ourselves on working in partnership with parents, carers, families and other providers and hope that our website provides you with an insight into our trust.
Vince Green Chief Executive Officer
ABOUT SUMMIT LEARNING TRUST
All our academies are at different points in their ascent to excellence. The specialist Executive forms a ‘Team around the academy’ which works with leaders, governors and trustees to assess the needs of the academy in all core aspects. This then informs the Executive designation of each institution and helps us to identify the level of support required from each directorate.
Increasingly, and particularly with reference to Academy Improvement, in-academy skills and expertise are used to support cross-academy work, particularly through our Summit Lead Practitioners, literacy leads, and EdTech leads. In addition, our Trust leadership and subject network groups provide opportunities for academy experts to work together driving curriculum vision, standards and implementation even higher. Our Professional Learning Institute (PLI) provides outstanding, centralised professional learning, support, and training for all our colleagues as well as brokering high quality external provision, where required. This fusion of ‘inward’ and ‘outward-facing’ strategic approaches helps to ensure Summit Learning Trust is continually improving in line with formally recognised leading pedagogical approaches and expert organisational practice, often as signposted by the Department for Education, Ofsted and other validated sources.
We take immense pride in the fact we have a detailed and responsive programme of events and provision to support our Trust priorities and continuous reflective learning for all our collegues. In Autumn 2022, we launched our Summit Base Camp programme across all of our academies, which works to address the issue of ‘disadvantage’ and the all-encompassing obstacles this factor brings, particularly in light of recent times. We support all learners we serve by working to give them access to basic elements they need to be able to make high levels of academic progress in their school or college. We work collaboratively across our Trust and with recognised external partners to provide targeted support with accessing food, equipment, uniform, hygiene products, health services, transport, digital products and access, beds and cultural experiences. This list is not exhaustive and we will remain committed to ensure our Trust does all it can to truly diminish the difference for all our children and young people.
VISION AND VALUES
“Scaling new heights, for our children, young people and communities.”
Our Mission
Deliver exceptional education to children and young people in the West Midlands, enabling them all to have successful, happy lives and make a positive impact on their communities. We do this by:
• Providing all our children and young people with the highest levels of expectation, educational provision and care.
• Achieving the highest levels of academic progress for all our learners.
• Nurturing our children and young people in academies where safety and wellbeing are of paramount importance.
• Providing a rich educational experience for all our learners.
Our Values
Success Through Endeavour:
We work hard and develop resilience to ensure that we are able to collectively and positively overcome any barriers that we face.
Ambition Through Challenge:
We are relentlessly ambitious for all our students and colleagues and challenge them to do their best, every lesson, every day.
• Adopting a consistently high level of inclusivity and equity for all learners, colleagues and stakeholders across our family.
• Contributing positively to the communities which our academies serve.
• Valuing all our people and developing them as professionals and lifelong learners who embrace professional friendship and generosity.
• Working intelligently to maximise the effective and efficient use of our resources.
• Developing highly employable young people, who have the skills and knowledge to make a positive impact on our communities and economy.
• Working ethically and with integrity, civility and respect.
Strength Through Diversity:
We are truly inclusive, embrace each other’s differences and backgrounds and respect each other’s views and beliefs.
Our Academy Family
Pegasus Primary School
Erdington Hall Primary School
Cockshut Hill School | Secondary
Lyndon School | Secondary
Yarnfield Primary School
The Oaklands Primary School
Ninestiles an Academy | Secondary
Summit Learning Trust
Solihull Sixth Form College
South Birmingham SCITT
Ofsted Grading
We are unapologetic in our commitment to ensure that the outcomes our learners achieve prepare them fully for life beyond school and college. Summit academies are happy, caring and thriving communities where children and young people maximise their potential in warm and welcoming environments. We are a truly inclusive family of academies, all striving for our collective aim of achieving highly despite any barriers we may need to collectively overcome. In addition to improvements in academic outcomes the table below shows the validated improvements across our Trust in provision and care:
Academy
Prior to Joining Summit
Cockshut Hill School | Secondary Requires Improvement
Erdington Hall Primary School Requires Improvement
Lyndon School | Secondary Requires Improvement
Ninestiles an Academy | Secondary Outstanding
Pegasus Primary School Requires Improvement
Solihull Sixth Form College Requires Improvement
The Oaklands Primary School Requires Improvement
Yarnfield Primary School Requires Improvement
(June 2023)
(Jan 2020)
(Mar 2022)
(Dec 2019)
(May 2021)
(Feb 2020)
(Nov 2018)
(May 2022)
Strategic Leadership:
BENEFITS OF JOINING SUMMIT LEARNING TRUST
Our family work collectively to overcome any and all challenges we may face, drawing on our collective expertise. This is evidenced in the improvements made to our academies in terms of academic outcomes, Ofsted ratings, and environment.
Central Expertise:
Expertise in our Education, Finance and Operations teams provide protection, support and professional challenge to all academy leaders and teams. By having access to our full range of services, schools will save time and effort and be able to focus fully on our core business of education.
Collaborative Working:
Our colleagues work in close network groups, developing exceptional teaching and learning practice for the benefit of all our children and young people. Our geography, varied estate and strong use of technology enable this work to take place.
Curriculum Focus: Academies work collectively to develop a broad and fluid curriculum that will challenge and meet the needs of all learners and prepare them for happy and successful lives.
Professional Learning:
Our Professional Learning Institute provides high levels of professional learning to all colleagues, utilising internal and external expertise as an outward-facing Trust.
Inclusive Culture:
Our Trust embrace the broad range of learner and colleague and aspire to be truly inclusive in terms of providing access and support in all forms to all learners who require it.
Economies of Scale:
We can purchase collectively, achieving effective economies of scale, reducing our costs and allowing savings to be redirected into teaching and learning for the benefit of our learners. We are in a strong financial position.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Health and Wellbeing
We support mental health and wellbeing with access to a range of Wellbeing Advocates and Mental Health First Aiders.
Employee Assistance Programme
Free confidential counselling service to assist in areas including financial matters, relationship and legal issues. Available 24/7.
Loyalty Recognition Scheme
We recognise and celebrate the valuable contributions by providing a token of appreciation at 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 year milestones.
Colleague Referral Scheme
Receive £250 reward for referring an individual to our Trust Family.
Healthcare
We provide free flu vaccination each autumn term and eye test vouchers, which includes an allowance for glasses, or discount towards the premium range.
Work-Life Balance
Family friendly policies and flexible working opportunities.
Professional Learning
Colleagues have access to exceptional development and networking opportunities.
Online GP Access
Connect to quality healthcare via digital access to expert GMC-registered GPs at a time that suits you.
Exclusive Discounts
Instant access to discounts with high street retailers, supermarkets and much more!
Cycle to Work Scheme
Up to value of £2,000.
Gym
Discounted gym memberships.
Pension
Generous public sector pension schemes for all colleagues.
Healthcare Cash Plan
Claim money back on a variety of health and wellbeing treatments including dental, optical, physiotherapy.
HOW TO APPLY
Application forms must be completed online and for further information about all our vacancies please visit our trust website:
https://summitlearningtrust.org.uk/careers-vacancies/
Interested candidates should directly address the skills and experience outlined in the person specification.
For further information about joining Summit Learning Trust, or to have a confidential discussion about the role, please contact our team on hr.enquiries@summitlearningtrust.org.uk to arrange an informal discussion.
We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. Summit Learning Trust is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender reassignment, age, disability, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy/maternity or race.
We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, or religion. Summit Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in our academies. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Safer Recruitment in Education
The safety and welfare of our learners is at the heart of our Trust’s culture and ethos. All colleagues and visitors have an important role to play in safeguarding children and young people and protecting them from abuse and considering when mental health may become a safeguarding issue.
All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, including a children’s barred list check. Online searches of shortlisted candidates will also be conducted.
Our Recruitment and Selection Policy and Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy can be viewed at:
https://summitlearningtrust.org.uk/our-trust/statutory-information/policies-statements/
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