Staff opportunities

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As a trust we prioritise the development of our staff by offering opportunities to build skills, knowledge and experience. These include training programmes, leadership development, networks, and secondments. As a large family of schools, we can offer opportunities that smaller trusts or individual schools may struggle to provide.

Our customised training programmes for education colleagues range from Initial Teacher Education to National Professional Qualifications. Leadership programmes include:

Middle leader programme
Senior leader programme
Applying for leadership
Women in leadership

Staff participate in cross-trust networks that offer support and development, giving them the chance to work with a broader group of colleagues towards common goals. Networks help spread the best ideas and practices across all schools. Additionally, they establish robust relationships across the trust, laying the groundwork for future collaboration.

We provide opportunities for colleagues to advance their careers in another school through secondments, fixed-term project work, regular visits, and permanent moves. These benefit schools as well as individuals. Many of our headteachers and senior leaders secured their roles as a direct result of a successful secondment.

Ofsted has recognised the impact of these opportunities:

‘Staff value the training and collaboration with colleagues from other trust schools.’ Tickenham CofE Primary School, October 2023

‘Early career teachers have high-quality support. The trust’s support has been instrumental in developing the expertise of staff.’ Saltford CofE Primary School, March 2023

‘Leaders, with the support of the trust, have put in place a highly effective development programme to upskill staff. Staff benefit from this. Teachers have strong subject knowledge, and subject leaders know their subjects well.’ Cheddar Grove, June 2023