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So why a do we need a Trust?Although we could already work with these partners individually, we believe that there is so much more we can do that will improve the lives of our children and young people, their families and the staff of our schools and that will benefit our partners and the wider community. At the moment we can work with partners on a 1 to 1 basis on a limited range of activities. Our Trust partners would be entering into a long-lasting, sustainable and stable relationship with the school. This new type of relationship will enable us all to plan developments over the long-term and will ensure continuity of direction when key staff and governors leave the schools. Our partners will be able to work jointly with each other in a much more effective way, using their pooled expertise to help us to continue our drive to keep Corbets Tey as an ever improving and outstanding school for all: students, parents, governors, staff and the wider community. The Trust partners will be involved with us in planning for the development ideas that could raise the aspirations and broaden the horizons of the young people in our schools through their educational support experiences. The Trust will have some very significant partners who can work together to support us. The formation by our partners of a Trust to support the schools will open up all sorts of exciting possibilities and opportunities which might otherwise not be available. The partners are excited by the prospect of working together and of developing projects, with us that would otherwise not have happened. Becoming a Trust School commits our partners to working to secure educational benefits for all of our children and young people, our staff and governors, our parents and the wider community. What does this mean for students?The twin themes of the Trust would therefore be ‘Raising Aspirations, Broadening Horizons’. The Trust would work with our schools to ease transition towards independent lifelong learning and by exposing pupils to a wider range of cultural (including multi-cultural) experiences which would enable them to see the opportunities presented by the wider world. The Trust would also strive to promote successful learning, inclusion, community cohesion and to develop parental support skills amongst its school communities. The Trust offers opportunity for the school to have stronger voice including greater potential for finance raising. The Trust would seek to make a difference to the pupils by:
What does this mean for parents?As a Foundation School, admissions will be in line with the national guidelines for special schools. We will continue to work closely in partnership with the Local Authority on admissions. It is also worth noting that the Local Authority has a formal, supportive policy on Trust status as an important tenet of diversity. It is proposed that the Trust should appoint a minority of governors at both schools. There will continue to be the same number of parent governors as well as staff, Local Authority and community governors. What does this mean for staff?The governing bodies, not the Trust, will continue to run the schools and to be responsible and accountable for their performance. The school budgets will continue to be delegated by the London Borough of Havering to the governing bodies. The existing rights of teachers will be fully protected if the schools acquire a Trust. We will continue to be bound by the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document. Teachers will be employed by their school’s governing body instead of the Local Authority. Current terms and conditions of Service will be safeguarded and we will continue to recognise the same Teachers’ Professional Associations. Again, it is worth noting that the Local Authority has a formal, supportive policy on Trust status as an important tenet of diversity. The Trust will not be the employer. The schools will be able to set the terms and conditions of work for support staff. However, terms and conditions for existing staff will be safeguarded. Support staff unions will continue to be recognized. Myth busting
TimelineKey Dates: 23.11.09 – 18.12.09; Phase 1 consultation
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