The Pennine Trust is a vibrant, cross phase multi academy trust which was jointly established by three primary schools and one secondary school in 2018.

Our mission statement ‘creating opportunity, inspiring excellence, shaping tomorrow’ encapsulates our approach and what we prioritise daily. We want to provide every child in our care with the best possible start in life and motivate them to fulfil their individual potential and make a full contribution to their communities and to society.

Our core values of ambition, respect and collaboration are fundamental to our approach and shape all our policies, systems and decisions. We believe building a strong culture is the most important ingredient for success. Everyone working in the trust should be committed to these values and aligned with them. This is essential for us to be a genuinely values-driven organisation.

There are three associated behaviours that follow from each value, which should be exemplified in our conduct and feature in our dialogue with young people with increasing automaticity and, most importantly, authenticity. This helps to build the best possible environment in which all members of our Trust communities can flourish.

This emphasises that our energies go into development of high-quality provision, both curricular and co-curricular, with the needs of the child central to that provision. Our goal is to equip every young person with the knowledge they will need to thrive in the future and to support development of their attributes and talents to their full potential.

Leaders across the Trust adopt an evidence-informed approach to developing all aspects of school provision and are committed to high quality professional development of staff, so that we have an exceptional curriculum and pedagogy in all our schools. High quality pastoral care and support aligned with diagnostic assessment of needs and targeted interventions, help to ensure appropriate provision for every individual