Thinking about joining our Trust?

The attraction of becoming part of a successful and thriving MAT such as CLP is to raise student outcomes, gain access to greater CPD opportunities for staff and share and drive improvements in all aspects of school operations. Becoming part of our trust isn’t a guarantee to bring improvements overnight but rather, it will be a developmental journey over time.

Improving student outcomes

Being part of our successful trust enables a school to benefit from our central school improvement team who will bring objective scrutiny and ideas to improve the quality of teaching and learning in your school which, in turn, leads to improved outcomes for pupils. CLP has a track record of success with the schools within the trust, this has been achieved through strong working partnerships, school-to-school collaboration and sharing good practice.

Ethos and Culture

CLP allows our schools to retain their own unique identity which serves their community. The trust believes in ‘stronger together’ collaboration and invests in staff - through CPD at all levels, wellbeing and whole-trust initiatives.

Opportunities for staff

School leaders, teachers and support staff across our trust combine their knowledge and planning abilities to work on challenges and solutions together. The leadership of CLP and its schools have excellent combined knowledge of school leadership and know what strong schools look like. The schools themselves have a range of senior and middle leadership strengths which are used effectively for school-to-school support. CLP works with the National Leadership of Governors and encourages cross-school collaboration. This is invaluable to governors for gaining knowledge and contexts of other schools.

Specialist Resources

With combined funding, we are able to use specialist knowledge that can be bought in many different areas, spanning pedagogic, extra-curricular and operational functions.

Professional Development

This is organised across our schools enabling the delivery of high quality training. Being a part of our trust also provides staff with the opportunity to work across schools to share expertise. We know that the single greatest factor that makes the difference to the children in our schools is our staff and that is why we value our Best Companies rating as it shows our commitment to ensuring we have a happy, dedicated and valued staff.

Economies of Scale

CLP is able to purchase as a whole, thereby achieving economies of scale not achievable by schools as individuals. With ever tightening budgets, this helps our schools maintain and build upon the resources and standards to which they aspire.

What do our staff say about working in our trust?

“I feel that my voice is always heard and valued. The enthusiasm from staff is infectious and everyone wants to do their best for the children. The children are at the heart of all decisions made.”

“There are opportunities for staff to develop their skillsets and progress.”

“There is a strong sense of community and the well-being of the staff is important to the leadership team.”

“We all work well as a team. I feel well supported from management and those I work with on a daily basis.”

“There is a real team feeling, a strong sense of purpose and a clear plan about how we will improve the school - always with a view to the best interests of the students in our care.”

“Working as part of a team that is passionate about supporting and providing young people with the best opportunities to prepare students for their future.”

“Great students, Great Leadership team, my line manager is lovely and calm. I feel like I do a good job and feel proud”

“The department is supportive and go-ahead. My colleagues are kind and caring and work hard. The marking policy and remote parents’ evenings help with workload.”

“An environment which recognizes the strengths and contributions of their employees and gives them opportunities to develop and progress.”

Welcome to our trust

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