Why Join Us

At Catalyst Academies Trust we recognise and embrace the fact each school has its own identity, its own priorities, and targets. Through effective collaboration and drawing from expertise from the family of schools across the trust, we are able to refine objectives for each individual establishment. We are then able to provide the support needed to accelerate progress for the benefit of all stakeholders.

The central team will support you with school improvement, professional development and operations. With this support, schools will be able to embrace academy status with confidence and realise the benefits of collaborative partnerships in raising standards and building leadership capacity for further systems improvement.

The Trust will develop the system leaders of the future through the provision of CPD and plentiful opportunities to lead across the group. In this way, our group of primary academies will, together, transform educational opportunities for primary pupils and ensure that many more will have access to outstanding provision.

Why join Catalyst Academies Trust?

Joining the Catalyst Academies Trust brings many advantages for children, families, staff and communities. Due to our shared vision and high aspiration for all, there are many over-arching benefits of being a part of our Trust. We will:

provide the very best educational experience for all through our collaborative culture and action research based approach to school improvement.
build high quality working relationships to instil a lifelong love of learning.
develop confident, caring, global citizens using skilled practitioners and a curriculum that is tailored to the needs of our learners.
ensure that high expectations and quality teaching leads to outstanding progress and high achievement across the curriculum.
be nurtured and empowered to share expertise, best practice and have the professional courage to explore possibilities
develop the system leaders of the future through the provision of outstanding CPD and plentiful opportunities to lead across the Trust.

Strand	Positives	Impact
Strategic Management	Experienced Trustees with a wealth of relevant skills Ability to manage the development of the Trust to ensure maximum effectiveness and efficiency	Ensures the Trust is focused on the high quality of teaching and learning
Organisational Structure	Ability to utilise Senior and Specialist leaders across the Trust Deployment of experienced outstanding practitioners to support school improvement Opportunity for collaborative planning and sharing resources	Ensures all pupils benefit from the best teaching and support skills within the Trust when they are needed most Teacher workload is shared and supports staff well being
Facilities	Ability to share resources across the Trust through a supportive, collaborative ethos	Access to facilities to other academies
Economies of Scale	Ability to reduce out-going costs by having a central team where resources and staffing can be shared	More funding can be spend on curriculum
Specialist Resource	Ability to provide specialist resources which enhance the provision and support provided for pupils.	Makes specialist support more readily available to those pupils and families who need it
Central Team	Ability to provide non-academic functions in a cost-effective way through our high quality and experienced Central team.	Ensures that the focus within an academy is on the quality of teaching, learning and achievement
Staff Recruitment & Retention	Ability to recruit high-calibre staff and to retain them by offering excellent training provision, staff benefits; cross-academy opportunities; excellent career progression opportunities	Provision of high quality teaching meeting the needs of the pupils; consistent high quality teaching within academies and across the Trust; high staff retention; opportunities for leadership development
Staff Training	Ability to provide cost effective, high quality, focused training across all academies and other schools beyond the trust	Well-trained leaders, teaching & support staff, better prepared to meet the needs of individual pupils
Pupil Transfer	Ability to support Year 6 children with secondary transition through; 'Transition Visits' organised in 'secondary school' groups; opportunities to experience new subjects in secondary schools;	Enables pupils to meet and make friendship groups with children from other academies who will be in their year group at secondary school ensuring confident and smooth transitions
Trust-wide Events	Ability to provide inter-academy events covering sports, arts, maths, science etc. highlighting our competitive yet friendly ethos.	Provides opportunities to meet and work/compete with pupils from other academies. A large number of children have the opportunity to represent their individual schools and the trust.
Curriculum	Collaborative planning and resourcing to provide an engaging and aspirational curriculum.	High quality curriculum delivering high expectations for all year groups and efficient planning systems to support workload.