At Academy Transformation Trust, we hold the view that education has the potential to transform lives.

Academy Transformation Trust offers support through various initiatives and targeted school improvement strategies across diverse portfolios. We possess the capacity and experience to assist leaders in their school improvement journey, aiming for rapid and sustained progress in the quality of provision. Our Challenge, Support & Improve (CSI) model has been employed to enhance the quality of provision within our academies over the past 3-4 years, resulting in significant improvements in the educational experiences of our pupils. These achievements have been acknowledged during Ofsted inspections over the last four years.

Access Our Expertise

The examples below form a preview of the tailored support programs our expert leaders can create to address your specific needs. For a confidential, open and honest discussion without any obligation, contact our Deputy CEO, Derek Trimmer.

Email: derek.trimmer@attrust.org.uk

Whole-School Improvement

We can support your school to respond to whole-school improvement priorities. You’ll work with our leaders to:

  • Identify key risks in provision, preparing for improved outcomes. Supporting leaders in using challenge and support to improve outcomes.
  • Formulate an Ofsted response and preparation for Ofsted.
  • Providing curriculum analysis and support for Ebac subjects.
  • Improve the quality of school self-evaluation, support frameworks and whole school reviews. Working with leaders to identify key priorities and supporting in planning and quality assurance of delivery.
  • Supporting leaders through existing plans or utilising alternative templates.
  • Conducting individual subject and curriculum reviews.
  • Establish an effective trust wide behaviour culture.

Trust or School-Wide CPD Curriculum

Professional Development and Training

Pedagogy: Supporting leaders with identification of pedagogical professional development needs and support defining excellence within specific context. Providing pedagogical frameworks for classroom excellence.

PD Curriculum Plans: Supporting with the creation and development of PD Curriculum Plans to ensure effective use of professional development mechanisms to drive improvements in the classroom. Providing frameworks and expertise to ensure effective research informed planning and implementation.

Professional Development Sessions/Events/Days: Organising/supporting/delivering mechanism rich PD focused on improvement priorities.

Instructional Coaching: Providing instructional coaching implementation guidance and support to enhance classroom practices and improve teaching quality. This can include training and exemplification.

Webinar Series: Developing targeted webinar series such as the Pivotal Pedagogy Webinar Series and Adaptive Practice Webinar Series to address core pedagogical training needs and emerging training requirements.

Collaborative Development and Communities

Professional Communities: Advice/support set up of professional communities of practice. These communities act as vehicles for improvement priorities and collaborative development.

Inquiry Questions (IQs): Supporting the implementation of Inquiry Questions (IQs) with targeted assistance for instructional coaches, helping schools to focus on specific improvement areas.

Specialist Support and SEND Core Offer

SEND Core Offer: Implementing a train-the-trainer model to strengthen SEND provision. This includes providing evidence-informed interventions.

Adaptive Practice Toolkit: Developing and providing an adaptive practice toolkit to support SENDCOs and teachers in delivering effective interventions and support for students with SEND.

TA Role Development: Enhancing the role of Teaching Assistants (TAs) through targeted training and development programmes, including the TA Maths Programme and Positive Handling Training.

Digital Strategy and Innovation

Digital Skills Assessment: Conducting a comprehensive assessment of digital skills to identify areas of expertise and pinpoint skill gaps. Developing a digital strategy that integrates policy, training, and innovation to enhance the educational experience and reduce workload.

Leadership Development and Coaching

Transformational Leaders Programme: Enrolling leaders from schools in the Transformational Leaders programme to develop internal expertise.

Leadership Coaching: Providing leadership coaching to principals, heads of school, and senior leaders in schools to foster leadership development and improve school management.

Leadership coaching Capacity: Training leadership coaches to build coaching expertise in schools to enable effective problem solving.

Community Engagement and External Perception

Marketing/communication support: Supporting and developing marketing and communication expertise to help engage parents and the community positively with the schools’ activities.

Inclusion Agenda

ATT can support you through MAT or school improvement Inclusion agenda, focusing on Inclusion, Safeguarding, SEND, Attendance, and Behaviour.

  1. Supporting Inclusion Leaders:
  • Uniting and empowering Inclusion Leaders to drive student progress and resolve complex cases.
  • Mastering collaboration with multi-agency teams for holistic support.
  • Developing a cohesive response to Inclusion: Safeguarding, SEND, Attendance, and Behaviour.

 

  1. Supporting SEND leaders:
  • Conducting impactful SEND Reviews and optimise the APDR cycle.
  • Creating a seamless SEND and Inclusion provision that enhances culture and outcomes.
  • Embracing a strength-focused approach to foster an inclusive environment.
  • Aligning and strengthen practices around learning plans, targets, and intervention tracking.

 

  1. Supporting Safeguarding Leaders:
  • Elevating the strategic role of the DSL.
  • Building capacity through effective safeguarding and pastoral care practices.
  • Fostering a robust safeguarding culture with impeccable record-keeping.
  • Establishing accountability structures in safeguarding and Pastoral Care.
  • Creating a powerful internal early help model.
  • Developing a comprehensive response to wellbeing and mental health.

 

  1. Supporting Attendance Leaders:
  • Cultivating a culture of attendance with successful initiatives.
  • Using Inclusion provision to boost attendance and prevent PA.
  • Developing an engaging and impactful Attendance Curriculum.

 

  1. Supporting Behaviour Leaders:
  • Implementing a graduated response to behaviour, enhancing your universal offer.
  • Reducing exclusions and developing effective behaviour strategies.
  • Codifying your practice around routines and expectations to ensure a consistent warm strict approach in your academy

Get in Touch Today

If you’re interested in how we can support your school’s needs with a tailored programme, we’d love to hear from you. For a confidential, open and honest discussion without any obligation, contact our Deputy CEO, Derek Trimmer.

Email: derek.trimmer@attrust.org.uk