LDST - Achieve Together
Our Vision
| Providing an innovative and ambitious, high-quality education built on distinctly Christian values, so that all learners make excellent progress and fulfil their potential. |
Our Mission
| We welcome staff, learners and schools of all faiths and none so that we can Learn, Love and Achieve, Together with Jesus |
Our Values
| INCLUSION | LOCAL COMMUNITY | COLLABORATION | DIFFERENCE |
| We welcome the rich diversity of our staff and learners and ensure that all are valued and supported. | We respect and empower local leaders to make decisions serving their local communities. | We are stronger and more effective when working together within our Trust, and actively seek partnerships beyond it. | We are stronger and more effective when working together within our Trust, and actively seek partnerships beyond it. |
Our Culture
| EXCELLENCE | ONE TRUST |
| We aim for excellence in all we do for the benefit of learners and staff across LDST. | We are committed to one positive and flourishing Trust, where we can all achieve together. |
Our Strategic Pillars and Aims
| CHRISTIAN DISTINCTIVENESS AND CHARACTER EDUCATION | EXCELLENT EDUCATION | ACHIEVEMENT FOR ALL | PEOPLE |
| We aim to: | |||
| Live out our Christian values and develop future citizens who can contribute positively to a caring, compassionate nation. | Provide an inspirational curriculum and excellent teaching, rooted in evidence-informed practice, that enables our learners to acquire a deep body of knowledge and a zest for life-long learning. | Celebrate diversity, address inequality, overcome disadvantage and raise aspirations, so that all learners make excellent progress and fulfil their academic potential. | Be an employer of choice, through a people strategy that provides: high-quality CPD, support and career pathways for all staff, so they can undertake their roles effectively in our inclusive learning community. |
Our Enablers (core systems and processes)
| EVALUATION AND STRATEGY | STRUCTURE AND SYSTEMS | FINANCE | TECHNOLOGY AND DATA | OPERATIONS |
| We aim to embed: | ||||
| A clear, focused strategic plan based on robust self-evaluation and data. | Effective central policies and processes that ensure our schools receive the support they need. | A sustainable financial strategy that optimises our resources for the benefit of all our learners. | Effective and efficient use of technology and data. | An aligned operating model which supports local leaders to undertake their roles. |
"Trust leaders are determined to value each school's individuality. As a result, they have worked closely with school leaders to co-produce a set of overarching curriculum principles, while also protecting the uniqueness of each school's context."
"Local governors value the autonomy that schools have, as this helps them to retain their identity."
"Intelligent collaboration is at the heart of the trust's philosophy. Collaborative practice is an integral part of daily life for leaders at all levels in schools."
"Opportunities for staff in trust schools to collaborate are well thought out, purposeful and extensive. Trust staff value opportunities to support the development of staff in other trust schools. The impact on the quality of education for pupils is tangible in the primage age-phase and developing in the secondary age-phase. The wealth of network meetings available, for example for subject leaders, SEND leaders and early years leaders, is having a positive impact on building staff's expertise. Staff new to the trust, including early career teachers, are inducted well."
"Executive leaders have supported school leaders extensively to ensure that school curriculums are increasingly knowledge-rich, well organised and ambitious for all pupils, including those pupils with SEND."
"...Fiercely passionate about the curriculum being accessible and equitable for all pupils."