Achievement through Collaboration (AtC) is a Trust of five strong schools across Blackpool, Blackburn, Wigan, and Lancashire. The Trust is also an accredited ITT provider, operating a network of Teacher Training Hubs across the North-West to deliver high-quality teacher training programme in schools and trusts.
Achievement through Collaboration is a Trust with a purpose! We want our children, our staff and our schools to Achieve, Belong and Collaborate.
CEO Jane Chambers
A Multi Academy Trust is a charity with a single purpose- to advance education for the public benefit.
But, if every Trust has the same single purpose, what is it that sets Achievement through Collaboration apart from other Trusts? What is our promise to our children, staff, parents and communities? How do we ensure that children attending an AtC school are receiving a better education than they would have had should their school not be a member of our Trust?
Achievement through Collaboration is a Trust with a purpose! We want our children, our staff and our schools to Achieve, Belong and Collaborate.
To achieve our purpose, we know there are things we need to get right!
Through a clear definition and articulation of the values and beliefs of Achievement through Collaboration, we’ve built an organisation with children at the heart of everything we do. Our schools have the individuality to make the right choices for their pupils, staff and communities within a culture of collaboration.
Our Trust Board owns the strategic plan, holding the executive team to account to deliver it whilst delegating the correct things to the Local Governing Bodies. LGBs are supported to build their role around the children, parents and staff of their individual school whilst expressing the “we” of the Trust.
Key to maintaining our successful educational standards is a clear trust wide school improvement strategy/plan that meets the needs of every school wherever they are on their journey. Our Trust Wide strategy for capturing the most effective practice and transmitting it between more classrooms is in place and underpinned by a workforce talent management strategy that facilitates staff development and deployment.
A strong central team connects the academies enabling leaders and teachers to concentrate on educational delivery. Achievement through Collaboration is financially stable which enables the strategic allocation of resources that enables standards to be maintained and improvements to be achieved.
We believe that all children, staff and schools benefit from belonging to a family of schools within a strong collaborative multi-academy trust. We are an outward organisation, we embrace innovation and opportunities that benefit our pupils. AtC has invested in staff to build capacity to collaborate with other schools and we are now actively looking to grow further.
If you share our values and are interested in joining one of our schools as a member of staff or your school joining our Trust, we look forward to hearing from you.
Jane Chambers
CEO
Achievement through Collaboration Trust
Our Academies
Our Year 5 musicians have been hard at work! 🎶 We're so proud to see them playing the glockenspiel properly and showing off their fabulous knowledge of crotchets, time signatures, and two different types of rests. They have even begun playing along with musical notation, it's a joy to watch their skills and knowledge grow! 🎼 … See MoreSee Less
Year 3A enjoyed their first music lesson with Wigan music services, where they were exploring different woodwind instruments 🎵🎶 … See MoreSee Less
Yesterday’s centre based training session: Behaviour – the use of routines in the primary and secondary classroom.
Here’s William, one of our fantastic primary trainees, sharing how this training supports his teaching in his placement school and the classroom, with the additional guidance of his class mentor 👏
A big thank you to all our trainees and mentors you’re shaping the next generation of teachers!
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This week’s newsletter with information about upcoming PTFA events is ready to read! Have a lovely weekend.
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Reception A have also had a lovely first week in school. They have been loving exploring all of the different areas and making new friendships 😊 … See MoreSee Less
Reception B have had a busy first week in class! They have been getting to know each other and exploring all the areas of the classroom. They especially enjoyed doing some roleplay in the home corner and being creative using various tools to cut, stick and mould ☺️ … See MoreSee Less
✨ Today’s training session focus: Behaviour the use of routines in the primary and secondary classroom.
& yesterday, our class mentors also had their own training session 👏 We caught up with Rhiannan, one of our fantastic class mentors, who attended to support her in her role.
If you’re a class ITT mentor, you’ll:
🔹 Meet regularly with your trainee to provide support and feedback
🔹 Help your trainee relate their training to their specific age range, subject, phase, and context
We’re so grateful for the time and commitment of our mentors your role is key in shaping the next generation of teachers! 🌟
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✨👏 Out of School Achievements 👏✨
A massive congratulations to our pupils who have made achievements outside of school in the last week!
⭐ One of our pupils in Reception B completed the Wigan family mile and passed her stage 2 at swimming!
⭐ One of our pupils in 3A passed her ballet and Tap exams, as well as being awarded star performer for her singing in class!
Brilliant work! We can't wait to see what comes next 👏✨ … See MoreSee Less