Achievement through Collaboration (AtC) is a Trust of 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.

CEO Jane Chambers

Jane Chambers
CEO
Achievement through Collaboration Trust

Our Academies

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After the screams and scares at the Edinburgh Dungeon we’re learning something new at Midlothian Ski Slope.
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TOMORROW our wonderful Year 6 students are taking over the playground with their Enterprise Stalls to raise money for their Leavers Disco! 🪩✨
There will be so many amazing things to see, do, and buy. We have games to play, tasty treats to eat, and a fantastic tombola to win!

Children can bring in some small change/loose change to spend at the stalls (we suggest bringing it in a named purse, wallet, or envelope!)
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Only 10 days to go until PB Fest!🤩

PB Fest is our festival themed fun day for the children. Throughout the day, the children will be treated to a range of activities and special guest performances plus a community hour after school where we invite you to join in the fun! 🥳

Come by to check out our wonderful stalls, rides, bouncy castles, music acts and watch a performance by the children while you enjoy a nice refreshing treat from the icecream van 🎸🎤🍦

See you there! 👋✨
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14 hours ago

#year9apprenticeday #personaldevelopmentweek
And Chief Keefe has decided..
Well done to George WP and Tom C for their outstanding contributions!
The results are in..
3rd place team 2 The Icons
2nd place team 5 Loop the Loop
1st place team 9 River Ribble rapids!

Big thank you to Liz Robertson from Ribble FM!
Year 9, well done today, you've been wonderful!
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Round 4: product design. Designing merchandise for your theme park; key ring and cup then presenting it to Chief Keefe. …. and the winners were.. River Ribble rapids again! See MoreSee Less

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Winners of task 3 designing a new ride… River Ribble rapids. See MoreSee Less

17 hours ago

with Liz Robertson from Ribble fmRibble FM’s Liz Catlow is facing Alan Sugar, along with more than 100 Apprentices at Bowland High

The Apprentices are designing a new theme park at the moment!

Who will be hired and fired!! Watch this space 🤩🎤

#ribblefm #localradio #ribblevalley #bowlandhigh #theapprentice
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