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 β€œwe” 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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We are so proud of Buddy and Joy! and the entire Bowland High School family for sharing this update of collaboration with the local community to honour the fallen is a beautiful reflection of what it means to belong. A wonderful achievement by your Head Boy and Head Girl today. We remember them. #Achieve #belong #collaborate …

Today, we pause as a community to remember the brave men and women who gave their service and sacrifice so that we might live in freedom. We honor their memory, learn from the past, and commit ourselves to building a peaceful future.

Our Head boy and Head Girl, Buddy and Joy represented the school at Trinity Methodist church reading the poem β€˜In Flanders Field’ by John McRae and laying a wreath, they did an amazing job and as always we are very proud of them.

As a school we remember the fallen, we honor the serving, and we are forever grateful.
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πŸ₯Š A HUGE WELL DONE TO JOSH! πŸ₯Š

A massive congratulations to our very own Y10 Josh (blue corner!), who secured a fantastic unanimous victory in his boxing bout last night against an opponent from Morecambe! πŸ‘

A brilliant achievement and a testament to all the hard work Josh is putting into his boxing.

We are incredibly proud of you, Josh! Keep up the fantastic work! πŸ†πŸ₯Š
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas…. πŸŽ„ πŸŽπŸŽ…πŸΌ

Get this date in your diary Thames, we can't wait to see you there! πŸ₯³

Please share πŸ’œ
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Nothing says "great job" quite like a pizza party! We are so proud of our Witton Park Academy students for earning those top Superstar Points. Thank you for showing us what it means to Achieve, Belong, and Collaborate. Keep up the brilliant work! …

Did someone say PIZZA?! πŸ•

Huge congratulations to all of our incredible students who earned the top Superstar Points this month! Your hard work, positive attitude, and dedication to your learning is truly admirable.

Keep making us proud! πŸ₯³
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ATC Trust are thrilled to share that Bowland High School has received a strong report following our Ofsted inspection on 29 and 30 September 2026.

The inspection awarded Bowland High the 'Strong standard' across all key areas including Attendance and Behaviour, Curriculum and Teaching, and Inclusion praising our calm, purposeful learning environment where pupils feel safe, valued, and supported.

CEO Jane Chambers noted, this reflects our shared commitment across the Trust to create inclusive, ambitious environments where our children, staff, and schools achieve, belong, and collaborate. Headteacher Laura Fielden also paid tribute to the hard work of our dedicated staff team and the fantastic support of our parents and trust leaders.

A HUGE well done to Laura and the entire team at Bowland High for this fantastic achievement!
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Massive congratulations, Ben! What a fantastic way to Achieve on the European stage. We are so proud to have you Belong to our Trust community, and this is a brilliant example of what hard work and Collaboration can do. Well done from all of us! πŸ‘We are incredibly proud of Witton Park Academy pupil Ben, who dominated in Gibaltar!
He came away with Gold in the United Nations Ju-Jitsu Championships.
Well Done Ben, Keep making us proud 🀩
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