Vision & Values

Schools in the Trust are committed to:

• Creating opportunities that raise aspirations and inspire excellence in students and staff
• Promoting high levels of personal development and well-being in our students
• Forming a distinctive partnership of schools that value their uniqueness and collegiality
• High quality leadership and teaching, with a highly creative curriculum
• Maintaining a relentless focus on high standards and excellent outcomes for our students
• Creating opportunities for staff development to enable us to recruit, develop and retain the very best teachers and leaders
• Innovating together for the benefit of our students and staff
• Fostering relationships where autonomy and accountability go hand in hand
• Creating a strong, financially resilient organisation that achieves efficiency savings for mutual benefit allowing us to focus resources on teaching and learning.

• The diversity of schools within our Trust, each of which is unique and adds value to the partnership
• Honesty to critically evaluate leadership and teaching
• Responsibility and accountability to ensure that leaders have high aspirations for all pupils
• The openness and transparency to share strengths and opportunities for improvement
• A commitment to being professionally generous in all aspects of our work as we strive for excellence in teaching, learning and leadership across the Trust
• Equality of opportunity for all young people and the staff who work in our schools
• Our commitment to work together to support and challenge one another
• Effective governance that provides support and challenge to the schools in our Trust.

When schools join Cotswold Beacon Academy Trust they agree that:

• They will reform their governing body into a School Development Board (SDB) in accordance with the Trust structure and adopt the Trust’s scheme of delegation – autonomy of the SDB will be commensurate with strength of the school
• They will review staff recruitment in the light of the Trust’s overall staffing need
• They will adopt the Trust’s policies
• The Cotswold Beacon Academy Trust brand will be acknowledged and celebrated on school signage and paperwork and the school’s website will link to the CBAT website
• 5% of the school’s General Annual Grant will provide for operational costs and the provision of central services from the Trust, providing economies of scale and savings for the school
• All data including DfE performance reports will be shared with the Trust to ensure transparency