Our School Improvement Offer | Cotswold Beacon Academy Trust

The CBAT Dividend

As a family of schools, we are committed to making a difference to all of our children and staff so that all of our communities can flourish. As a result, we have worked collaboratively to develop the highest quality school improvement offer so that we can help all children and young people secure the best possible outcomes.

We recognise that together we are stronger, and therefore we have purposefully designed and created the architecture for our colleagues to collaborate and connect within professional networks and subject communities. This collaboration and offer of support we call our CBAT Dividend. Through this commitment, our CBAT Dividend ensures:

That all our children and young people have equal access to a high-quality educational experience.
All teachers and associate staff are provided with exceptional development opportunities that enable them to develop and grow their careers.
Leadership is supported to tackle challenges and develop some extraordinary possibilities.
Excellent impact as a result of the formal collaboration between our schools and the development of our CBAT School Improvement Offer to help secure the best possible outcomes for all.

Our Family of Schools

School improvement support visits.
Principal & School Leader meetings.
CBAT CPD & Training Offer.
Peer to peer coaching and support.
Subject Leadership networks & support.
Curriculum development & support.
Governance support & training.
Assessment, standards & moderation meetings.

As part of our core offer of support to our schools, we are committed to investing in working with some of the most prominent experts in education from across the country and around the world.

For example, in 2024-2025, we will be working with the Ambitious English Team led by Bob Cox, Emma Turner, School Improvement, Leadership, Curriculum Specialist and Author and John Sullivan Leadership Coaching expert.

Our total commitment to this investment, helps to ensure that:

Our school are supported to keep pace with the highest current standards in the sector and can deliver high-quality teaching that impacts positively on pupil outcomes for all.
As a family of schools we proactively seek to enable the growth and development of all staff so that it underpins the work of our Trust and the delivery of our audacious goal.
We foster Teacher and Associate Staff motivation, confidence, and commitment to teaching leading to help create a positive, professional culture and highly effective teaching environment.
All teachers and school staff are compliant with DfE and Ofsted’s requirements, which is particularly pertinent as legislation continues to change and evolve.