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Helping every child achieve their God-given potential

We aim to be a Trust in which:

Developing the whole child means pupils achieve and maximise their potential Continued development of staff is valued and improves education for young people All schools are improving and perform above national expectations The distinct Christian identity of each academy develops and is celebrated

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Wh What’s s an Educational Tru rust?

• Set up by the government to put school leaders at the heart
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• Set up to give schools more freedom to make decisions

about what’s best for their children

• Designed to be a group of schools working together, sharing

what what works and helping each other on what’s not working so well

• They usually have a Chief Executive helping co-ordinate the

work across the schools

• They are designed to save schools money with the Trusts

providing shared finance and other ‘back office’ functions

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Wh Why join our r Tru rust?

• We are Diocese of Chichester Academy Trustso this would

strengthen Sedlescombe’s position as an outstanding Church School (SIAMs)

• We are successful Education Trust (2nd out of 31 Church Trusts in

the Country and 18th out of 298 for all Education Trusts)

• Your Headteacher will benefit from being with a team of other,

successful Headteachers

• As a ‘small school’ joining the Trust it would protect the financial

position of the school

• The schools will access a share of a sizable capital grant

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23% 21% 60% 62% 48% 29% 21% 29% 67% 61% 68% 55% 30% 68% 75% 77% 80% 65%

61% 62% 72% 74% 83% 86%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Central St Leonards All Saints Christ Church St Paul's The March

2016 2017 2018 SATS 2019 SATS

What difference do we make with our schools?

Children achieving reading, writing and maths at ‘expected standard’

Nat Avg (2019)= 65%

What difference do we make with our schools?

Children achieving reading, writing and maths at ‘expected standard’

4% 5% 11% 4% 0% 3% 0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12%

2017 2018 2019

Nat Avg 2019 = 10.5%

What difference do we make with our schools?

Children achieving reading, writing and maths at ‘higher standard’

DCAT Sedlescombe

What difference do we make with our schools?

The progress children are making in reading, writing and maths.

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What difference do we make with our schools?

What do parents/carers say?

92+% of our parents/carers strongly agree or agree with the statement: My child is happy at the school

The governors and the Trust hold leaders to account (Jan 2018) The work of the MAT has been key in supporting leaders to improve outcomes for pupils (Jan 2018) The Trustees have brokered additional support to improve the quality of teaching and accelerate pupils’ progress (Jan 2018) [governors] appreciate the guidance they receive from

• fficers of the MAT (Jan 2018)

The multi-academy trust (MAT) has a firm hand on the school. Senior leaders in the MAT closely monitor the school to ensure that pupils are safe and making

• progress. (March 2019)

What difference do we make with our schools?

What does Ofsted say about DCAT?

Trust leaders and governors are well placed to champion and challenge school leaders to continue improving the school. They are highly ambitious for all pupils to succeed to the best of their abilities. (Nov 2019) Governors are uncompromising in their recruitment of high-quality leaders. They have helped to build a strong leadership team. They also took the decision to join the Diocese of Chichester Academy Trust, which has brought support and many benefits to the school. They have been instrumental in ensuring that St Paul’s provides high levels of nurture and support for its pupils. They have high aspirations for all. (Jan 2019)

What difference do we make with our schools?

What does Ofsted say about DCAT?

What does DCAT offer? Sedlescombe one of ten schools – with a strong staff team ready to support

What does DCAT offer? A strong set of Trustees who can provide support and challenge

What does DCAT offer? In summary

Our own finance team HR package Access to a sizable annual grant for maintenance and capital work Solicitors ICT service Pooled caretaking expertise Governance Manager Compliance Manager CEO to be a practical support for Headteachers Head of Improvement – hand on, in school support Trust leads for English and Assessment (more to follow) School improvement fund for hubs to use

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Peer and Trust reviews to check on standards

What next?

www.dcat.academy