Abbey Multi Academy Trust

Introduction to Abbey Multi Academy Trust.

I am delighted to welcome you to Abbey Multi Academy Trust profile which provides key information about the Trust which came into existence on 1st November 2014.

Initially set up as a partnership between the lead academy Abbey Grange and St Chad’s Primary School both in Leeds, Abbey MAT has since grown with the addition of our first sponsored academy, Lightcliffe Academy which is in Calderdale, near Halifax, and most recently has welcomed Bishop Young C of E Academy, Manston St James Primary, Holy Trinity Rothwell C of E Primary Academy and Lightcliffe CE Primary.

The ‘vision’ for the future of the group of academies within Abbey Multi Academy Trust (Abbey MAT) has been shaped through the identification of a number of key thoughts and assumptions that will build a framework within which Abbey MAT will operate.  As a Diocesan Multi Academy Trust we are committed to working within a caring and Christian ethos. The vision for all the academies in the MAT builds on that already established by Abbey Grange which is:

“To work in partnership to educate, nurture and empower”

We are committed to raising the skills base across our communities by ensuring a focus on quality, encouraging innovation and strengthening the ethos of the academies as distinctive schools. The framework will strive to maintain academies which will retain their own independent culture and ethos whilst operating within a strategic partnership to improve quality, share best practice and operate effectively and efficiently.

Carol Kitson

CEO/Executive Principal

Vision

Our vision is that the academies, supported by Abbey MAT, will provide an environment which is welcoming, caring, calm, disciplined and purposeful and which will stretch our young people academically, support them pastorally and help them develop socially and spiritually.

Abbey MAT:

• has a positive effect on the young people in the geographical area of the Anglican Diocese of Leeds, through the development of a family of provision, from age 3 to 19, aimed at providing outstanding education and training;
• aims to provide excellence in all areas of school life by developing the skills and knowledge of all our students inside and outside the classroom;
• provides quality teaching and a commitment to the student, supported by an outstanding pastoral system rooted in mutually respectful relationships;
• ensures that the needs of disadvantaged students are addressed to improve their engagement, aspirations and social mobility.

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