About trust school partners
Trust school partners can play a huge role in the success of a
trust school. Trust status is about offering more schools greater
opportunity to secure the support of external partners to raise
standards, strengthen their leadership and develop their own
ethos.
Trust schools partners come from a variety of sectors, and can
include:
- Businesses
- Universities
- Further education colleges
- Community and voluntary organisations
- Charities
- Local Authorities
- Public sector organisations
How is a trust partnership different from other types of
partnerships?
Many organisations are already working in partnership with
schools in their local community. However, the unique nature of
trust school partnerships means that schools and organisations can
build a more collaborative and strategic partnership to achieve the
unique needs of the school, the trust and the local community.
The trust unites the partner organisation and schools in a
sustainable partnership and signifies a longer term commitment to
work together – regardless of changes in personnel. The trust also
creates the opportunity for a range of organisations to come
together as partners to support the school in a specific way. This
collective approach creates new innovation and energy and has a
much greater impact than schools working with partners
individually.
The trust must appoint at least two governors to the governing
body. Schools value the specific management and professional
expertise which governors from external organisations can bring.
Working through a trust offers the opportunity for external
organisations to put in place a coordinated and common approach to
school governance.