Benefits of a trust partnership

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Becoming a trust school partner offers organisations the opportunity to work with schools through a formal framework. It unites the school and its partner organisations in a sustainable collaboration.

Organisations can contribute to building a culture of creativity, innovation and expertise in schools. In return, organisations can access the wide range of opportunities that engagement with schools, young people and the broader community can provide.

Benefits for business

• Engage with young people - the employees of the future.
• Work with a group of schools through a shared and formal framework and governance structure.
• Build capacity in a specific subject or skills area relevant to your business
• Provide staff development opportunities through direct engagement with the education sector.
• Contribute to raising educational standards and achievements
• Achieve a range of corporate social responsibility objectives through community engagement, enhancing education etc.
• Excellent media  and PR opportunities associated with supporting education

Benefits for universities

• Work in a sustained and collaborative way with local schools
• Expand widening participation agenda
• Research opportunities with schools
• Contribute directly to raising educational standards

Benefits for community groups and charities

• Engage with young people and the local community
• Develop a coordinated relationship with schools
• Provide staff development opportunities through direct engagement with the education sector.
• Support or enhance the aims of your organisation by working in the trust e.g. through joint projects

Benefits for Further Education & 6th Form Colleges

• Further opportunities to engage with your local community, sharing expertise and skills with local schools
• Working with your schools and enabling pupils to gain an understanding of and access to further education
• Increased opportunities for collaborative projects between college-based staff, school staff and employees from local businesses, thereby increasing the opportunities for continuing professional development
• Opportunities to raise standards in your local schools and support vocational learning programmes, by sharing curricular expertise
• Extending access to 14-19 provision by supporting subject specialisms
• The development of access to wider networks including partner support
• Opportunities to promote innovation through a coordinated approach to involvement with your local schools
• Opportunities to collaborate with your schools to develop programmes for gifted and talented pupils
• Involvement in a stable and enduring partnership that will benefit your school and future generations of learners
• Trust school partners, including further education and sixth form colleges, are not required to make a financial contribution to a trust school

Benefits for the public sector

• Achieve targets around the every child matters agenda for young people in the community