Benefits of a trust partnership
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benefits of partnership
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