Growth Overview of Symphony Learning Trust

Here are some FAQ that schools considering joining Symphony would find useful and informative.

Below is an overview of our growth aims and how we intend to grow as a Multi-Academy Trust. SLT Trust overall pupil outcomes from 2018 onwards have been above national average and the Trust is a very high performing Multi-Academy Trust;

Aims…

• We want to use our current established practice, models and structures to widen this success to as many pupils as possible with continually improving outcomes and educational experiences for pupils.
• With any school joining Symphony, be it a free-school or an existing school, it is vital to the ethos of Symphony that the curriculum is tailored to each individual school to achieve the success we continue to develop. Each school will have a bespoke curriculum to ensure the needs of pupils in that particular school are fully met. Local knowledge and understanding of every individual school is key to continued success.
• We are an employer of choice; this means providing career opportunities, CPD and pathways to enable our staff to flourish and become educators and leaders of the future.

How…

The aim of Symphony to grow is clear for the reasons above.

• We have capacity for new leadership within our Trust and continue to place this as of paramount importance. Success stories thus far include four Heads of Schools who have developed from class teachers within the Trust as well as two Headteachers who similarly started their careers as class teachers at Symphony schools.
• We currently have Executive Head capacity within the Trust with an experienced and successful existing Executive Head.
• We also have School Business Manager capacity to support new schools coming into the Trust, be they free-schools or existing schools joining the SLT.
• We also have Chairs of Governors/ local governance / governors with expertise who can work with new schools and are willing and capable of being a local governor at more than one school.
• We welcome school leaders into our Trust as key partners; collaborative work is key to future success for each individual school and the SLT.