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Joining us
When you join the Vine Schools Trust your school becomes a part of our family. We are dedicated to creating a supportive and collaborative environment where schools can grow, learn, and thrive. Together, we can create new opportunities for our pupils and strengthen their education experience.
- Our dedicated team have built our MAT from the ground up
- We have extensive experience in the academy conversion process
- We have built relationships and a reputation with the DFE, RSC EFA and Teaching Schools
- Our Trust has the benefit of economies of scale in procurement of goods and services
- The Vine Schools Trust has a skilled professional central team who care
Building Christian character
For those who are looking for a Trust that truly reflects the Christian heritage, ethos and values of your school, Vine Schools Trust is an ideal fit. We were created by the Chelmsford Diocesan Board of Education, which means Christianity is at our core. We partner with many Church of England schools throughout Essex and support the development of good Christian character among our pupils.
If you are not a Church of England school, please know that we welcome all primary schools to join our Trust. We believe that our vision and values and our focus on school improvement will appeal to all schools.
Support and resources
At the Vine Schools Trust we are proud of our tight-knit support network. We believe that success is best achieved together, which is why we have taken time to create a system of collaboration between our schools and central services that works.
We also know that having access to excellent resources is crucial to developing primary schools, such as training, software, HR, legal, health and safety and curriculum guidance. These are just a few examples of what we provide our joining schools. We have worked hard to create a comprehensive school offer that blends excellent support with high quality resources to help your school have a successful future.
Committed to communities
We value school communities, which is why we always encourage our partner schools to be outward facing. Our academy trust schools understand the importance of contributing to their local communities and consider it an important part of upholding Christian tradition. We feel that community involvement gives children a chance to broaden their world view and access a variety of new learning opportunities.
Vine Schools Trust also helps schools to foster lasting links with their local parishes. This collaboration can help schools feel connected with their local area and can contribute to the holistic development of pupils.
Our Core Offer:
- Stability and protection in a fast-changing educational landscape, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Access to a collaboration network between schools to share best practice
- Decisive operational guidance and advice whilst maintaining the integrity and independence of your school
- Dedicated School Improvement Leader to work directly with and support headteachers
- Diocese of Chelmsford SLA high quality school improvement support for those requiring rapid improvement and those aspiring to become ‘Outstanding’
- Financial support including strategic planning, compliance, VAT returns and helpdesk services
- Legal, human resources, facilities and health and safety services
- Training and development opportunities for headteachers and their staff
- A wide range of innovative curriculum opportunities including the development of excellent RE teaching
- And much more – fill in our contact form to receive information about our full offer
Testimonials
“I applied to join the Vine Trust in 2019 because their vision for education echoed my vision. Since joining, I have realised there is so much to benefit from, we are part of a real community. In education, we are constantly facing challenges of one kind or another and for a school needing to make significant and wide-ranging improvements, being part of a Trust with a strong school improvement team is extremely reassuring and helpful.
The Trust supports all aspects of the running of our schools (finance, premises, HR, training, etc) whilst managing to maintain the individuality, ethos and context of each school. This was another thing that was really important to me when I joined.”
“The Vine Trust ensures that everyone is supported and valued within our Vine Family. We have access to high-quality CPD opportunities, excellent school-improvement resources and a strong network between local Vine schools as well as within the wider trust.
As a Headteacher, it is great to be part of an academy where the CEO knows our schools and is in touch with us regularly – it adds a personal touch. As a Church of England academy trust, the vision for education is central to the values of the Vine. It is wonderful to be part of a Trust where children are firmly at the heart of all that we do.”
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Our Vision & Values
‘I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit’
JOHN 15:5
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Registered address: The Diocese of Chelmsford Vine Schools Trust, Diocesan Offices, 53, New Street, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1AT.