While we cannot know the future, the purpose of the CLF Strategy 2030 is to ensure the CLF is prepared and focused on meeting the challenges of this decade, while also providing hope and opportunities to our learners, our people and our communities; it is against the ideals of this narrative that work of the trust is monitored and its future success judged.

Steve Taylor, CEO - Cabot Learning Federation

Our Core Strategy

Equity Through Education is underpinned by three core strategies central to all trust activity. They guide decisions around development and improvement, while adhering to our commitment to create equity of opportunity, promote inclusion, remove disadvantage and reject discrimination.

  • Through the Lens of Disadvantage

    • Strategic emphasis on delivering excellence for disadvantaged learners even over other groups.
    • Benchmarking our impact through the lens of disadvantaged learners.
    • Developing best practice among CLF People to deliver for disadvantaged learners.
    • Working in tandem with others via CLF Partnerships to support our most disadvantaged families.

  • Investing in People

    • Sector-leading support, learning and professional development.
    • A welcoming, diverse and inclusive environment.
    • Resilient, empowered teams, with leaders at all levels.
    • Meaningful commitment to wellbeing and career progression.
    • High standards and ambitions for learners and their families.

  • Investing in Partnerships

    • Deep and collaborative connections throughout our communities.
    • Clear understanding of community issues and opportunities, and enthusiasm to engage.
    • Strong relationships with learners, parents, carers, volunteers and alumni.
    • Contribute to the educational and social landscape – locally, regionally and nationally.
    • Partner with other civic agencies to be a force for good in our local area

Our Sub-Strategies

Designed as enablers of our core pillars, these seven sub-strategies transcend teams and departments to resonate throughout the CLF. Driven by senior members of staff and reviewed annually, these ambitions will contribute to the sustainable development of the trust.

EDI
Wellbeing
Digital
Voice
Leadership
Operating at Scale
Environment
  • Unwavering commitment to advancing equal opportunities for all, eliminating discrimination, and upholding CLF values of equity, equality, diversity and inclusion.
  • Ensure the Trust remains a place where everyone feels they belong and supported to succeed.
  • Support the drive to diversify the CLF workforce to reflect the diverse communities we serve.
  • Grow EDI Networks which create safe spaces for children and adults to be themselves.
  • Provide resources to help staff and students positively and proactively manage their wellbeing.
  • Ensure support is signposted and easily available if people are struggling.
  • Further evolve a wellbeing curriculum which aligns with our goal of self-agency.
  • Play an active role in communities which supports equitable access to mental health services for all – particularly those experiencing disadvantage.
  • Enable all staff and pupils to safely and effectively work and learn anytime, anywhere.
  • Be future-seekers, equipped and ready to adopt technology which has ‘crossed the chasm’.
  • Give people the right tools to support their work, and train them to excel.
  • Embrace technology which supports partnership ambitions within the community and across clusters and wider education system.
  • Be a listening organisation which puts its people at the heart of strategic choices.
  • Nurture cohesive and coherent systems which gather and understand stakeholder views.
  • Maintain strong understanding of our trust and its impact through the eyes of our communities.
  • Be a model for CLF students, staff, families and communities to use to enact societal change
  • Utilise Trust experience to develop leadership to meet the challenges of this decade.
  • Raise standards by investing in capacity and expertise across the Trust.
  • Nurture a leadership culture which sustains a high-performing Trust which improves as it grows.
  • Empower leaders to take ownership of improvements which raise standards
  • Deploy the right resource at the right time to deliver maximum impact.
  • Establish efficient and effective systems which add value and support core priorities.
  • Build a scalable model which enables both standardised and empowered future growth.
  • Develop a new financial operating model, shaped by the above outputs, which delivers successful outcomes.
  • A shared commitment to reducing environmental impact which will see all schools hold Eco Schools Green Flag status.
  • An annual environmental conference where green champions can showcase positive action in schools.
  • Deep pupil engagement in environmental matters, supported by the CLF curriculum.
  • Provide data to help schools understand and reduce their impact through behaviour and technical change.

Strategy In Action

19
Jun

Summerhill Academy on ITV West Country News

A recent Active Lives survey showed that fun and enjoyment is the main motivator for children and young people to get involved in sport and stay involved with sporting activity.

ITV West Country News went along to Summerhill Academy to find out more.

15
Jun

Students shine at national Maths Challenge

 

More than one hundred budding maths champions from Years 7 and 8 at Hanham Woods Academy have earned a series of medals in the national Junior Maths Challenge.

Hanham Woods’ 125 students enjoyed a won 9 golds, 24 silvers and 35 bronzes. Top performer in Year 7 was Hayden Champion and top performer in Year 8 was Harrison Price.

Josh Hocking, Head of Maths at Hanham Woods, had the tough task of selecting students for the one-hour maths challenge in the academy’s main hall.

The Junior Mathematical Challenge is a 60-minute, multiple-choice challenge. It encourages mathematical reasoning, precision of thought, and fluency in using basic mathematical techniques to solve interesting problems. The problems on the Junior Mathematical Challenge are designed to make students think. Most are accessible, yet can still challenge those with more experience.

The UK Mathematics Trust was founded in 1996 and its charitable aim is to advance the education of young people in the subject.

The charity does this by working with hundreds of volunteers across the UK to organise competitions which promote problem-solving and teamwork and other mathematical enrichment activities.

Josh said: “The challenge is an excellent enrichment opportunity to stretch our mathematicians beyond their day-to-day curriculum. The Maths Team and I are absolutely delighted to see our students achieve the best results in the school’s history for the second year in a row.”

13
Jun

Hans Price Academy in the Weston Mercury

Staff and students at Weston’s Hans Price Academy (HPA) have welcomed Hanson, an eight-week-old golden doodle – that’s a cross between a golden retriever and a poodle – to the academy as their school dog.

if you would like to read how the Weston Mercury reported this story click here.

08
Jun

Bristol Met England Basketball Players

Picture caption: Left to right: Hannah Ling, Year 9, Kamilah Yakubu, Year 10, and Angel Whyte, Year 10.

Bristol Metropolitan Academy’s growing national basketball profile has resulted in not just one of its students being called up to the England basketball team, but three!

Hannah Ling, who is in Year 9, Kamilah Yakubu, who is in Year 10, and Angel Whyte, also in Year 10, have all been selected to play for England.

This comes just a month after Bristol Metropolitan’s under 16s team earned a runners-up spot at the national schools competition.

Hannah, Kamilah and Angel started playing in Year 7 aged 11, and each has since gone on to compete outside of schools competition. Hannah now plays for Bristol Met Mambas; Kamilah plays for Bristol Flyers and Angel also plays for Bristol Flyers.

The girls were spotted and made the England squad after taking part in national trials. They then joined a training session with the England team in Manchester.

Since that training session, Hannah has played for the under 14 squad at a tri nations tournament held in Dundee and the squad won the competition. Kamilah played in Spain for the England under 15 team and Angel has played in Serbia, again for the under 15s.

Hannah Wallace, PE teacher at Bristol Metropolitan Academy, said: “All three girls are a great talent and deserve the recognition by Basketball England.

“As a school we are so proud of their achievement and will continue to support them to reach their potential. I hope they can inspire a future generation of female athletes to get involved with the sport and explore where it can take them. Well done girls!”

 

 

 

 

08
Jun

CLF Academies in this month’s Voice Newspapers

CLF academies feature in the June edition of the Voice Newspapers, including a front page! Scroll down the page to find out more.

 

Bristol Metropolitan Academy’s under 16 girls basketball team are officially second best in the country!

 

A group of 30 green-fingered student volunteers from across all year groups and a member of staff at Bristol Metropolitan Academy are making a real difference with their Eco Club, adding wildlife, flora, and greenery to their bustling school community.

Students and pupils from all years at King’s Oak Academy (KOA) took part in a British Values-themed day to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III. Students were encouraged to wear red, white, or blue clothing, and joined lessons about British values and participated in Big Help Out activities.

 

 

Students from Bristol’s Summerhill Academy came face to face with some of their literary heroes this week, before meeting a surprise royal visitor – newly-crowned Queen Camilla.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05
Jun

CLF to expand, with five new schools set to join

The Cabot Learning Federation will expand into two new areas this year, after five further schools secured Department for Education approval to join the trust.

Traditionally, the CLF has run its 22 schools in three distinct clusters operating in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.

However, this will change to a five-cluster model after five additional schools were given a formal green light to become part of the trust.

Tewkesbury School will become the founding academy of a fourth cluster area in Gloucestershire when it joins the CLF on July 1.

The fifth cluster area will be in Somerset, and will see Heathfield Community School in Taunton join this autumn.

In addition, three schools from the Learn@ MAT will also join when that group is disbanded this summer. The Sky Academy in Taunton, Brook Academy in Gloucestershire and Lansdown Park Academy in Bristol will all become part of the CLF on August 1.

All three of these schools offer specialist or alternative provision, and will help to reinforce the CLF’s long-term focus on overcoming disadvantage.

CLF CEO Steve Taylor said: “The DfE has been encouraging the CLF to grow in our region for some time, and now it is starting to become a reality.

“The move towards a five-cluster model is exciting for everyone involved and will help us to build on the fantastic work which already takes place across our schools by opening the door to new collaboration and expertise.

“These five schools’ ethos of investing in people, building community partnerships and providing truly equitable opportunities for all pupils is firmly in line with our own values and ambitions.

“However, our growth will not end here. Over the coming weeks and months we will take the opportunity to further grow and improve, while holding close to the values and commitments we make through our HEART values and our CLF Strategy 2030, Equity Through Education.”

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