Wessex Learning Trust

The Wessex Learning Trust
Motto We Learn Together!
Established 2016
Headteacher Gavin Ball
Website www.wessexlearningtrust.co.uk

The Wessex Learning Trust is a conglomerate of eight schools in the Cheddar Valley area, comprising six schools accommodating students between the ages of 2 and 9, one middle school accommodating students between the ages of 9 and 13, and one upper school catering for students between the ages of 13 and 18, including a sixth form. On the trust's website, it states that their aim is to "offer a world class, 21st century education for all young people between the ages of 2 and 18, by providing outstanding learning opportunities and creating centres of educational excellence that meet the needs of all children."[1]

"We are passionate about providing the very best education for all the children in our Academies. Our ambition is that every student is helped to achieve their full potential so that they can make a positive contribution to our society and realise their lifetime ambitions."

—Former Executive Headteacher Chris Richardson, speaking about the Wessex Learning Trust.[2]

History

The trust was formed in 2016 by then headteacher of The Kings of Wessex Academy, Chris Richardson. Upon founding, the trust compromised the following schools:

A proposed ninth school is Wessex Church of England Primary Academy in Highbridge.

Future

In the future, the trust wishes to open a new primary school, accommodating students between the age of 4 and 11, in the heart of the new communities of Brue Farm and Isleport in Somerset. The trust say that "...It will be free to attend and highly inclusive with a distinctive Church of England character, and will offer its pupils the opportunity to grow and develop under-pinned by Christian values."[4]

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