Wessex Learning Trust
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Motto | We Learn Together! |
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Established | 2016 |
Headteacher | Gavin Ball |
Website |
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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]
—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:
- The Kings of Wessex Academy
- Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School
- Lympsham Church of England Academy
- Axbridge Church of England Academy
- East Brent Church of England Academy
- Mark First and Pre School Church of England Academy
- Weare Academy Church of England First School
- Wedmore First School Academy[3]
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]