Strategic Vision & Values

Uffculme Academy Trust prides itself on its guiding principles of:

• Excellence for All

  • High levels of achievement for all pupils

  • Intentional Inclusion

  • Excellent Teaching

  • Strong Partnership

  • Unleashing potential

• Great Places to work and learn

  • Joyful cultures

  • Safe places for everyone

  • Removing Barriers

  • Intentional Inclusion

  • Outward Facing

  • Happy Healthy Staff

  • Excellent Facilities

• At the Heart of our Communities

  • Strong Partnerships

  • Great Governance

  • Understanding our Context

  • Giving Back

Excellence for All

High levels of achievement for all pupils

·        All pupils are enabled to achieve highly regardless of background, socio economic status, disability, race or gender

·        Our schools will be fully inclusive to meet the needs and celebrate the abilities of all children and young people

·        All children and young people will make excellent progress and achieve outcomes which allow them to fulfil their personal ambitions

Intentional Inclusion

·        Inclusion underpins every strategy with successful adaptations and timely interventions supporting learners at the point of need

·        No child is left behind or disadvantaged because of a lack of resource, technology, finance or home support

UAT SEND Strategy 2022-2025

Excellent teaching

·        All children and young people experience consistently excellent teaching in our schools

·        Cognitive science underpins our decisions about how children learn best

·        The curriculum is well designed, with a clear rationale and sequence to inspire children to know more, remember more and do more

Strong Partnerships

·        Positive collaboration enables all schools to learn from the best practice within our Trust and also from providers who are not part of UAT

Great Places to Work and Learn

Joyful cultures

·        Schools will be happy places which children enjoy attending and staff enjoy working at

·        Success (in all its forms) is publicly recognised, rewarded and celebrated

·        Enrichment is prioritised and valued in every school. We will look to maximise the opportunities for staff and students to enjoy their time at school and to experience a range of activities and opportunities that support this culture

Safe places for everyone

·        Safeguarding underpins all of our working practices and is highly effective in all our schools

·        There is a zero tolerance of bullying and swift action to challenge perpetrators and support victims is embedded in our systems

·        We do not tolerate discrimination in any form

·        Behaviour which undermines our objectives is always challenged and addressed

Removing Barriers

·        Attendance levels for pupils and colleagues are high (well above national averages)

·        Barriers to attending school are identified and removed so that coming to school is a positive choice

Intentional Inclusion

·        All children, young people and adults are visibly included

·        Pupils are taught to respect and value diversity including in matters of sexual orientation, disability, race, age or any other protected characteristic

·        Personal development, character education and SRE are taught confidently, sensitively and effectively to enable children and young people to be fully equipped for the realities and challenges of modern life

Outward Facing

·        We work positively and productively with outside agencies so that children are always at the heart of our decision making

·        We regularly ask our pupils, colleagues and communities for their views on school life and act on any findings

Healthy Happy Staff

·        We understand that teaching and working in schools is hard and do everything possible to help colleagues manage workload

·        We understand that colleagues have family lives and support them to be present for important moments and significant events

·        We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and actively promote strategies to support good mental and physical health

 Excellent Facilities

·        We invest in our buildings and resources so that the environment reflects and reinforces our values

At the Heart of Our communities

Strong Partnerships

·        We work with and alongside our local and regional communities to serve their interests

·        We work actively and productively with external agencies to broker support for children and families who are experiencing challenging circumstances

·        We work productively with volunteers and value their contribution to our success

Great Governance

·        Members of our communities are the guardians of our schools through local governing committees

·        We value our relationships with governors and work with them openly and honestly

Understanding our context

·        Inclusion, equity and diversity are fundamental to our school communities and we celebrate difference and challenge prejudice

·        We understand our responsibility for children extends beyond the school gates

·        Our mission is to further the opportunities for all children and young people in our schools by removing or helping them to overcome any barriers to their success

Giving Back

·        We are open to our communities and share our facilities where appropriate

·        We seek the views of our communities wherever appropriate

·        As employers, we are contributing to the local and national economies and we expect our people to act in the best interests of both the school and wider community

·        We will work with and alongside other organisations to fulfil our civic duty to enhance opportunities for all children and young people