Welcome

TO JOHN TAYLOR MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

‘We believe in the power of education to improve lives – and the world’

This statement is at the heart of the John Taylor story. It is a compelling story, and one which we hope you will wish to experience. We are driven to ensure that our community can realise its true potential through learning.

This is our mission. To that end, we provide the experiences, resources, structures and systems to enable all to engage, all to progress, all to achieve.

Schools within the Trust are staffed with colleagues - teaching and support - who share this belief, and are supported by governors and trustees who underpin it.

The outcomes of our children are testament to it also. By the term "outcomes", we know that this transcends raw data measures (although it does include them) to reflect the true concept of education as "what survives after what has learned has been forgotten."

Our schools therefore value educational trips and visits, performances and events and the interaction of children and adults beyond the formality of the timetable. We believe that this sets us apart.

By working closely together, in partnership with each other, schools within a robust MAT can develop best teaching practices, share curriculum expertise and deliver the best outcomes for pupils and students. John Taylor MAT is proud to fit the Government’s criteria of a “strong MAT” with 6 secondary schools, 1 all-through school and 14 primary/infant Schools.

Our values are important to us and in all that we do, individually and collectively, we endeavour to focus on six main attributes that will enable us to be successful. We look for these in candidates for new jobs too. They are:

Learning is at the heart of all we do

A passion for excellence

Restlessness & curiosity

Tenacity & Resilience

Collegiality

Courage to innovate