Achievement through Collaboration (AtC) is a Trust of five strong schools across Blackpool, Blackburn, Wigan, and Lancashire. The Trust is also an accredited ITT provider, operating a network of Teacher Training Hubs across the North-West to deliver high-quality teacher training programme in schools and trusts.
Achievement through Collaboration is a Trust with a purpose! We want our children, our staff and our schools to Achieve, Belong and Collaborate.
CEO Jane Chambers
A Multi Academy Trust is a charity with a single purpose- to advance education for the public benefit.
But, if every Trust has the same single purpose, what is it that sets Achievement through Collaboration apart from other Trusts? What is our promise to our children, staff, parents and communities? How do we ensure that children attending an AtC school are receiving a better education than they would have had should their school not be a member of our Trust?
Achievement through Collaboration is a Trust with a purpose! We want our children, our staff and our schools to Achieve, Belong and Collaborate.
To achieve our purpose, we know there are things we need to get right!
Through a clear definition and articulation of the values and beliefs of Achievement through Collaboration, we’ve built an organisation with children at the heart of everything we do. Our schools have the individuality to make the right choices for their pupils, staff and communities within a culture of collaboration.
Our Trust Board owns the strategic plan, holding the executive team to account to deliver it whilst delegating the correct things to the Local Governing Bodies. LGBs are supported to build their role around the children, parents and staff of their individual school whilst expressing the “we” of the Trust.
Key to maintaining our successful educational standards is a clear trust wide school improvement strategy/plan that meets the needs of every school wherever they are on their journey. Our Trust Wide strategy for capturing the most effective practice and transmitting it between more classrooms is in place and underpinned by a workforce talent management strategy that facilitates staff development and deployment.
A strong central team connects the academies enabling leaders and teachers to concentrate on educational delivery. Achievement through Collaboration is financially stable which enables the strategic allocation of resources that enables standards to be maintained and improvements to be achieved.
We believe that all children, staff and schools benefit from belonging to a family of schools within a strong collaborative multi-academy trust. We are an outward organisation, we embrace innovation and opportunities that benefit our pupils. AtC has invested in staff to build capacity to collaborate with other schools and we are now actively looking to grow further.
If you share our values and are interested in joining one of our schools as a member of staff or your school joining our Trust, we look forward to hearing from you.
Jane Chambers
CEO
Achievement through Collaboration Trust
Our Academies
Our Nursery children have loved exploring their new role play area – the Hot Chocolate Cafe! ☕️✨ Marshmallows anyone? 🍫🧋☺️ … See MoreSee Less
💻 Join one of our online Get into Teaching sessions and explore your options from the comfort of home.
📅 1 Apr, 1 Jun & 1 Jul 26
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Well done to Fin – what a touch and finish! Doing Bowland proud representing the u15s Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Football Squad in the National Cup. Keep up the good work, Fin 👏🏼💚💙 … See MoreSee Less
Get ready for a fun-filled afternoon as six fantastic family entertainers compete for the title of Family Entertainer of the Year 2026!🪄🪄🪄
Hosted by Eric LeClerc, it promises to be an afternoon of chaos and fun!
12noon Friday 20th February 2026 (Half Term)
Book your free tickets here:
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Dear Parents and Carers,
I am writing to provide you with clarity regarding an incident that occurred earlier today. We received a call from the police advising that, as a precaution, all children should remain inside the school building due to a police incident in the local community. We immediately followed this advice, heightened our internal security, and kept the children indoors until the police informed us that the incident had concluded.
At no point was there a direct threat to our school, our pupils, or our staff – it was a police incident in the wider community that did not involve school. I would like to reassure you that in these situations, our absolute priority is the immediate safety of the children and ensuring our site is secure.
Mr Wallace, Headteacher … See MoreSee Less
Just to clarify, the school is not currently in lockdown. For complete clarity, we received a phone call from the police at approximately 11:55am to inform us of a live incident in the local area. As a precaution, we kept the children inside and heightened security regarding access to the school. All of the children and staff are completely safe, and the children were completely unaware of any incidents. We have received confirmation from the Greater Manchester Police that the police incident is now over. Thank you. … See MoreSee Less
In their gymnastics sessions, 4A have been practising their partner balances while creatively incorporating gym equipment into their positions🤸♂️ This is helping them to develop their coordination 🤹♂️ strength 💪 balance ⚖️ and best of all teamwork 🤝 and trust in each other ❤️ … See MoreSee Less
Mr. Wallace's office has been buzzing with superstar visitors recently, showcasing their incredible work!🤩 The children are beaming with pride over their accomplishments, and we couldn't be more proud of them either!👏✨ … See MoreSee Less
In music, Year 4 explored the opening of Hans Zimmer's "Earth" and the pianissimo shimmer sound 🌎🎶 They recreated the sound using unpitched and pitched instruments, then composed their own shimmers, writing out the notation and playing them on their instruments 🎼 … See MoreSee Less