Achievement through Collaboration (AtC) is a Trust of 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
MEGA
Motivated and engaged generation with ambition.
A group of Year 9 students from Bowland joined students from other local high schools in a Cyber AI related challenge.
Tasked with solving a global United Nations issue, students had to develop a prototype, design a functional app, and deliver a professional pitch to the other schools, staff & judges.
Out of ten competing teams from four different schools, we are proud to announce that the Bowland girls' group secured the overall win (see photo below). Huge congratulations to our gold medalists and to everyone who participated! … See MoreSee Less
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We're thrilled to see how well our students interact with the residents, and we couldn't be prouder of their behaviour. These moments aren't just activities; they're life-changing experiences that teach empathy, respect, and the beautiful art of human connection 🤝❤️ … See MoreSee Less
Some great work going on in the PSC, wonderful to see some of our students really engaged with their lessons. Proud of them! … See MoreSee Less
Thank you to our amazing students who have spent the week writing & giving thank you’s to all our amazing staff. We are so lucky to have you 🫶🏻 … See MoreSee Less
Free swimming events over half term 🏊♀️ … See MoreSee Less
Our budding architects, designers, and builders have been collaborating during their lunchtimes this week to create structural masterpieces using our kapla resources 🤝
We've been very impressed by the creativity and cooperation the children have shown 👏 … See MoreSee Less
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Today, our School Council members have met with Mr Wallace. They reflected and evaluated on their positive impact on school so far, discussed how they can make school even more eco friendly and discussed how wet playtimes can be improved in school. They will go away and capture the voices of their classes on these matters and come back together to decide on future actions. What a great group of children! 👏🌟 … See MoreSee Less