
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, weโve 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 โweโ 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













We had a brilliant time at the pantomime this afternoon. We all loved it- what a fantastic show! The cast even came out to meet the children at the end. ๐ ๐๐ … See MoreSee Less
Elf mischief alert tomorrow!!! ๐ฎ … See MoreSee Less
The Year 4 children spent the morning sharing stories with our Nursery and Reception classes. It was wonderful to see our youngest learners so engaged and inspired to read by the Year 4s, who were fantastic role models throughout ๐๐โจ … See MoreSee Less
During our spirituality session, Reception B explored the magical world of friendship and what it means to be a kind friend ๐๐ค They displayed great compassion as they shared wonderful ideas about spreading joy and support to those around them ๐คโจ … See MoreSee Less
A fantastic whole school Christmas assembly this morning with Santa and our Bowland Elf helping to deliver the prizes for a range of achievements over the past term.
Brilliant solo performances by three of our year 11 girls and everyone was on their feet for Donโt look back in anger by the Year 9 band. … See MoreSee Less
Upcoming events at Platt Bridge Library! ๐โจ … See MoreSee Less
Last week, Josh Simons – MP for Makerfield, visited our school for an action-packed day! ๐
From joining our students in their school council meeting to becoming a surprise storyteller in Reception (talk about a plot twist! ๐), he truly experienced the heart of our school community โค๐ซ
Our parents and carers even got a chance to chat with him as the day wrapped up, bridging the gap between local leadership and education ๐ค … See MoreSee Less
A wonderful afternoon full of fun, laughter, and festive cheer โจ๐ Merry Christmas from 4ES ๐ … See MoreSee Less
A huge congratulations to the Year 4 winners of the raffle and โName the Reindeerโ competition from our Parentsโ Christmas Crafts afternoon last week! โจ๐
Thank you to everyone who took part and helped make the afternoon such a festive success. ๐ … See MoreSee Less