Our Strategic Priorities:
School Improvement sits at the very heart of everything we do in SAST. Our other focus areas support this, and ensure that SAST as an organisation is fit for purpose, forward-thinking, strong and aspirational.
We will also be looking to adopt the MAT Assurance Framework which has recently been developed by the DfE, and which focuses on the following six key areas:
- Vision, Culture and Ethos
- People and Partners
- Teaching and Learning
- Curriculum and Assessment
- Quality Assurance and Accountability
- Governance Capability
Looking to the Future
Our aim is that every SAST school is a ‘Good’ and improving school, with our vision and values shaping our success and growth.
We are a very open and welcoming Trust, and benefit from our schools being located relatively closely together across Dorset and Somerset. As we grow we intend to move towards a hub model, enabling us to deliver central services efficiently, and schools to work closely with their neighbours. We will however still bring teams together across SAST to focus on projects or school improvement, and deliver events like CPD and inset across the whole Trust.
There is real strength in coming together, and by growing our family of schools we can increase the number of opportunities for both students and staff to develop.