Considering joining the SGS Academy Trust family?

There are many benefits to be gained from joining our family of academies, including:

• For good or outstanding converter schools, retention of a high level of autonomy and freedom – SGSAT is there to support Good and Outstanding Schools and create efficiencies in non-pay and back-office budgets to help support teaching and learning and free up the Head Teacher and School Board members to focus on T&L.
• The excitement and security of belonging to a family of academies. You are not alone, there are support services and experts to call upon to deal with issues or just to bounce ideas off.
• A transparent agreement for core support services and a tailored programme of traded services which includes:
• CPD and Training coordination and delivery
• Financial Services, including School Business Management, Management Accounts, Purchasing and Budget reporting, Catering, Cleaning, Waste and Energy Contract Management
• Human Resource Services, including Payroll, Performance Management and Appraisal Scheme Management, Pension Advice, Trade Union Negotiation Support
• IT Administration and Support Services, including Network Management support, IT Purchasing advice, Network Support, IT Security Support and advice
• Management Information Services, including centralised SIMS support and management
• Marketing and Business Development Services, including Website, Prospectus and Social Media management and advice, as well as site letting services to maximise income.
• School Improvement: Leadership, Management and Governance
• Opportunities to collaborate with wider partner networks to enhance provision and services for learners
• Empowering strategies and opportunities for professional learning and development
• Opportunities to work with other academies to further strengthen staff skills base and develop the educational experience for learners as a whole.

SGS Academy Trust was formed in November 2014 in response to the request of the Regional Schools Commissioner, Sir David Carter to support SGS Forest High School, an 11-16 school in Cinderford. ( SGS Forest High School)

SGSAT then successfully opened a University Technical College (Berkeley Green) in an award-winning, purpose-built environment at Gloucestershire Science and Technology Park in 2017. SGS Pegasus, a Special Free School also successfully opened in September 2017 and moved into its state-of-the-art site in November 2019.

South Gloucestershire and Stroud College sponsors the Trust, and their size and range of expertise forms the basis of the support for schools within the Trust. The Trust aims to provide central support and expertise to ensure that each school can provide the very best education for our children and the best quality development of teaching staff. SGS College will make their expertise and economies of scale available to SGSAT if and when the SGSAT require them at cost: however, SGSAT is an independent Trust and will make arrangements for support from the most appropriate and cost-effective source.

The partnerships within our Trust are not just about structural change: they are built on a shared commitment to improving attainment, well-being and life chances for children and young people. This moral purpose, accompanied by outward-facing vision, is paramount for us in overcoming barriers to success. This can only be built on the basis of open, trusting relationships between all stakeholders.

SGS Academy Trust aims to focus on the development of the whole child by involving and effectively engaging with pupils, parents / carers, staff and the community in a supportive, aspirational and caring environment.

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