The Heart of Mercia Academy Trust, comprising Hereford Sixth Form College and Worcester Sixth Form College provides a range of excellent learning opportunities for young people and adults within the region, in a positive, friendly and tolerant culture that equips them to fulfil their potential and meet their individual and regional goals.

Values Statement

The Heart of Mercia Academy Trust is committed to:

Autonomy, responsibility and teamwork - for individuals, teams and organisations to work towards common aims and goals

Excellence, challenge and high expectations – aiming for the highest standards and to extend the potential of our students

Equality, Inclusivity and Diversity – making all students and staff feel welcome, safe and valued and doing everything possible to help them to succeed

Development– of students as rounded individuals who are equipped for life’s challenges

Progression – helping our students to set and achieve goals that are aspirational and appropriate

Choice- Providing programmes of study which meet the individual needs of learners in academic, vocational and extra-curricular terms

Wellbeing, care and support – of all our staff and students

Inspiration – teaching students in ways that engage them, develop their skills and independence as learners, and are based on regular assessment of their individual needs

Partnership and communication – with learners and their parents or carers and the local community

Respect and tolerance– for each other and the communities in which we live and work

Collaboration – within the trust and with other educational providers and the local community

Integrity – achieving the highest standards of leadership, employment practices, openness and accountability

Mission Statement

The Heart of Mercia Academy Trust will be a highly respected educational provider for all its students. Students will have the autonomy and responsibility to grow, acquire skills and make decisions within a supportive, caring environment and will have high expectations placed upon them. They will flourish not just academically but socially and in terms of their wider skills. This will enable them to be highly successful in their personal lives, in further study and in employment.

Member organisations will retain their unique identities and links with their immediate communities, but will share a commitment to Heart of Mercia Academy Trust’s Mission and Values.

The Heart of Mercia Academy Trust will operate efficiently to maximise the resources that are devoted to teaching and learning and to creating attractive and sustainable environments for people to work and learn. This will be achieved through collaborative purchasing and working across all member organisations wherever beneficial and through consistently applying best practice in financial control.

The Heart of Mercia Academy Trust will be a supportive employer with many opportunities for staff to share best practice through formal and informal staff development across all member organisations of the Trust.