Welcome

who we are

We are a charity that has been set up to help schools and children. Trust in Learning is committed to improving schools and the experiences of children and young people so that they can become successful learners and responsible citizens.

Our Vision

Is to improve the quality of schooling and outcomes in Bristol and the West of England for children and young people by promoting communities that trust in learning and the endeavour of education to transform lives. We support and challenge this improvement through fostering the autonomy and empowerment of effective leadership and governance.

Our Values: are ones that promote an inclusive approach to education where we seek to overcome social disadvantage and bring about social cohesion and equality. In order to do this we challenge traditional approaches to schooling to bring about sustained change through supporting excellence of leadership and classroom practice.

Our values

Are underpinned by the belief that partnership and collaborative working are the foundation blocks for successful education outcomes, that we all have individual and collective strength and opportunity by supporting and learning from others.

Our Guiding Principles

Trust in Learning – the best classrooms

Trust in Leadership – the best leaders

Trust in Local governance – the best local commitment

Join Us

CURRENT OPENINGS



  • Job Title

    Speech and Language Therapist Higher Level Teaching Assistant

  • Location

    Bristol, Bristol

  • Posted

    17th September 2025

  • Salary

    BG9 £28,037 - £30,113 (FTE £32,061 - £34,434)

  • Hours

    Full Time, Term Time

  • Description

    Hours: Mon – Fri, 37 hours per week, 8:15am - 4:15pm Monday - Thursday, 8:15am - 3:45pm Friday Contract: Term Time Only Plus Insets (Maternity Leave Cover up until April 2026) Sta ...

  • Job Title

    School Meals Supervisory Assistant

  • Location

    Bristol, Bristol

  • Posted

    17th September 2025

  • Salary

    BG4, N3 FTE £24,796

  • Hours

    Part Time, Term Time

  • Description

    Days/Hours: Term Time Only, Monday-Friday, 11:40am-12:50pm = 6.25 hours per week  Salary: BG4, N3 FTE £24,796 (Actual £3,052) Contract: Permanent Start Date: As soon as possi ...

  • Job Title

    School Meals Supervisory Assistant

  • Location

    Bristol, Bristol

  • Posted

    10th September 2025

  • Salary

    BG4, N2-N3 £1,804 - £1,832 (£24,413 - £24,796 FTE)

  • Hours

    Part Time, Term Time

  • Description

    Salary: BG4 N2-N3 £1,804 - £1,832 (£24,413 - £24,796 FTE) Contract: Term Time Only, Fixed up to 31st August 2026 Hours: 12:15am - 1pm, Monday - Friday (45 minutes per day, 3.75 ho ...

  • Job Title

    Head of Maths

  • Location

    Bristol, Bristol

  • Posted

    8th September 2025

  • Salary

    L5-L8 £57,135 - £61,533

  • Hours

    Full Time

  • Description

    We have an exciting opportunity for a skilled, driven middle leader with a proven track record of improving outcomes for pupils and who is ready to take strategic responsibility f ...

  • Job Title

    Primary Teaching Assistant Level 3

  • Location

    Bristol, Bristol

  • Posted

    5th September 2025

  • Salary

    BG8, N13–N17 (FTE £29,064 to £31,022)

  • Hours

    Full Time, Term Time

  • Description

    Grade : BG8, N13 – N17  £23,184 to £24,746 (FTE £29,064 to £31,022) Contract Term: Monday to Friday 8.15am to 3.30pm, 33.75hr per week, Term Time + Inset days  Contract ...

  • Job Title

    SEND Support Staff Member

  • Location

    Bristol, Bristol

  • Posted

    5th September 2025

  • Salary

    BG6, N6-7 FTE £25,989 to £26,403

  • Hours

    Full Time, Term Time

  • Description

    Grade: BG6, N6-7 FTE £25,989 to £26,403 (Actual salary £20,731 to £21,061) Contract Term: Full Time, Term Time only Plus Inset Days. Monday to Friday 8.15am to 3.30pm, 33.75hr per ...

  • Job Title

    Y5 Class Teacher

  • Location

    Bristol, Bristol

  • Posted

    3rd September 2025

  • Salary

    M2 - M6 + UPS (£34,822 - £42,056)

  • Hours

    Full Time, Term Time

  • Description

    Salary:  M2 - M6 (£34,822 - £42,056) + UPS Contract: Full Time, Term Time, Fixed Maternity cover to start from 1st December 2025 (some flexibility for the right candidate) Cl ...

  • Job Title

    Teaching Assistant Level 2

  • Location

    Bristol, Bristol

  • Posted

    2nd September 2025

  • Salary

    BG5, N4-5 FTE £25,185.00 - £25,583.00

  • Hours

    Full Time, Term Time

  • Description

    Hours:  8:30am - 15:30pm, 32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday Salary: BG5, N4-5, £25,185.00 - £25,583.00 (Actual £19,347 - £19,652) Contract: Term time only plus insets, Pe ...

Trust in Learning (Academies)

Select a school below to learn more or view jobs

About

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Trust in Learning is an education charity formed in 2008 and is an Academy Sponsor based in Bristol whose principal purpose is to create inclusive education communities that provide excellent education and excellent outcomes for children and young people.

There continues to be a degree of misunderstanding about academies and academy trusts. We are a charity whose civic responsibility is to help improve the education of children. We support schools across educational sectors from nursery and primary to secondary and special schools.

In particular Trust in Learning is committed to helping to overcome the inequalities between our communities so that every one of our children can learn well and can prosper.

As a Trust we are supported by the University of the West of England together with the City of Bristol College. These two institutions make up the membership of the Trust and they share a common ethos to seek to provide inspiring educational experiences that will equip our children with the necessary skills, knowledge and understanding that will provide all of them with the opportunity to go onto university or choose to pursue a career of their choice.

Please view below, the schools that we work with.

Talent Pool

Join Our Talent Pool

If you're searching for your next education job, please get in touch. You'll be working for a great employer and be part of a friendly, helpful team. We're always interested to hear from enthusiastic, committed education professionals - send us your CV now via our Talent Pool and detail what sort of role you're looking for. By joining our Talent Pool we'll know you're interested in working here when the right vacancy comes up.

Meet our team

Meet the faces behind the trust!

Thumb avatar Sue Elliott
Sue Elliott
CEO
Thumb avatar Drw Cannon
Drw Cannon
Director of Finance & Operations
Thumb avatar Julia Hinchliffe
Julia Hinchliffe
Director of Education
Thumb avatar David Spence
David Spence
Director of School improvement
Thumb avatar Emma Lloyd
Emma Lloyd
SEND/Inclusion Lead
Thumb avatar John Sullivan
John Sullivan
Leadership coaching, Instructional coaching, Teaching and Learning
Thumb avatar Clare Anderson
Clare Anderson
Company secretary / Data protection officer

School Improvement

Trust in Learning (Academies) share a vision to improve the quality of schooling and the outcomes for children and young people by promoting communities that trust in learning and the endeavour of education to transform lives. We support and challenge this improvement through fostering the autonomy and empowerment of effective leadership and governance.

Our approach to school improvement reflects the culture that is at the heart of our trust: it is about building capacity from within, whilst recognising areas where we do not have sufficient in-trust capacity to improve. This model is designed to reflect the Trust’s goal to “be an organisation that delivers a balance between school autonomy and collective responsibility”. Within this model there is an expectation on senior leaders and our schools to be ‘involved’ in collective improvement. In this way we are looking to support headteachers and other senior leaders to be system leaders.

Our Executive Team drive our strategic priorities, working closely with our Board, to ensure that we can target whole trust needs. First and foremost for a trust that supports all phases of education the starting point has to be our youngest learners. For a number of years we have targeted oracy, reading, speech and communication which have become central pillars of our work with the aim of ensuring cultural capital is strong and that we can overcomes gaps that can emerge from being disadvantaged.

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Working for us

WHY WAIT TO JOIN?

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If you're searching for your next post, why not contact us now?

Even if we don't have a post now, we could do in the near future and we would love to contact you and tell you about it. You could be working at one of our great schools and become part of the TiLA family. We are always interested to hear from those who find our ethos, approach to inclusivity and support of our staff fits with their idea of a great place to work. By joining our School Talent Pool we'll know you're interested in working here when a future vacancy occurs. Join our School Talent Pool now!

For more information about School Talent Pools visit www.eteach.com

Our Locations

See on the map below where our schools are located:

Our Locations

Our Locations
Swavesey
Cambs
CB24 4RS