Old Trafford Community Academy is a busy, friendly primary school, with lots going on. We are located in Trafford, close to Manchester city centre. We have over 400 children on roll, and our numbers are increasing every month.

As Principal, I am very proud of the achievements of our children and I feel privileged to work with an excellent staff team who work tirelessly to support pupils, both in class and through our wide range of extended services. We describe ourselves as a COMMUNITY academy because working with families is very important to us. We run a range of groups and classes for parents, as well as regular stay and play sessions for parents with younger children.

Old Trafford Community Academy is a good school, and we want to become even better. We have joined Focus Trust because we believe that working with other like-minded schools is the best way to help us achieve this.

Judith Stott

Principal

We work towards the same values as the other academies within the Trust.

Together we strive to:

FAIR

Be fair, honest and inclusive – demonstrating integrity 

SHARE

Share expertise and best practice within our own academy and across other academies for the benefit of all learners

CARE

Care for children, adults and the learning environment 

DARE

Dare to do things differently and have a go

By securing our commitment and values we expect learners to:

•  achieve well;
•  feel safe and secure to take risks and make mistakes;
•  want to improve and know how to improve;
•  have high aspirations and ready for the next steps in learning and life;
•  have high expectations of self;
•  be independent, resilient and respectful of self and others;
•  be tolerant and open-minded;
•  be happy and confident;
•  have both independent and collaborative learning skills; and
•  be proud of their community and know how to contribute to it.

Welcome to Focus-Trust, a charitable multi-academy trust established in 2012. We are based in the North West of England and are dedicated to working with our 15 primary academies. It is the core purpose of Focus-Trust to continually strive to be a learning organisation, where the learning of all children and adults is valued and promoted.

We passionately believe equality of opportunity starts with education; irrespective of where you were born or where you live, a high quality education in one of our great academies will make a fundamental difference to all our children’s lives, career prospects and social mobility.

The Focus-Trust team is committed to providing high quality pedagogy, curriculum, teaching, learning and assessment. We aim to provide inclusive and inspirational environments where our children thrive and build the social and ‘cultural capital’ they need to make aspirational choices about their future, overcoming barriers.

We have a thriving partnership of 11 converter and 4 sponsored academies who are driven to do the best for our children. As a team we believe in ‘Collective efficacy’ and have a shared commitment to work together on the things that matter to improve outcomes for all.

We are proud to have a great team of people working in our academies who always put children at the heart of our practice. We are committed to providing excellent professional development opportunities for all our staff and always aim to be an employer of choice.

Helen Rowland, Chief Executive