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

Trust in Learning (Academies)

Select a school below to learn more or view jobs

Bridge Learning Campus

Bristol, BS13 0RL

Charlton Wood Primary Academy

Bristol, BS34 5BN

Bristol Metropolitan Academy

Bristol, BS7 9RP

Fonthill Primary Academy

Bristol, BS10 5SW

Henbury Court Primary Academy

Bristol, BS10 7NY

Little Mead Primary School

Bristol, BS10 6DS

Orchard School Bristol

Bristol, BS7 0XZ

Parson Street Primary School

Bristol, BS3 5NR

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.

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.

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.

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!

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