Unity Schools Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust formed in September 2015 by the partnership of The Magna Carta School and Bishop David Brown School. The Trust is currently responsible for the education of over 1800 children supported by more than 230 staff. Our schools are located in Staines-upon-Thames and Woking.

Ethos and Values

The stated objective of Unity Schools Trust is to achieve Excellence through collaboration. The Greek philosopher, Aristotle, believed that excellence came in both intellectual and moral forms. The Trust aims to instil a love of learning by the full engagement of all of its community- students and staff- in the process of acquiring and applying knowledge. Furthermore, the Trust seeks to promote the development of positive ‘habits’ through a wide range of character-building opportunities. When combined, we believe that these two elements support the development of the whole person enabling us to be the best version of ourselves. Our vision is to be an outstanding learning community where together we learn to know, to do, to be and to live together.

Our Objective

The Academy Trust’s primary objective, as stated in its articles of association, is ‘to advance for the public benefit education in the United Kingdom’. Unity Schools Trust is listed as a charitable company limited by guarantee at Companies House.

Partnerships

A significant part of the Trust’s work is in the forging and development of partnerships with neighbouring schools. This includes primary liaison work and support for the provision of specialist subjects. The Trust’s work in fulfilment of its objective through collaboration involves sharing people, sharing resources, sharing ideas and sharing progress.

Services

The Trust provides core support in a number of areas to all of its constituent academies including school improvement activities, finance, ICT and operations.

Our vision is to be a community where, by working in partnership together, we are able to deliver the best possible opportunities and outcomes for all of our students. Our motto- Excellence through collaboration– encapsulates our belief that cooperation and teamwork enable us all to grow and develop into the best version of ourselves.

Excellence is realised in many ways, not least through the achievements of the students in our schools. However, it is also seen through the relentless focus of our staff on delivering the highest standards of teaching, learning and student support which enable those successes to be accomplished. As a learning community we believe that every day presents a new opportunity to gain fresh insight and understanding and to implement newly acquired knowledge and experience for the benefit of all.

Our curriculum model has been designed to encourage the development of confident, independent, learners with the skills and comprehension necessary to succeed in an increasingly competitive world. In conjunction with the extensive enrichment opportunities provided by the schools within the Trust our students are able to grow in maturity and understanding.

We are an outward facing Trust with strong links in our communities where we engage in partnership work with many of our feeder primary schools. We have a particular specialism in the promotion of science and scientific discovery and regularly support the production and delivery of the primary curriculum in this area.

The Central Team of the Trust is focused on delivering support to our schools in areas such as school improvement, governance, finance, IT and networking, operations and human resources. Economies of scale enable us to provide specialist support in these areas to promote the most efficient and sustainable models for future growth. This in turn allows for a greater investment in each of our constituent schools.

I hope that you will find the information on this website helpful and informative but please do get in touch for further information. I look forward to the opportunity to speak with you directly about our work and mission.

Michael del Rio

Chief Executive Officer

The Magna Carta School

The Magna Carta School has a long and proud tradition of educating students from our local community. We work collaboratively both with our sister school, The Bishop David Brown School, in Woking and with all of our feeder primary schools. As a founder member of Unity Schools Trust we seek to develop excellence through collaboration. In pursuit of this vision we aim to provide a culture and a curriculum which both: model the standards of excellence which enable us to all play a part in our wider society; to impart the knowledge which empowers us to become the best version of ourselves.

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Bishop David Brown School

Bishop David Brown School is based in Sheerwater in Woking. The school has benefitted from extensive improvements to its facilities over several years culminating in the construction of a brand new sports centre in the summer of 2021. Students now have the use of an all-weather pitch, sports hall and swimming pool as part of the school’s PE and enrichment offer.

The students and staff are committed to transforming the school into one which is exceptional. At Bishop David Brown School our desire is to ensure that all students are challenged to achieve academic success.

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