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Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not

ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ works to make sure that all children, regardless of their background, haveaccess to a great education and real choices in life.​
Pupils at ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ White City Primary loving their brand new playground

Changing over five million young lives since 2002

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We currently serve 30,000 students in our network of 39 schools.

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ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ-designed curricula support more than 300,000 pupils across the country.

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Through our independent ventures, we’ve reached over 5.5 million young people across the UK.

Closing the achievement gap by working where we can make the biggest difference

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Ninety percent of ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ schools are in areas with above average deprivation. Half of our students are from disadvantaged backgrounds, compared to 26 percent nationally.

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Seventy-two percent of children from disadvantaged backgrounds leave an ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ primary school on track in their maths and English, compared to 47 percent nationally.

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ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ students from disadvantaged backgrounds are at least five times more likely to attend a top third university than their peers nationally (71% vs an estimated 13%).

Pupils during a lesson at ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Castledown in Hastings

A top performing primary multi-academy trust

Despite operating in areas of high need, our primary schools achieve results well above national averages and we are among the top performing large multi-academy trusts.

Turning around underachievement in Hastings

ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ students are twice as likely to go to university

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Eighty-five percent of our sixth form graduates progress to university compared to 37 percent nationally.

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Of those progressing to university, 74 percent go to a top third university compared to 41 percent nationally.

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Students on our BTEC programme are around six timesmore likely to progress to a top third university than BTEC students nationally.

A strong track record for school improvement

Most ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ schools were existing schools that joined the network to improve – often from difficult circumstances. Ninety-four percent of schools rated Inadequate or in Special Measures before joining ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ, are now Good or Outstanding according to Ofsted.

ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ’s new schools are nearly four times more likely to be rated Outstanding than schools nationally (69 vs 16 percent).

Principal Matt Neuberger with students at ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Soane Academy

ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Soane rated Outstanding three years after opening

ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ’s newest school, ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Soane, opened in Acton, London, in 2021. It provides high-quality, non-selective, non-denominational education in an area of high deprivation, and was rated Outstanding in a recent Ofsted inspection.

ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Soane rated Outstanding
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students across the network performed with ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Music in the past year

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students competed in network-wide sporting events

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students in Hastings and Portsmouth have had increased access to the arts in school

Arts and Culture

Sporting success at ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Globe

Through ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Sport Scholarships, we are providing free training and development for high ability students, so that every child has a genuine chance of success. Three scholars at ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Globe have met with success at a national level.

ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ athletes triumph on the national stage
ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Start John Archer in south west London was one of the first ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Start nurseries to open

High quality, affordable early years education

Our nursery programme, ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Start, seeks to solve the inequity that exists in the early years. The network is growing, with new nurseries being added both within and external to ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ’s network of primary schools.

Firm foundations: ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Start

Subject mastery programmes benefitting 300,000 children nationally

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teachers in more than 700 schools use the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Curriculum Plus online platform for resources and training

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Pupils on our Mathematics Mastery primary programme gain up to two months’ additional progress

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The EdCity development, as viewed from South Africa Road in White City

£150 million investment in the heart of White City

Our partnership with Hammersmith and Fulham Council creates an education hub, 132 affordable new homes, office space and a youth zone for the local community.

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Our impact in 2025

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