Academy Status
The school is now an academy- officially the school’s first day as an academy was last Saturday. Henceforth the school will be known as ‘Minchinhampton Church of England Primary School’ –An Academy Under the Diocese of Gloucester Academy Trust.
Of course most of you will not be able to discern any difference in the school now or, for that matter, in the foreseeable future. Our vision remains the same; we still have the same set of responsibilities as a school for your children’s welfare and learning; we’re still the same set of people with the same level of commitment.
However behind the scenes the school will soon be reaping the benefits of our involvement with DGAT. In particular the joint working with other schools and the high quality support from consultants has already begun in earnest and promises to make a significant difference to staff and the quality of education we can offer your children. Already we have high quality training organised for next term, as well as opportunities to visit outstanding practice in other parts of the country. We also now have other schools looking to come and see good practice here and learn from our leadership team. This is exactly what we had hoped for. In time of course we could also see adaptations to the curriculum we teach to make it that much more relevant to our children and certainly being an academy will give us greater freedoms regarding how we spend our income and allocate resources.
For the moment however, please sit back and assume business as usual. I am confident that, in time, our academy status will play a significant role in helping us provide your children with an even better education.