Welcome

Who are we?

Southend Education Trust is a Partnership of 55 schools and the local Authority. We are a social enterprise business with charitable status formed to achieve our vision for Southend to be a “Learning Town”.

What do we believe in?

Collaboration

We believe the Partnership is strongest when it works together. It will support confident institutions to shape and lead the system together. It will ensure a strong influential voice to staff, students, parents and carers.

Trust

We believe in building trust between our members and others we work with. We know that when there are in high levels of trust things get done quicker, better and easier and with more fun because we do not need so many checks and so much bureaucracy. To achieve this, members need to demonstrate integrity, be open about their motives, have the capability to do what they have agreed to do and always do what they say will.

Innovation

We believe that the Partnership is innovative in its approach to achieving its goal and we will strive to be creative and original in all our work. We will be open to new ideas and willing to take risks together.

Inclusiveness

We believe in and value the diversity and differences within the Partnership and strive to be inclusive in all aspects of its work, acknowledging different needs and being tolerant of different views encouraging honest dialogue on points of difference.

Passion

We believe the Partnership is built on the passion of individuals and organisations to make a positive difference. Southend Education Trust will be passionate in its support of the Partnership and its members by being optimistic, excited by new ideas, inspiring others, preserving and being determined to succeed.

What do we do?

Southend Education Trust’s main purpose is to support schools and other agencies to work collaboratively to achieve our vision for Southend to be an exciting learning town.

To do this we will;

•  Encourage and support strong partnerships between schools and other agencies. We will develop and work towards a common purpose, good practice and share resources.

• Encourage staff, children, young people and families to see themselves as members of this exciting learning community where school leaders are as concerned about the improvement of others as they are about their own.   

• Encourage innovation, piloting new ideas and collectively agreeing to take on new functions to achieve improvement across the system.

• Provide members with a strong voice to proactively influence the way services are designed and delivered.