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Vantage Academy Trust

Vantage Academy Trust

Vantage Academy Trust

Vantage Academy Trust

Vantage Academy Trust

Vantage Academy Trust

Work with us

Are you looking for a truly meaningful career, where you can make a difference in the lives of young people? 

Learn with us

Confident and happy children with a love of learning, is what we are well known for. 

Join us

Vantage Academy Trust provides an accommodating and encouraging environment to all schools that share our vision and mission.

A message from our CEO

I am very proud to be the CEO of Vantage Academy Trust. We are a group of nine primary academies and one secondary academy, passionate about giving every child and adult in our schools the very best opportunities to learn, grow and succeed. We do this by investing in and developing exceptional teachers, leaders and support staff; every person in our Trust is a learner and we are all ambitious for ourselves and for one another.

Jill Albertina

CEO, Vantage Academy Trust

Mission Statement

Our mission is to support and encourage the work of academies in our Trust through the excellent education of children and young people.

Our Vision and Values

Our trust aspires to ensure that everyone, no matter of faith, receives the opportunity they deserve to flourish as learners and as global citizens. Our commitment to excellence in teaching and learning, in the curriculum provision, across our learning environments and in the quality of staff we employ, is all key to providing children and young people with the very best start and preparation for life.

‘Start off children on the way they should go, and even when they are old, they will not turn from it.’  Proverbs 22:6

 

Key stats about our thriving school communities

Academies

We provide an accommodating and encouraging environment to all schools that share our vision and mission, across hubs in Knowsley, Manchester, Trafford, Salford and Bolton.

Staff

We value the contribution of our outstanding teachers, leaders, support staff and governors and empower all to achieve their potential, for the benefit of our pupils.

Children

Confident and happy children with a love of learning, is what we are well known for. We are committed to providing each child with the tools they need to be successful, to start well and live well.

Read the latest Impact Report for

Vantage Academy Trust

Our Schools

Latest News

Making Governance Great

Making Governance Great

Thriving Trusts have governance and leadership that is high profile, shared, distributed, transparent and understood by all!

Bringing Our Community Together

Bringing Our Community Together

Aintree Racecourse provided this year’s backdrop for our family of Trust schools to gather as a community and share our vision and values. Over four hundred staff from across ten schools gathered to celebrate our #CommunityofGrowth.

Testimonials

‘Being part of Vantage Academy Trust means, leaders ensure ambition for all pupils, including those with SEND. Whilst teachers use their expertise, bringing new effective learning techniques to classrooms.'

- Ofsted Report 2022, Gorton Primary School

‘The benefits of joining Vantage Academy Trust for St Barnabas are that we have shared expertise, experience that we can tap into, we've got a support network and can focus entirely on teaching and learning and raising standards for our children.’

- Charmain May, Principal at St Barnabas CE Primary School

‘…the sponsorship of a multi-academy trust enhances the quality of teaching, learning and leadership at the school. The executive principal, for example, has been able to provide promotional opportunities for a number of teachers and teaching assistants; consequently, retaining high calibre staff and developing leadership capacity.’

- SS Simon and Jude CE Primary, Ofsted Report, 2016

"Pupils work hard, achieve well and get on with one another... St Augustine's is a happy school."

Ofsted Inspection, St Augustine's, 2022

"St James' is a warm and welcoming school. Parents and carers value the efforts that leaders make to involve them in the life of the school"

- Ofsted Inspection, St James’, 2023

"…the multi-academy trust provide[d] advice and support after the previous inspection when the school was judged to require improvement. Now Knowsley Lane is able to support other schools because of the progress it has made and the superb quality of education it provides."

- Knowsley Lane, Ofsted Report, 2019