Our Core Offer
We want schools and their leaders to hold onto their individuality, develop expertise, innovate and share effective practice and pedagogy across the MAT. We believe that the key to success is strength in-depth and working as a collaborative force. Expert guidance, professional support and strong collaborative working practices achieve the best possible results for our academy members.
Why are we different?
- Every Great Academies school maintains its individuality
- We provide access to excellent bespoke support
- We implement excellent tried and tested management systems and procedures
- Our key staff have an excellent track record in delivering school-to-school support, with strong mentoring and coaching
- We provide the best possible educational, social and health outcomes for all our students
- We possess a strong focus on effective governance at all levels within the Trust
Our governance structure ensures there are clear reporting lines and explicit requirements to ensure outstanding performance. Great Academies has a clear scheme of delegation and places much responsibility in each schools Local Governing Committee.
The prime reason for entering any trust partnership should be school improvement. The Trust has built its school improvement model on education research, and in the first instance focuses on curriculum development, ensuring that content is broad and balanced, carefully chosen, delivered sequentially and reviewed and refreshed regularly.
Specialist support in Governance, Human Resources, Commercial Management and Marketing, Business and Finance, Information and Communications Technology, Estates, Catering and Cleaning Services are also available to those schools who wish to join.
What Our Principals Say:
Ruth Craven
Copley Academy
“There is a greater sense of belonging now than before – there is a great emphasis on collaboration, with colleagues from within the academies and from others within in the multi-academy trust. Children are enjoying the rigour and challenge of a new and improving curriculum”.
David Waugh
Great Academy Ashton
“The key value of being part of the Great Academies is the strategic leadership and specialist knowledge that our partners provide. I have been a principal for many years and you can often get distracted by the burden of business operations. The support from our Trust team allows me to concentrate on school improvement, staff development, teaching and learning and the celebration and participation of our students.”
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We’re all set up for today’s jobs fair at Dukinfield town Hall, 10am-1pm. We have vacancies at Copley Academy, Great Academy Ashton and we are promoting our amazing teacher training programme #wearehiring @getintoteaching @PioneersITT @GAAshton_news @copleyacademy
It’s great to have opportunities like this, getting students thinking about carrying on their education after secondary school #lookingback #memories
Our schools have a great community spirit and take pride in raising money for important charities such as the Teenage Cancer Trust. Well done to everyone who was involved with this! #lookingback #memories #teenagecancertrust
Could one or more of these inspirational students be representing Great Britain in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles? Watch this space! #lookingback #memories #Olympics
The best memories are where we have seen former students chasing their dreams and achieving amazing things. What a fantastic achievement this is for Leanne Cullen-Unsworth who has gone on to playing an important role in protecting the planet! #lookingback #memories
We are thrilled that our former Copley Academy pupil, Anthony Harding, has won a bronze medal at the Olympics with his teammate Jack Laugher. We couldn’t be prouder, well done Anthony! @copleyacademy #Paris2024Olympics #Paris2024
One of our favourite memories from this year was Steve Banham, our very talented chef at Silver Springs Primary, winning the ‘Rising Star’ award in Jamie Oliver’s ‘The Good School Food Awards’ #lookingback #memories #jamieoliver #GoodSchoolFoodAwards
Silver Springs Primary Academy, Stalybridge – Jamie Oliver’s Good School Food Awards
Chef Mr Banham is a culinary hero at Silver Springs, with the children raving about his delicious seasonal meals …
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So many awards have been won across our schools this academic year, due to the hard work and dedication of our teams, however achieving 100% was truly incredible! #lookingback #memories
As we spend the summer holidays looking back at some of the fantastic achievements this past year in our schools, the setting up of a mental health group by our Associate Principal at Copley, is one of the best. Well done Carl Heatley & friends! #lookingback #youalrightchief