Acorn's Approach to School Improvement
Team Around the School
Improving schools is key to raising standards and making sure every student gets a great education. At Acorn Education Trust, we focus on better outcomes and life opportunities with our School Improvement Strategy, which helps leaders, staff, and students reach their full potential. In a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT), this strategy boosts accountability, guides our choices, and helps us use resources in ways that really benefit students. Our way of leading and managing schools is built around three main ideas:
- Every school in our Trust is an improving school
- Leadership at every level is strong, and making a difference
- The unique identity of each school is preserved
Therefore, School Improvement is tailored to meet the needs of each school and we have a team of central staff in the Senior Executive Team and the School Improvement Teams who, along with excellent practitioners in our schools, work with each school. Our weekly Executive meetings allow us to direct support to schools depending on their needs.
An Executive Headteacher always visits each school weekly or fortnightly to provide support and challenge on the school’s key priorities for improvement. Depending on the school’s priorities, other members of the Trust Senior Executive or School Improvement teams may be working with the Headteacher or Senior Leadership Team. There is a team around every school depending on need:
- Low Support – fortnightly meeting with Executive Head, QA visit once a year, access to our subject
- Medium Support – weekly meeting with Executive Head, weekly/fortnightly support and time with Subject Community Leads and other members of the School Improvement Team depending on need; QA visit once a year. Areas monitored at CEO/Executive Head meeting.
- High Support– weekly (or more) meetings with Executive Head, weekly support and time from Subject Community Leads and relevant members of the School Improvement Team. Areas monitored at fortnightly School Improvement meeting.
The School Improvement Team's consists of:
| Primary Improvement Team | Secondary improvement Team |
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| Charlotte Robinson - Director of Primary Education; Executive Head - Trowbridge/Devizes Hub |
Louise Hamilton - Director of Secondary Education |
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Sue Fulbrook - Head of Inclusion and SEND |
Craig Hillier - Head of Secondary School Improvement and Subject Communities |
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Dave Locke - Head of Data and Science |
Sue Fulbrook - Head of Inclusion and SEND |
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Jo Ronxin - Head of Safeguarding, Communication and School Support |
Dave Locke - Head of Data |
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Jo Ronxin - Head of Safeguarding, Communication and School Support |
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Exec Heads |
Curriculum Leads |
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Sarah Awuye - Executive Head - Salisbury Plain Hub |
Katie Rumsey - Secondary English Community Lead Kirsty Honeysett - Secondary English Community Lead |
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Max Burr - Executive Head - Wylye Hub; Church Schools Flourishing Lead |
Andy Golding - Secondary Maths Community Lead |
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Louise Kilminster - Executive Head - Warminster Hub |
Alex Case - Secondary Science Community Lead |
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Curriculum Leads |
Kay Gillard - Secondary Languages Community Lead |
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Lindsey Hermon - Wylye Hub Curriculum Lead |
Danielle Fox - PE and HSC Secondary Community Lead |
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Sarah Ashton - Primary English Community Lead |
Kurt Williams - Secondary Geography Community Lead |
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Craig Turze - Primary Maths Community Lead |
Darren Lawrence - Secondary History Community Lead |
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Vicky Bunting - Secondary RS Community Lead |
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Adam Marsh - Secondary DT Community Lead |
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Luke Grayson - Secondary IT Community Lead |
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Flow Vyner - Secondary Art Community Lead |
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Kim Paper/Abi Rees - Secondary Drama Community Lead |
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Mike Griffiths - Secondary PSHE Community Lead |
