A warm welcome from our CEO, Mark Emmerson
Our trust is driven by the ambition to provide world-class experiences and deliver exceptional educational outcomes for the communities we serve.
You will find that all of our schools exhibit what is a central Trust belief, a belief in the power of high expectations in all we do. This pre-eminent belief is complemented by the core values we hold of professionalism, integrity and care – for pupils as well as staff. We ensure that we live these values every day, in every school, by insisting on simple, certain and sustainable approaches that we know will deliver outstanding schools. These approaches are derived from the best evidence as well as the considerable experience of success that Trust and school leaders have continually demonstrated over many years in many different settings.
These approaches form the five key principles which are known as our City ‘Foundations of Excellence’. Our framework for success led to the City of London being recognised by the TES as the country’s best performing academy sponsor (2016), as well as being recognised as the best performing academy chain for progress and attainment for disadvantaged children in The Sutton Trust’s annual report, ‘Chain Effects‘ (2016 and 2017).
Our schools are known for the opportunities they offer to all children to achieve outstanding progress and outcomes, as well as being able to participate in unique, high quality, extra-curricular programmes funded by the City of London Corporation.
If you are a parent looking for life-changing education experiences for your child, or a prospective staff member looking for an organisation which offers its staff fantastic opportunities to develop and learn from some exceptional practitioners, I would invite you to explore our website to find out more about the Trust, our academies and our people.
Mark Emmerson
Chief Executive
