Primary Journey to Outstanding

Event Description

This event provides trust, school and middle leaders with the opportunity to gain insight into the successes of a school with excellent outcomes. Study Visits to Inspire Multi Academy Trust (Ernesettle Community School, Biggin Hill, Ernsettle. Plymouth, PL5 2RB and Tor Bridge Primary School, Eden Valley Gardens, Estover, Plymouth PL6 8EE.)

Session 1 – Wednesday 12 November 2025 - Ernesettle Community School 09.00-13.00

Session 2 – Thursday 4 December 2025 - Tor Bridge Primary School 09.00-13.00

Session 3 - Wednesday 14 January 2026 - Ernesettle Community School 09.00-13.00

Session 4 - Wednesday 25 February 2026 - Tor Bridge Primary School 09.00-13.00

There is the option to stay for lunch after each session and a space to work in the afternoon.

SWIFT are delighted to be working with The Inspire Multi Academy Trust (South West) to offer a series of study visits, working alongside the school leadership teams at Ernesettle Community School and Tor Bridge Primary School, to learn how the school achieve excellent outcomes for their pupils. The visits will empower leaders with innovative ideas and tangible first-hand experiences of the practices that have shaped the schools in achieving an Outstanding grading in their most recent Ofsted inspections, at strategic and operational levels. Lesson visits and conversations with leaders, alongside reflection and action planning for your own school priorities, will enable you to get under the skin of the journey the school have taken in addressing the challenges facing schools in the Southwest. By participating in this CPD programme, you will develop your own leadership, increase your impact in your schools and build valuable networking links with peers.

Sessions are spread across a number of visits to both schools to focus on different aspects of school improvement, and to maximise successful implementation of next steps in delegates' own schools. There are opportunities for reflection and feedback on impact, challenges, and best practice in subsequent sessions.

A full overview of the 4 visits will be shared soon and will include the following key focus areas:

• Overview of the trust and school context and culture, mission, ethos, values, strategic planning, school improvement and planning for an inspection.
• Focus on the following areas: Quality of Education, Personal Development and Behaviour and Attitudes, Leadership and Management,
• Lesson visits with leaders
• Focused refection and planning for own school priorities
• Overview of key themes for follow up sessions/ Feedback

Session 1: Introduction to TIMAT & Leadership and Management for Sustained Success

Session 2: Providing High Quality Education through Curriculum and Developing Teaching

Session 3: Positive Attendance, Behaviour and Attitudes through Personal Development

Session 4: Inclusion & Safeguarding

Target Audience

School Leaders, Trust Leaders and Middle Leaders of Primary phase schools

Learning Outcomes

Programme Aims:

• See and reflect upon excellent practice in an Outstanding Secondary setting in the Southwest
• Feel empowered through action points, innovative ideas and tangible solutions to overcome the most pressing challenges and elevate pupil outcomes
• Consider how your existing practice can develop in the light of this experience
• Develop your own leadership as part of supportive group

Training Lead

Aaron Meredith, CEO of The Inspire MAT, and his school teams, welcome delegates to explore the trust’s two outstanding primary settings to delve into the strategic and operational aspects of continued school improvement as they strive for excellence.

First established in 2016, The Inspire Multi Academy Trust (TIMAT) prides itself on strategic and personalised school improvement which has led to both schools moving from Special Measures to Outstanding in their Ofsted gradings. Tor Bridge Primary is one of only thirty-nine schools ever to move from Special Measures to Outstanding at their next inspection in England. Of these 39, only two have been in the South West.

The core purpose of the trust is to give young people the educational opportunities and outcomes they deserve with the aspirations to achieve what they are truly capable of. This purpose, complemented by the TIMAT 5 Cs of Culture, Curriculum, Consistency, Culture and Competitiveness, provide the platform and framework to drive school improvement which is values-driven and always focused on the long term.

The schools continued successes are premised on local and regional collaboration, by learning from and sharing best practice and a trust-wide commitment to excellence in all elements of their delivery.

Fitting with their values, the trust is keen to continue to open their doors to colleagues, sharing their experiences about their continuing journey to developing the schools of choice for the pupils and communities that they serve.

Costs

Schools and trusts are welcome to book more than one member of staff from each school onto the full programme.

Booking costs for all four sessions are below, offering excellent value for money. These include a reduced rate if a second member of staff from the school would like to attend in addition to the lead delegate.

Refreshments are included.

SWIFT Members: One delegate from school £210 - includes all four sessions

SWIFT Members: Two delegates from school £270 - includes all four sessions

Other colleagues: One delegate from school £330 - includes all four sessions

Other colleagues: One delegate from school £420 - includes all four sessions

NB Your school will need to have SWIFT membership for 2025/26 to qualify for the member price.

Please note: Payment is by INVOICE ONLY. Please select invoice as the payment method at check out.

SWIFT Partner providing course (including invoicing) is Blackdown Education Partnership.

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If you are unable to attend on the day, or are sending someone else in your place, please let us know. Please be aware that failure to cancel your space can incur your school a cost.

• More than 21 days to date of event: Full refund available (minus £25 admin fee)
• Between 20-7 days to date of event: 50% refund available (minus £25 admin fee)

• 6 days or less to date of event: No refund available (plus £25 admin fee)

Should a training course recruit insufficient numbers to make it viable, we reserve the right to cancel the course, without penalty, giving minimum notice of 24 hours.

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