inspiring futures through learning
A message from Sarah Bennett, IFtL CEO I know every CEO is proud of their Trust,
their schools, the staff and the pupils within it…..and I am no exception. I
know every CEO feels their Trust is unique, that their USP is different from
every other; and they have a WOW factor that exceeds all. I am absolutely no
exception to that either! I am personally so proud of the journey we have
travelled and what we have achieved to date - created by people with a genuine
desire: ‘To inspire the futures of us all through learning together’ We formed
Inspiring Futures through Learning (IFtL) in 2016 as a natural extension of our
school improvement journey. Indeed, for over twenty years our founding school,
Two Mile Ash School had worked with very secure, high-quality partners in their
ITT School-Based Partnership, supporting newly formed Trusts in turning schools
in difficulty around and created our CPD programme to support the development of
leadership and continual professional development both locally and nationally.
There was a very strong track record of school improvement led by high
performing leaders who shared a common vision. Developing a Multi-Academy Trust
with like-minded schools and their leaders meant that our vision could circulate
further, ensure the impact of our work reached out to more children and more
staff benefited from high-quality development and learning from each other.
Since 2016 we have achieved great success. We can quantify our success in Ofsted
reports, performance data, financial spreadsheets and our recruitment and
retention figures. However, most importantly to note is that we can only achieve
such success because of our culture and ethos. It is our more qualitative
success that makes IFtL truly unique. We are a strong family, with different
personalities and differing abilities but we have the golden thread that pulls
us together - a belief that we are stronger together; that we will go that extra
mile for each other and support each other when things aren’t going the way we
want them to. The camaraderie is second to none as our school improvement system
is strongly embedded in our schools as we use the skills and expertise to
support each other. There is nothing new about a self-sustaining school
improvement system – but the way we do it is unique to us and something that we
are extremely proud of. Indeed, IFtL is all about the people: the adults and the
children. Our values set us apart:
