We believe passionately, as a rural charitable Trust, that our children, in our villages, market and coastal towns, should be entitled to an education that celebrates the traditions of our communities, which recognises the history and values of our rural schools, their individuality and distinctiveness.
As a child who was born and raised within one of these communities, I know that our schools are at the heart of the communities they serve, bringing together children, parents, and grandparents, who entrust to us the most precious of gifts. There can be no greater trust than that of a parent in a teacher, a school, and a community, for it takes a village to raise a child. Our work is an expression of our calling, a true vocation, for we are also their family.
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children”
Nelson Mandela.
We are child focused, driven by an absolute desire to know and care for each child as an individual. A love of learning and a real passion for teaching. Our mission is to ensure every child receives the very best teaching, follows a challenging and exciting curriculum that broadens their understanding and provides a wealth of knowledge, not only within specific subjects, but across disciplines and time. Exposing them to the true majesty and wonder of creation, within nature, across the world, in different cultures and societies.
“The child is the beauty of God present in the world, that greatest gift to a family.”
Mother Teresa
Educate
Our children are happy, they thrive, have fun, and learn, as we educate, share the wonders of our world, the knowledge gained from generations and teach our children the skills needed to shape the world around them. As we, like no other, can enrich our rural, market and coastal towns, transform futures, and widen opportunity, while living in to being, those values that shape and define our community.
Empower
We work to empower those we serve, to help create a learning environment where our children can excel academically through the very best teaching, a curriculum that inspires and challenges. A place where our colleagues collaborate, using their time to develop in partnership exciting learning resources. We aim to enhance learning and provide colleagues with the time they need to adapt their teaching to the needs of their class, so they feel valued and can spend time with their own families. Wonder is a Trust where professional development is rich, tailored and career pathways help us to grow and retain talent.
Our mission and service, our energies and time are invested in our classrooms, schools and in creating a Trust where the service we provide allows all to feel informed, empowered and supported, to focus on our children and to bring about school improvement. The Executive team, who bring their specialist expertise, ensure our school leaders can continue to invest their energies in our classrooms, with our children and young people, focused on the quality of education we provide. Confident that with our expertise in finance, estates, compliance, personnel, and our care for colleagues, we can from one of our local hubs, ensure your community remains safe, receives the investment it needs and continues to thrive.
Engage
Our Trust with the Institute of Education led by a former His Majesty’s Inspector of Schools, works for the betterment of all, our articles clear that our funding is to be used ‘To advance for the public benefit education in the United Kingdom.’ We work, therefore, to build partnerships, bring colleagues, schools, communities, and employers together, to strengthen our links with rural enterprise, business, and with York St John University. Providing our children with unique opportunities and an exceptional education, to ensure upon graduation, our young people have the necessary soft skills and specialist knowledge they need to succeed in life and work.
Our work is focused on best practice. We invest time in reading, researching, and evidencing our work, before we seek to make changes. Our journey is long, we don’t believe in initiatives, bolt-on, reactive responses that change each academic year. In partnership we work to use research and to make evidence based, proven, long term improvements to our schools that bring about lasting fundamental change. It is work we share beyond our Trust, as our purpose extends well beyond the boundaries of our schools, to support all who seek to educate.
Enrich
We are an inclusive Trust, bringing together Church of England and non-denominational schools in partnership, enriching lives while celebrating and respecting all that makes us unique. We are a community where our values, culture and traditions shape our words and actions, providing our children with a rich cultural experience, a respect for the natural world and an understanding of how we remain true to ourselves, in an ever changing and challenging technological world.
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
Anne Frank
Our enrichment programme is unique, and our schools work to provide our children with those experiences that will shape lives and leave long lasting happy memories. Be it art, music, theatre or sport, visits to our beautiful Yorkshire or expeditions to the remotest parts of our planet, we work to immerse our pupils in other cultures and nations.
We want our children to have a real confidence, a belief in themselves, the knowledge and expertise they need to partake in any conversion, to debate, lead and grow as individuals, so they are everyone’s equal and know no barriers either societally or educationally, to stop them achieving.
In building this wealth of knowledge and expertise, we also create character and perseverance, providing an enriched education that lets individual talents shine, inspires minds, wellbeing, and physical health. The joy of a great education, wonderful experiences, friendship, and fun, that makes lifelong memories and a foundation for opportunity and success.
It is a privilege to be part of this Trust, its leadership and governance. We want to leave a legacy, not only through the lives of the children and colleagues who have been part of our community, but by ensuring our schools continue beyond our time to thrive, to continue to improve and to remain truly exceptional, fun places to learn and grow.
I hope this website helps you in making the decision for your school, to find the right Trust, governance, colleagues, and community that will complement and enrich your own.
