Pope Francis CMAT
“Unity happens when we walk together”
- Pope Francis
Pope Francis CMAT
“Unity happens when we walk together”
- Pope Francis
Welcome from the CEO
Thank you for your interest in our Trust. We currently have four secondary schools (including an associate member) and four primary schools with a number of schools set to join the Trust this year.
We are at an exciting turning point in our development journey. The recent White Paper has provided clarity to schools across the country and reinforced the centrality of Trusts within our educational landscape. At the same time, the imminent launch of the Archdiocese of Liverpool’s Academisation Strategy means that we will be growing significantly. This provides a real opportunity for our Trust to build its capacity and help our schools provide the best possible Catholic education for every child in every school.
Our Trust is committed to supporting schools to provide the best possible Catholic education which:
- Enables pupils to grow in their love of God and their neighbour in an environment rich in worship
- Recognises the uniqueness of each child by being highly inclusive
- Focuses on every child becoming a reader and confident with numbers
- Secures high attendance to enable all to flourish and secure high outcomes
- Has a well-qualified and motivated team of adults in which the unique contribution of each is recognised and that staff are developed professionally and empowered
- Is outward facing and a place where the joy of the Gospel is lived out.
- Enables children to learn in safe, clean, warm and well-maintained buildings with modern ICT facilities
- Is in a financially robust position that is monitored carefully, thus ensuring limited resources have the highest impact for all
We have a distinct approach in trying to work towards this goal. We understand that each school is unique and has its own distinctive community to serve with its own priorities. At the same time, we are a Trust and being part of a Trust family will help bring about school improvement in so many different ways but especially by collaboration. Our model is not a transactional one or one of entitlement but one of accompaniment, support and challenge within a family of schools.
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Dawson
CEO Pope Francis CMAT
