PROSPERE NEWS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER
HALF TERM 2
2021 - 2022
Dear members of our Trust community, As we come to the end of the Autumn term, we would like to take the opportunity to say a heartfelt thank you to all school communities across our Prospere Learning Trust schools for your outstanding support throughout an incredibly difficult period. You have been nothing short of phenomenal. Prospere Learning Trust is extremely lucky to have such dedicated school staff and supportive families who go the extra mile for our young people at the best of times, but your efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic have been little short of extraordinary. Those who work in our schools are among the unsung heroes of Covid-19. Although there are challenges ahead, these past months have proven what can be achieved when we all work together using those most important qualities of courage, kindness and creativity. Linda Jones, Chief Executive Officer Andy Park, Executive Headteacher Dave Bell, Executive Headteacher
MEET THE TRUSTEES Over the last few editions of the Trust newsletter, we have been introducing our Trustees, this half term, we would like to introduce Olivia Clayton and Helen Jones. Olivia Clayton - Trustee Olivia Clayton is the Labour Relations and HR Services Director at Bentley Motors. Prior to this, she was the Group Reward, Pensions and Employee Relations Director for Manchester Airport Group having worked for MAG for nine years in a number of roles including HR Director for Manchester Airport. A graduate of Durham University, she has spent all of her career in HR working for large blue chip companies including Nestle, Novartis and MAG. Olivia first became involved with the Altius Trust in May 2012, supporting as Chair of Governors for MEA. Later, Olivia became Chair of the Directors Board. When Altius joined with Prospere, Olivia transferred across as a Trustee.
Helen Jones - Trustee Helen retired from the role of the Head of Manchester Hospital School and Home Teaching Service in 2006. The Hospital School was a varied and innovative learning environment for students out of school because of ill-heath, including mental health. Helen became a governor of Piper Hill High School 10 years ago, eventually becoming Chair of Governors, as well as being Chair of the Finance and Staffing Committee. She is currently a Trustee, this is a role which is fast moving and requires an open–minded approach to stay ahead of developments. Helen feels this is an exciting time with many opportunities for growth and co-operation across schools. Helen believes that the experience she has gained from her many varied roles within education have helped her to provide a strong contribution in her role as a Trustee.
TRAINING TO TEACH Our impressive Primary SEND trainees have completed their beginning phase placements within mainstream primaries across Manchester. The programme lead has observed all trainees and met with mentors, feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, and trainees are excited to start their SEND placements after the holidays. The entire secondary cohort continue to make amazing progress against the ITT curriculum with professional mentor and university observations hailing the superb practice that is constantly being developed. MTSAs Primary and Secondary provision welcomed their annual QA DfE visit and have been judged as an outstanding provider, exceeding expectations and requirements. Applications for September 2022 are open now with spaces in all subjects available! Find out more via our website: https://prospere. org.uk/teaching-school/train-to-teach