Our Priorities for our Trust and our Members

• Curriculum – we provide a broad, engaging curriculum for all young people
• Quality – to be Outstanding and to develop a strong identity as a learning community
• Community – an education that goes beyond qualifications and supports the futures of young people in our communities
• Partnership – we will be a strong, reliable and effective partner for schools, colleges, businesses and universities across the City and region
• Progression – alumni of the PET will all ultimately progress to high quality destinations both locally and nationally
• Resources – we aim to use the resources of our Trust to maximum effect for the education of all our children and young people
• Growth – we will grow as a Trust in a measured, sustainable way that allows us to deliver the highest quality of support and challenge to every institution within it

How do we deliver on our vision?

• Through a blend of expertise
• As a learning community for staff and students, learning from each other and the best in national practice
• Supported financially by pooling of resources and buying central services based on need such as HR, finance, IT and procurement. Often these are provided by member institutions
• With extensive university and business links alongside the ability to increase income through franchised HE Foundation Year course provision and enterprising use of our resources
• And with deliberate avoidance of ‘big corporate’ approach

Finance

• Our aim is to be as efficient as possible whilst generating income and pooling resources for maximum effectiveness.
• Our full members contribute a low level of their overall income which covers the services all schools need to purchase, as well as the ability for all members to select from a menu of services
• We share the cost of joint activities such as staff development days
• We seek a very low trust wide balance for ‘rainy day’ use, the rest goes back to schools and the college