Huish Community Trust

Notice is given in accordance with section 19(3) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 that The Governing Body of Middlezoy and Othery Federation, The Governing Body of Hambridge Community School, The Governing Body of Huish Episcopi Primary School intends to make a prescribed alteration to Middlezoy Primary School, Community school, Middlezoy, Somerset TA7 0NZ Othery Village School, Community school, Othery, Somerset, TA7 0PX Hambridge Community School, Hambridge, Somerset TA10 0AZ Huish Episcopi Primary School, Community school, Langport, Somerset TA10 9RW. The proposed alteration is to Change School Category from Community to Foundation and Acquire a Foundation established otherwise than under the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 from 31 March 2011.

Middlezoy Primary School, Othery Village School, Hambridge Community School and Huish Episcopi Primary School already work closely together with our Community Learning Partnership – those schools whose students transfer to Huish Episcopi Academy at age 11 - in a range of ways:

• employing a Learning Mentor to support transition and improve behaviour;
• hosting sporting events that give pupils from all schools opportunities to compete within a wider cohort;
• informal groups of subject leaders that meet and help to raise attainment;
• shared use of an ICT technician
• development of music tuition across the CLP to achieve greater pupil participation.

Our four schools already share these common aims and values (extract from CLP Development plan):

• To develop the opportunities for children to work together from different schools and develop joint projects
• To raise attainment within the partnership through the development of learning and teaching • To develop the use and effectiveness of ICT within the partnership
• To further develop the sharing of good practice, resources and policies • To hold joint CLP Staff Meetings / training and INSET (all staff, governors etc)
• To develop the extended schools agenda and Every Child Matters agenda
• To engage with the wider community to increase opportunities and expectations for all children.
• We believe firmly that working in partnership offers our schools the best way to build capacity to serve our children, young people and communities. The Huish Community Trust would focus upon the further development of collaboration across our Community Learning Partnership in order to raise standards for all pupils. Moving to Trust Status would place the relationship between the schools on a formal footing and help to sustain it beyond the current relationships between key staff.

The different strands of work will be;

• removing barriers to learning through effective collaboration
• skills acquisition in core subjects and enhanced wider curriculum for pupils
• access to CPD for staff through teacher training institution and collaboration with Huish Academy
• raising aspirations for pupils and parents and staff
• developing community cohesion.

The Huish Community Trust:

• Middlezoy Primary School and Othery Village School Federation
• Hambridge Community School
• Huish Episcopi Primary School
• The Huish Episcopi Academy – an ‘outstanding’ (OFSTED 2007) secondary school to which all our pupils transfer. The Academy can provide education through to A level and also Level 3 qualifications via Huish Sixth;
• Somerset Centre for Integrated Learning – SCIL offers professional development opportunities across a range of sectors and includes Somerset School Centred Initial Teacher Training (Somerset SCITT), an ‘outstanding’ (OFSTED 2010) teacher training institution.

This Notice is an extract from the complete proposal. Copies of the complete proposal can be obtained from:

Middlezoy and Othery Federation, Middlezoy Primary School, Middlezoy, Somerset TA7 0NZ, or Othery Village School, Othery, Somerset, TA7 0PX office@otheryvillage.somerset.sch.uk or office@middlezoy.somerset.sch.uk.

Hambridge Community School, Hambridge, Somerset TA10 0AZ office@hambridge.somerset.sch.uk Clerk to the Governors, Huish Episcopi Primary School, Langport, Somerset TA10 9RW office@huishepiscopi-pri.somerset.sch.uk www.huishepiscopiprimary.co.uk

Within four weeks from the date of publication of this proposal, any person may object to or make comments on the proposal by sending them to:

Publication Date: 17th January