Trust Status

As a Trust School Woodchurch High School is...

• A state funded foundation school supported by a charitable trust.
• Made up of the school and partners working together for the benefit of the school.

So, we now...

• Manage our own assets, employ our own staff and may in the future set our own admissions arrangements.
• Work with well established partners to work for the benefit of the whole-school community.

As a Trust School...

• We will still work closely with other schools and the Local Authority in seeking to further improve the outcomes for all our young people.

As of January 2010, following a lengthy period of public consultation, Woodchurch High School became a Trust School.

About Our Trust Partners

• As a school, we were very careful to choose who our partners would be. We sought partners who would support the excellent work of the school and help to further raise standards, thus improving outcomes for all our young people. Indeed, we already had strong relationships with our Trust Partners, so becoming a Trust School, simply formalised these.
• We believe it is through the partnerships and collaborative working that Trust Status affords, that we can endeavour to build upon our previous best.

Our Trust Partners

Church of England

• The Diocese of Chester is the Church of England in Cheshire, the borough of Wirral and parts of the boroughs of Stockport, Halton, Warrington, Tameside and Trafford, and small portions of Derbyshire and Flintshire.

The University of Chester

• The University was originally established in 1839 by the Church of England. It is one of the oldest English higher education establishments of any kind, pre-dating all but Oxford, Cambridge, London and Durham, and its original buildings in the ancient city of Chester were the first in the country to be purpose-built for the professional training of teachers.

Liverpool Hope University

• Liverpool Hope University is one of the oldest higher education institutions in the North West of England, with a joint Church of England and Roman Catholic foundation. It has a rich tradition stretching back over 160 years of opening up opportunities for a well-rounded education.

KIER

• Kier Group is a leading construction, development and service group specialising in building and civil engineering, support services, public and private house building, property development and the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). The Group employs over 11,000 people worldwide and has an annual revenue in excess of £2.1bn.

Working with Our Trust Partners

• Each partner appoints a Trustee, who with the Headteacher and Chair of the Governing Body form the membership of the Charitable Trust. Each of the four partners then nominates a member of the Governing Body. It is however the Governing Body who remain responsible for all aspects of the governance of the school – the Trust Partners simply support and offer additional expertise.
• Being in partnership with the Church of England will result in school being able to draw upon additional support through the National Societies, in the form of staff training, consultancy advice and through strengthening partnerships with other schools, who have a Church of England connection. In addition, they will seek to enhance the overall ethos of the school.
• The partnership with both Liverpool Hope University and the University of Chester will strengthen our work as a Training School and help us to enhance our already excellent work with those undertaking Initial Teacher Training, as well as those on the Student Associate Scheme.
• KIER are the contractors who built our new school. They will support us through developing our Engineering links and contribute to some of our mentoring programmes.
• As time progresses, other new and imaginative ways will be sought to use these partnerships to improve the learning experiences of all our pupils, and so even further raise standards.

Visit Our Partners

• Kier www.kier.co.uk
• Liverpool Hope University www.hope.ac.uk
• University of Chester www.chester.ac.uk
• Church of England & Chester Diocese www.chester.anglican.org