Burton Borough School in Newport set to become academy and join learning trust
A Newport secondary school will become an academy and join a trust.
Burton Borough School is set to become the fourth secondary school in Telford and Wrekin to join The Learning Community Trust.
Governors of the secondary school unanimously recommended the move to join the trust, which has this week been officially approved by the Department for Education.
The Learning Community Trust (LCT) already runs 11 schools across the county, including Hadley Learning Community, Charlton, and Ercall Wood secondary schools.
John Sullivan, chair of governors at Burton Borough School, said: “We are delighted to be working together in the LCT family of schools, and look forward to the opportunities for continuing improvement that this will bring.”
The school leadership has been working closely with the trust this year to share learning, develop new leadership approaches and continue their path of improvement.
Governors said they had greatly valued this partnership and voted last month to become an academy – naming the Learning Community Trust as their preferred option. The official transfer process is now under way.
Mike Briscoe, chair of the LCT, said: “We are very pleased that Burton Borough School will be joining the Learning Community Trust.
“It means we can continue working together as we have done throughout this year, so that our schools can share and grow alongside each other.
“At the start of next term, together with the governors of Burton Borough School, we will be engaging with parents, staff and students about the arrangements for Burton Borough School to be part of the trust family, and look to progress the transfer during the autumn term."
The Learning Community Trust was established in June 2017 to create a multi-academy trust driving school improvement and to ensure the best possible outcomes for students.
It also runs Severndale in Shrewsbury, and primary schools including Wrekin View at Wellington, Crudgington, and the new Allscott Meads primary which opens in September on the site of the former sugar beet factory.
