Aspire Community Trust

Vermont School is part of Aspire Community Trust (ACT).

Our family of schools is based in the vibrant and diverse City of Southampton, on the South Coast of England. 

Our trust is grounded in cooperative values: self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity. We believe in openness, honesty, social responsibility and caring for others. All Trust schools, partner schools, partner organisations and all trustees work together to ensure that all children in our area receive the highest quality education, whilst valuing each school's autonomy and uniqueness.

The Aspire Community Trust, by working collaboratively together, aims to enhance the educational opportunities for every child in the Aspire Community Trust by:

• Facilitating a rigorous collaborative process across all Aspire Community Trust schools, monitored by Trustees, which clearly demonstrates the benefits to all the children of the schools covered by the Memorandum.
• Providing all Headteachers of Aspire Community Trust schools with the necessary levels of support and challenge to ensure that the level of education at each school is of a high standard.
• Maximising the benefits of staff working together, across Aspire Community Trust schools, to share expertise and best practice.
• Ensuring that Aspire Community Trust schools retain their best staff and are able to recruit high quality staff to fill vacancies.
• Using the resources at our disposal to deliver our educational aims as efficiently and effectively as possible.

Other schools in our trust: 

• Bassett Green Primary School
• Bevois Town Primary School
• Cantell Secondary School
• Highfield CE Primary School
• Mansbridge Primary School
• Maytree Infant and Nursery
• Mount Pleasant Junior School
• Swaythling Primary School

For more information, visit:  https://www.aspirecommunitytrust.co.uk/