Our Trust-Wide Curriculum Strategy
Achieving our vision requires clear strategic priorities that align with our values and goals. These priorities serve as the roadmap to address current challenges, leverage opportunities, and establish The Little Way Catholic Educational Trust as a benchmark for excellence in education. By translating our vision into actionable strategies, we ensure that every decision and initiative contributes to the transformative impact we seek for our students, staff and communities.
1. Catholic Life & mission: To provide an excellent education rooted in our Catholic faith, underpinned by our values which enables our pupils to have a thirst for justice, and respond to the call of Christ throughout their lives.
2. High quality, inclusive education: To provide the highest quality of teaching and learning, that inspires us all to discover and develop our God-given gifts and talents.
3. Strong governance and effective leadership: For clear, sustainable leadership & governance that strengthens accountability, supports trust growth, and reflects the distinctiveness of Catholic education.
4. Financial security and Operational efficiency: To build a leading infrastructure which provides excellence across its services, and is able to effectively support growth.
5. Putting people first: To promote human dignity and the common good. Supporting everyone to be the best they can be.
6. Culture, community & partnership: To build strong relationships with families, wider communities and the Church to support inclusive, values-led practice in order to ‘flourish together.
| What success will look like |
 | – The vision and values of the Trust and all its schools are rooted in the Catholic faith and the teaching of Jesus Christ. – Our Catholic Life and Mission, religious education and collective worship at our academies is at least good. – The Members, Directors / Trustees and Executive leaders of the Trust show commitment and prioritise the uniqueness of our schools in policies and decision making – The Trust’s strategy closely aligns with the strategy set by the Diocese to maintain and strengthen the Catholic identity of the Trust. |
| What success will look like |
 | – Pupils benefit from a supportive and inclusive environment in all our schools, where students feel safe, are tolerant of each other and diversity is celebrated. – Our outcomes rival our highest attaining competitors. – Outstanding progress, where every child (including Disadvantaged Learners and those with SEND) achieves their very best. – The outcomes for Disadvantaged learners are at least as high as for their peers, with Social Mobility being an aspiration for all. – We work closely with external stakeholders and employers to ensure that our students are workplace ready, and have the skills and resilience for Higher Education or training. – 100% of our students find work placements, training or further study with a clear career pathway in place. |
| What success will look like |
 | – Little Way Catholic Educational Trust is positioned as a system leader with a high presence across all fields of education – The Trust Board working in partnership with the Diocese has experts on the Board who can appropriately hold leaders to account and model best practice. – Our Governance Framework Development Project has embedded robust decision-making frameworks and systems and processes. – There is a strong and expanded Central Services (and school Improvement) leadership team in place, with roles appropriately delegated so that Leaders can drive strategic improvement. |
| What success will look like |
 | – Catholic schools in the north of the Clifton Diocese have joined LWCET with schools working in geographical Hubs. – A strong centralised Finance, Human Resources and Operations Team is in place, backed by an appropriate level of school based administrative staff. – The Trust is running its own HR, Finance, Estates, IT and school improvement services. – All schools are connected through a consistent Management Information System, along with cloud-based systems for Estates Compliance and – Human Resources. – Every opportunity for operational efficiency is taken to ensure the very best value for money for our pupils. – The Trust’s carbon footprint is reduced, and environmental education is fully integrated into the wider curriculum. |
| What success will look like |
 | – There is a true sense of ‘belonging’ for everyone in the Trust Community – where everybody matters. – Pupil wellbeing is central to every decision we take. – Building strong relationships with excellent outcomes, where pupils thrive in an emotionally safe and secure environment . – The Trust is an employer of choice, particularly for Catholic teachers and leaders – We have grown ‘teachers and leaders’ from within, as part of our recruitment strategy. – We have confident, high-performing staff as a result of our excellent professional development programme. – Excellent professional development opportunities, results in confident, high-performing staff. – Well-trained staff feel confident to support pupils with their academic, physical and mental wellbeing. – Morale is high, with staff feeling well supported by the Trust resulting in high performing teams, and pupils. |
| What success will look like |
 | – Belonging: There is a strong sense of pride, identity and relational belonging between, staff, students and their families – Community leaders: Our trust is positioned as a community leader, known for celebrating diversity and promoting inclusion – Community hearts: Our schools are the hearts of the communities they serve – Community ties: Parents and local stakeholders are fully involved in school activities and local decision making – Never forgotten: Alumni have a sense of pride in having attended a Trust school. They bring wider resources and strengths to the Trust and its schools |