Our Trust
Stone St. Mary’s Church of England School joined as a member of Aletheia Academies Trust in 2017.
Aletheia Trust’s Vision
Aletheia schools are motivated by our vision and values to serve our communities by improving the life chances of local children. Aletheia schools welcome those of all faiths and none and are proud of the inclusive nature and diversity of each cohort of children. Our schools seek to embody the experience of community and collaboration, where talents are shared, where the emphasis is on what can be contributed and where each is given according to need.
At the heart of the Aletheia vision is the belief in educational and individual excellence and the belief that Aletheia is called to serve our local communities, now and for the future. We will do this by providing safe places where children, young people and adults develop and thrive intellectually, socially, physically, culturally, spiritually and emotionally.
Aletheia Trust’s Objectives
Aletheia is committed to sustaining high-quality schools, and supporting schools in need of specific improvement in some of the more challenging wards in Kent. Our focus is to provide school improvement services that draw on the wealth of practice from across our trust, broaden the expertise available to schools through flexible working arrangements and increase our capacity to quickly respond to the needs of individual schools. Pedagogical excellence is at the heart of all we do with a sustained focus on collaborative and mastery learning.
Belonging to a local Trust offers greater opportunities for influence than single schools can achieve: working together the Trust aims to be greater than the sum of its constituent schools. We see the growth of Aletheia as an opportunity for schools, leaders and governors to step forward as co-shapers of a school-led and self-improving system in our area. The trust offers our distinctive ethos, the strength of leadership and commitment to working collaboratively to ensure all our schools are outstanding.
For more information regarding the Trust, please visit aletheiatrust.org.uk
Why Stone St. Mary’s Joined Aletheia Academies Trust
Stone St. Mary’s C of E Primary School joined Aletheia in 2017. As a school it was felt that it would be beneficial to be part of a multi-academy Trust and Aletheia was a local Trust for local schools which has community at the heart of that it does.
Aletheia was also chosen as the vision here at Stone and the vision of Aletheia were aligned. Our Christian vision, ‘Caring Growing Shining Together’, at Stone plays a large part in what we do for and believe is right for children as they grow, learn and flourish and it was felt that Aletheia would support and compliment this.
Stone St. Mary’s believes that it is better to work collaboratively and the benefits of this seen through working as a Trust, was key to our decision. It was felt that the Trust through networking, support and challenge could continue to ensure that Stone was endeavouring to improve and offer excellent outcomes for its pupils, alongside Stone being able to share their good practice and ideas with other local schools too.
Trust Contact Information
Company Number: 07801612
Address: Saint George’s CofE School,
Meadow Road, Gravesend, DA11 7LS
Documentation
The following documents can be found on the Trust Website;