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Our Vision and Aims

Work together, learn together, succeed together

Vision

In ancient Greece, the word ‘Agora’ was used to describe a public open space used for assemblies and markets;  Agora, a place where people could be together.

As such, at the Agora Learning Partnership, we believe in the power of collaboration to improve the life chances of children and young people, whilst enabling them to flourish and achieve the very best outcomes in all aspects of school life and beyond. This belief underpins the vision for our organisation.

We aspire for carefully planned, Partnership-wide collaboration to be the driving force for school improvement and strive for a self-improving, self-sustaining system. We believe this, alongside our ‘local decisions for local children’ approach, will bring about rapid improvement in schools and will result in the children and young people we serve being offered a first class, enriched education that is fully inclusive; we will meet the needs of every child and prepare them for future life.

For such collaboration to be a success, participants must have a variety of skills, knowledge and expertise. We therefore have a responsibility to become the employer of choice, so that we can recruit and retain talented individuals who are well-suited to the uniqueness of their chosen Partnership school – uniqueness which will continue to be valued and celebrated as our Partnership grows and develops.

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Overarching Aims

  • To develop a self-improving and self-sustaining system that results in rapid school improvement
  • To utilise carefully planned, Partnership-wide collaboration to be the driving force for school improvement, resulting in children benefiting from a first class, enriched education that is fully inclusive, meeting their needs and preparing them for future life
  • To improve the life chances of children and young people, enabling them to flourish and achieve the very best outcomes in all aspects of school life and beyond
  • To raise standards and ensure this is reflected in each school’s national reported outcomes, such as the Key Stage 2 Standard Assessment Tests
  • To strive for all schools to be judged as ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted, ensuring all schools are judged ‘good’ by Ofsted as a minimum
  • To be recognised as an employer of choice to maximise opportunities for the recruitment and retention of the best-quality staff
  • To recognise and reward talented staff to improve recruitment and retention
  • To continue to implement the ‘local decisions for local children’ approach in each of the Partnership schools and ensure schools maintain their individuality and identities

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