Comprehensive professional development
Maximise potential and achieve excellence through professional-development schemes and instructional coaching for all staff.
Opportunities to develop new leaders
Nurture – and, importantly, retain – talented teachers with our sector-leading Lift Leadership initiative.
Expert curriculum support
Our subject teams are national experts in curriculum development and assessment.
Extensive SEND support
Our special schools and specialist SEND staff ensure that every school in our trust offers the best possible education and support for pupils with SEND.
Outstanding teacher training
Our schools all have access to our comprehensive ITT programme.
Focus on teaching and learning, safe in the knowledge that operational tasks are being handled by our efficient central team.
Learn from local schools – and share your own expertise – with our mentoring and capacity-building networks.
As a Lift school, you will have access to sector-leading support in the following areas:
Technology experts and enthusiasts from across our network met at Google’s inspiring London office last week for the annual Lift Schools Festive Assemble and Hackathon.
We were delighted to kick off our November principals’ conference in Leeds, in our North region this year. With our school leaders travelling from all over the country, it was a truly exciting time for our network.
Children from Lea Forest Primary Academy in Birmingham enjoyed a special visit to the West Midlands Combined Authority offices on 11 October, marking ‘International Walk to School’ month. The tour was a reward for the school’s participation in WOW – the walk to school challenge by Living Streets – which saw them reach the WOW top ten leaderboard in England this June.