Our Executive Principal

Welcome from Rhodri Bryant

I am delighted that you are looking at our website and hopefully you will be getting a real sense of life at The Arbib Education Trust. 

I want to set out the reasons why we think working at the trust is so exciting.

The Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) encompasses The Langley Academy Secondary, The Langley Academy Primary, and The Langley Heritage Primary. Our vision is to ensure we provide exceptional education for every child in the Trust. We have high aspirations and focus on quality learning through curiosity, exploration, and discovery. These three words underpin our Museum Learning philosophy and shape our approach to education. Educating our young people to be curious, explore and go out and discover is what matters to us most. We believe this learning model prepares them for the world ahead.

We are proud to serve almost 2500 students and their families and to work with 320 staff.

The Trust is in its ninth year, guided by our strapline: “One community. Many ideas. Everyone’s future.” One community means two things. Firstly, we want our three schools to work together and act as one. Secondly, we want that collective to meet the needs of not just our young people and staff but those of the wider community. The significant advantage of working in a Trust, is the ability to access more expertise and talent. We ensure we regularly collaborate and share ideas. If we truly believe in providing an exceptional education for our young people, we must get it right for the adults who work with them. Staff development and a culture of collaboration sits at the heart of our work. If we get it right by the adults, we will get it right for the young people.

Both Primaries are the main feeder schools with right of entry as part of the admissions policy. This helps us to continually develop the curriculum, assessment, and teaching methods as a trust. Our goal is to ensure young people make rapid progress throughout and help them in that critical transition period from Year 6 to Year 7.

One of the greatest qualities of the Trust is the Sponsors. Having worked with them since my appointment as Principal of The Langley Academy in April 2012, I cannot praise them highly enough. Annabel Nicoll as the Sponsor has boundless energy and enthusiasm all directed at giving youngsters a better life. Thanks to her work, our children and students have been afforded opportunities that many young people elsewhere in the country would not get. Staff who work here are able to draw on this support and networking opportunity to develop their own career. Importantly, this allows them to contribute towards bettering the education of our young people across the Trust.

We are aspirational and want to be the best MAT in the country. We believe we have strong leadership, creative and inspiring teachers and support staff across the trust. We are told at every opportunity by visitors, including Ofsted, that the relationships between children, students and staff are amazing.  We also know that the cross-phase opportunities offered by the Trust for children and students and the strong staff development programme make a real difference to our youngsters. Our ability to respond quickly to each other’s needs and our ‘can do’ attitude, known as the ‘Arbib’ way makes our school environment an exciting place to be.

Please come and visit us if you understand what we are trying to achieve, and you would like to be a part of our journey.

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