Welcome to the Sutton Education Trust

The Sutton Education Trust was set up on 1st February 2017. The Trust comprises of the following 7 Sutton schools: Beddington Infants; Culvers House Primary; Dorchester Primary; Foresters Primary; High View Primary; Muschamp Primary and  Nonsuch Primary. There. 

​The Sutton Education Trust is a Co-operative Trust which means that stakeholders, be they pupils, staff, parents/ carers, governors are full members and contribute in many ways. People who work and live locally, family members of our children as well as past pupils themselves can also join the Trust. There are also opportunities for other groups or bodies such as other schools and educational establishments to join the Trust. The Co-operative Trust school model means, that in a very real sense, schools will be increasingly owned mutually by their parents, pupils and staff plus their wider communities. All the schools currently involved made the decision to become the founding members of the Sutton Education Trust (SET) because it gives them the opportunity to collaborate and learn from each other while protecting the individual nature of each of the schools. 

All Schools are Good

Stronger Together

All schools with the Sutton Education Trust have an OFSTED rating of Good.  
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Dorchester October 2017 - GOOD
Foresters November 2017 - GOOD
Culvers House: November 2017 - GOOD
Muschamp: December 2017 - GOOD
Beddington Infants: April 2018 - GOOD

Nonsuch Primary - GOOD
High View Primary - GOOD
Sherwood Park School - GOOD

Our unique Trust allows schools the opportunity to work together and give their children and staff opportunities that they would not be able to do by themselves. 
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Spring 2019
Article in 'The Voice' magazine:  The spring 2019 issue of 'The Voice' magazine published by The Institute of School Business Leadership ran an article on the formation of the Sutton Education Trust.  It briefly charts the journey of the Trust from inception to creation.     Click here to read the article.

Greater Depth Project:  One of our core values as a Trust is to further learning across all our schools and one way to do this is run research projects.  Our first project will look at 'Greater Depth' and how we can embed this across all our schools.  We are welcoming applications from teachers across all our schools to join this project.  Click here to find out more.

Summer 2019
Sport : Just before half term, teams from all the schools visited Crystal Palace (a Trust partner) to take part in a football festival.  The children were particularly excited to have a chance to play football on a Premiership football pitch.  See photos in the blog here.

Marsden March: All the SET schools took part in the own Marsden Marches during May and June and a mammoth £12,000 was collected!  Head boys and girls from all the schools presented the £12,000 cheque to the Marsden on 21st June.  Click here to read the blog.

SET in Bloom: During the month of June all the schools took part in a SET in Bloom contest.  Even schools without gardens created mini gardens in wheelbarrows and they all looked very pretty indeed!  The contest was judged by local MP Tom Brake and you can read his comments here.

Autumn 2019
2nd Trust INSET day - just before half term, the Trust ran it's second INSET day involving all the schools.  The speaker this year came from Laughology and the focus of the day was on developing a greater understanding of mental health specifically  around psychology of humour, laughter and happiness.   Here.
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Greater Depth Research Group - the group have been our visiting schools outside the Trust to learn from their good practice in order to inform our research project.  

Twitter Feed - the Trust now has it's own Twitter feed.  Either click here or search @SuttonEdTrust to see all the great Trust work in our schools.  

Spring 2020
SET Family Support Plan - one of the SETs stated aims is to support the family and as such the SET family support worker has put together a Family Support Plan detailing the support that we are or will be offering to our families.  To be published.

SET Quiz - the SET quiz was organised for the end of March but has been postponed until next term due to the current lockdown.

Curriculum Development Days - being part of the SET allows us to ensure and raise standards across all the schools.  This year we have introduced Curriculum Development Days where a group of teachers led by a coordinator do a 'scrutiny' of a school in one day, based around a given focus linked to the school's development plan.  This is then reported back to the Headteachers and Trust Board for quality assurance on each school.

Summer 2020
Coronavirus Closure - All schools in the Trust remain closed  at present except for supporting keyworker children.  We support our children and families by providing work on line, keeping in contact, providing free school meal vouchers and supporting the vulnerable.  In addition, Foresters is providing all their pupil premium children breakfast through Magic Breakfast.

Coronavirus Update - As from the 8th June, all schools in the Trust began to reopen to more children as per Government guidance.  The year groups returning and numbers of children are school dependent but all are ensuring that they create the safest environment they can for children, staff and parents.

SET Online Maths Competition -  The SET in cooperation with Sumdog  is having a week long online maths competition for all children from reception to year 6.  The school with the most points after seven days is the winner.  There are virtual prizes for all that take part and real prizes and certificates for the winners!

At the Sutton Education Trust each child is valued, educated, enthused through the collaboration opportunities of the seven member schools