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. 

Spring 2021
​Charity Event - School Councils for the SET schools met earlier this term to discuss raising funds for their local hospital by Walking 100 miles in memory of Captain Tom.  They were keen to get as many children involved as possible from all the other  schools in Sutton as they understand that the SET ethos is about the local community and not just their own schools.  Twenty two schools have got involved which is absolutely amazing.  From the 30th April onwards, children are walking around their local area or their schools for a combined minimum total of 100 miles and wearing rainbow clothes in support of the NHS as they go.
To support the event, there is a Just Giving page so please follow the link below if you would like to donate:

You can donate by clicking here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/school-children-raise-funds-for-st-helier-hospital?utm_source=Sharethis&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=school-children-raise-funds-for-st-helier-hospital&utm_campaign=pfp-email&utm_term=bf0dada6f2af464d9b2af8010888f820.
£1750 has been raised already and that is before the schools start adding their own fundraising.

Well done to everyone involved.

Charity Event in the news - click below to read the Sutton Guardian article on our fundraising event for St Helier.

https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/19259186.sutton-children-set-captain-tom-moore-100-challenge/

Autumn 2020
Return to school - after a long period of closure to all but the vulnerable pupils, schools have reopened and hopefully we can get back to some sort of normal.

All schools are continuing to follow strict COVID risk assessments so sadly there can be no mixing between schools in the SET but the headteachers and staff are still working together behind the scenes to keep the values of the Trust moving forward.

Procurement Officer - the SET board have appointed a new role within the Trust of Procurement Officer.  Chris Hartnell has been tasked with working with all the schools to developed combined purchasing to get schools the best value in utilities, stationary and more and save them all some money which can be used in school for the benefit of the children.  Welcome onboard Chris!

SET Joins Challenge Partners - all the SET schools are now members of the Challenge Partners programme that provides quality assurance on school standards, training, support and a whole lot more.  We are very pleased with this new partnership as it embodies the SET value of ensuring that all our children get the best education and can go on to have wonderful lives.

​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!

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.

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