Children and staff from our family of 25 schools were asked to work on a new Mission and set of Virtues at our first Pupil Parliament meeting of the academic year.

The session was led by our new CEO, Kevin Gritton, and Lead Lay Chaplain, Jamie Agius. We were also delighted to welcome our new Trust Board Chair, Sarah Noon.

When thinking about our Mission and Virtues, children and staff were asked to consider how they wanted people in our Trust to treat each other and what we could do collectively, as an organisation of nearly 8,000 people.

There were some fantastic ideas which are now being displayed at St Katherine’s House in Derby, where the Trust Central Team is based. Mr Gritton will now work with the Trust Board on creating a new Mission and Virtues. This will incorporate ideas from the staff and children at Pupil Parliament, the Central Team and Headteachers.

Thank you to everyone for taking part in such a fantastic day.