Welcome to Blackdown Education Partnership

Welcome to Blackdown Education Partnership

Thank you for your interest in finding out more about us. We are establishing ourselves as a dynamic, collaborative and values driven Multi-Academy Trust in the beautiful South West. We have a very simple mission which is founded in a belief in the potential of every child.   

This is expressed in three clear values: 

  • Equity
  • Opportunity
  • Community 

We believe that education is transformative: it changes lives; and that schools are uniquely placed to engineer social change through powerfully addressing disadvantage in all its forms. The trust that is placed in us to nurture and support our pupils into flourishing and confident young people is one which we are committed to justifying.  

We serve a diverse range of communities in Devon and Somerset and are dedicated to working in partnership with everyone invested in these communities to enrich our children’s lives and empower them to carve out positive futures for themselves.  

This is expressed through an absolute commitment to our local areas and an ambition to serve all the children and families within them.  

We believe that working together enables each of us to travel further than we could go alone. However, we are also very respectful of the unique place each school has at the heart of its community. Our schools each have their own vibrant and individual character. Our role is to add value, not to produce identikit institutions.  

There is no greater privilege than working with children and the vital role that we play in helping them to dream and believe in the beauty of their dreams is one to which we are totally committed.

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CURRENT OPENINGS

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What Our People Say

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Employee Benefits

In return and in recognition of the valuable contribution all our employees make to the work of the Trust, we offer:

  • Flexible working opportunities.
  • Free car parking.
  • Free tea and coffee.
  • Access to a range of continuous professional development opportunities.
  • Enhanced pay for parents who take time off due to maternity, adoption or paternity leave.
  • On site catering facilities, all of which provide healthy and nutritious meals at a low cost.
  • Trust wide charity events designed to encourage our people to participate in meaningful activities.
  • Cycle to work scheme which enables employees to purchase a bike and accessories for their commute to work.
  • Gym membership. Many of our schools have on-site gyms, the use of which is available to employees at a discounted rate.
  • The option of joining one of two defined pension schemes, depending on your role, this will either be the Teachers Pension or the Local Government Pension.
  • Access to a range of wellbeing provisions, including counselling, cognitive behaviour therapy, physical fitness support and specific health related interventions.

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Our Schools

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Our Mission

Blackdown Education Partnership (the Trust) is a Multi Academy Trust (MAT) whose mission is to enable effective collaboration and partnerships that will support outstanding educational experiences for the pupils attending each of the Trust’s schools and academies.

Our mission is underpinned by our core beliefs and values that:

  • To nurture and develop the ambition, talents and interests of every child
  • To break down the barriers that inhibit the opportunities and achievements of disadvantaged pupils so that they can go on to lead lives of choice and opportunity
  • To create a family of schools that are deeply and purposefully connected to their communities

The Trust is creating and supporting a network of exceptional schools in which:

  • each school within the Trust sits at the heart of its community
  • aspirations and expectations are high, and achievable, for everyone
  • every pupil makes excellent progress and is enabled to achieve ambitious personal targets
  • trust and mutual respect are at the core of all the relationships across the Trust
  • enrichment is valued, planned for and resourced
  • diversity is welcomed and celebrated
  • pupil and parental engagement is high
  • collaboration and partnerships across the Trust mean that all our staff may apply and develop their skills and experience, and
  • teachers enjoy teaching and pupils enjoy learning.

Our Locations

Our Locations

Our Locations
Chapel Hill, Uffculme, Devon, EX15 3AG