Lighthouse Learning Trust

ABOUT THE TRUST

St Vincent Sixth Form College is a founding member of the Lighthouse Learning Trust (LLT), a multi-academy trust, which also includes Richard Taunton Sixth Form College in Southampton. The trust is based upon shared values and collaboration on many teaching and support services projects.

LLT is governed by a strong board of trustees with governing bodies for each institution in the Trust.  Their role, alongside senior leadership teams is to protect and enhance the quality of teaching and learning in our broad ranging curriculum offer.

Benefits

Students who study at colleges within the trust, and indeed future students from their local communities, are able to benefit significantly from pooled resources, knowledge and expertise as well as added investment, made possible through joint economies of scale in areas such as purchasing, as well as the VAT exemption awarded to academies.

Governance

The Trust is a single legal entity with a dedicated executive team and board of trustees, which is accountable for the governance and performance of both academies. Angela Berry is the Chief Executive Officer for the Trust. Staff from both academies are employed directly by the Trust. Click this governance page for more details about the governance of the Trust.

Plans

Opportunities for teachers to share best practice in teaching and learning to accelerate quality improvement are ongoing and we have aligned our approaches to curriculum and assessment across both academies to further improve quality and student success. We have already implemented our trust-wide shared support services model and are seeing the benefits of economies of scale. Each institution retains its distinct identity, students will not be expected to attend lessons across both sites.

Principles

All decisions made, and actions taken, by members of the Trust will be underpinned by a series of mutually agreed principles. These include:

• Provision of high quality teaching
• Maximisation of teaching and learning resources
• Continued provision of inclusive and safe learning environments
• Full accountability to our local communities
• Operating with integrity
• Celebration of successes.