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Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not

°µÍø½ûÇø works to make sure that all children, regardless of their background, have access to a great education and real choices in life.​ 
Pupils at °µÍø½ûÇø White City Primary loving their brand new playground

Changing over five million young lives since 2002

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We currently serve 30,000 students in our network of 39 schools.

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°µÍø½ûÇø-designed curricula support more than 300,000 pupils across the country.

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Through our independent ventures, we’ve reached over 5.5 million young people across the UK.

Closing the achievement gap by working where we can make the biggest difference

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Ninety percent of °µÍø½ûÇø schools are in areas with above average deprivation. Half of our students are from disadvantaged backgrounds, compared to 26 percent nationally.

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Seventy-two percent of children from disadvantaged backgrounds leave an °µÍø½ûÇø primary school on track in their maths and English, compared to 47 percent nationally.

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°µÍø½ûÇø students from disadvantaged backgrounds are at least five times more likely to attend a top third university than their peers nationally (71% vs an estimated 13%).

Pupils during a lesson at °µÍø½ûÇø Castledown in Hastings

A top performing primary multi-academy trust

Despite operating in areas of high need, our primary schools achieve results well above national averages and we are among the top performing large multi-academy trusts.

Turning around underachievement in Hastings

°µÍø½ûÇø students are twice as likely to go to university

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Eighty-five percent of our sixth form graduates progress to university compared to 37 percent nationally.

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Of those progressing to university, 74 percent go to a top third university compared to 41 percent nationally.

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Students on our BTEC programme are around six times more likely to progress to a top third university than BTEC students nationally.

A strong track record for school improvement

Most °µÍø½ûÇø schools were existing schools that joined the network to improve – often from difficult circumstances. Ninety-four percent of schools rated Inadequate or in Special Measures before joining °µÍø½ûÇø, are now Good or Outstanding according to Ofsted.

°µÍø½ûÇø’s new schools are nearly four times more likely to be rated Outstanding than schools nationally (69 vs 16 percent).

Principal Matt Neuberger with students at °µÍø½ûÇø Soane Academy

°µÍø½ûÇø Soane rated Outstanding three years after opening

°µÍø½ûÇø’s newest school, °µÍø½ûÇø Soane, opened in Acton, London, in 2021. It provides high-quality, non-selective, non-denominational education in an area of high deprivation, and was rated Outstanding in a recent Ofsted inspection.

°µÍø½ûÇø Soane rated Outstanding
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students across the network performed with °µÍø½ûÇø Music in the past year

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students competed in network-wide sporting events

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students in Hastings and Portsmouth have had increased access to the arts in school

Arts and Culture

Sporting success at °µÍø½ûÇø Globe

Through °µÍø½ûÇø Sport Scholarships, we are providing free training and development for high ability students, so that every child has a genuine chance of success. Three scholars at °µÍø½ûÇø Globe have met with success at a national level.

°µÍø½ûÇø athletes triumph on the national stage
°µÍø½ûÇø Start John Archer in south west London was one of the first °µÍø½ûÇø Start nurseries to open

High quality, affordable early years education

Our nursery programme, °µÍø½ûÇø Start, seeks to solve the inequity that exists in the early years. The network is growing, with new nurseries being added both within and external to °µÍø½ûÇø’s network of primary schools.

Firm foundations: °µÍø½ûÇø Start

Subject mastery programmes benefitting 300,000 children nationally

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teachers in more than 700 schools use the °µÍø½ûÇø Curriculum Plus online platform for resources and training

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Pupils on our Mathematics Mastery primary programme gain up to two months’ additional progress

°µÍø½ûÇø Curriculum Plus
The EdCity development, as viewed from South Africa Road in White City

£150 million investment in the heart of White City

Our partnership with Hammersmith and Fulham Council creates an education hub, 132 affordable new homes, office space and a youth zone for the local community.

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Our impact in 2025

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