Why join our family of schools?

Our family of 29 primary schools benefits greatly from working collaboratively, sharing our collective experience, and providing support and inspiration to one another.

Each school is supported by our central team colleagues, whose wide range of skills and expertise, in addition to education, include finance, HR, marketing, governance and legal. The team offers a range of services to each school in our family, ensuring they can then focus on their core task of teaching and learning.

We seek to enhance the provision at all our schools, whilst enabling them to maintain their individual identities and the freedom to shape and deliver a curriculum that reflects their school's values and the aspirations of the children they serve.

FFT Enrichment 

At First Federation Trust, we believe that children who attend one of our 29 primary schools should have the opportunity to experience events outside of and alongside their time in the classroom. We believe in providing wider opportunities for children in our care that complement their educational experiences. 

Together we ensure that children have the opportunity to take part in the following activities before they move on to a secondary setting:  

• Perform in a setting outside of the school building 
• Participate in a musical performance 
• Participate in an art exhibition 
• Watch a musical/drama production performed by professionals  
• Participate in a sporting event held outside of the school premises 
• Perform in the local community to support an event or facility e.g. care home 
• Learn a musical instrument 
• Participate in inter-school sports events (FFT and local schools) 
   

As all of the 29 primary schools within the Trust are unique in terms of size and location, each will also have an individual offer which is appropriate for the context and geography of the establishment. Schools will provide enrichment times where children have the opportunity to work outside of the usual classroom curriculum.

We also ensure that children are signposted to any local clubs and facilities when they display a particular interest or skill in sport, art and music. 

Read more in the following document and in our news story.