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We are a Multi Academy Trust, based in south and central Shropshire. We are a fairly small Trust of nine academies, working together as a supportive local family of schools. All of our schools are highly ambitious for our pupils, and we share a strong vision of service to our communities through the provision of excellent education.

You may like to see our aims and values statement, please follow the link below to view this.

Aims and Vision Statement

Our schools serve the communities of Bridgnorth, Craven Arms, Church Stretton, Pontesbury and Shrewsbury. We work hard as a Trust to build on our schools' current strengths and support cross-phase collaboration. We are a Mixed MAT with both Church and non-Church schools in our Trust.

Our secondary schools, Belvidere School, Mary Webb School and Science College, Meole Brace School, Oldbury Wells School and Church Stretton School, all work with their local primaries. Our family of schools also support each other and we all work with the same focus, to provide excellent education to every one of our pupils.

Our central team is made up of experienced and dedicated colleagues. Our team is led by Sarah Godden, CEO, who is supported by Jo Evans the Director of Education and School Improvement and John Parr the Assistant Director of School Improvement.

It has been wonderful to see our Trust develop, and our family of schools thrive. We are inspired to work together as a group of Leaders and Headteachers across all of our schools and with a common purpose. We cherish our schools' individuality but also appreciate how much we can achieve as a team working together.

Sarah Godden

Alveley Primary School

Church Stretton School

Oldbury Wells School

Belvidere School

Mary Webb School

St Leonard's C.E. Primary School

Castlefields Primary School

Meole Brace School

Stokesay Primary School

Meole Brace Re-judged as 'Good' by Ofsted

Meole Brace School has had a glowing report from Ofsted published this week, meaning that all TrustEd Schools are now either Good or Outstanding.

“This puts Meole Brace School back to where it should be, a great school at the heart of its community,” said Mr Alan Doust Headteacher. “We were determined to turn things around after the critical report last year. I am so proud of the pupils, staff and community, for this tremendous outcome.”

The report gives a clean bill of health to the school, with ‘good’ judgments across the board and a ‘good’ overall judgment.

The Senior HMI, Chris Stevens, who led the inspection, said that the improvements were “impressive” and that this had been achieved by members of the school, leaders and their trust all working together.

Meole Brace School joined the TrustEd Schools group in 2022, headed up by Sarah Godden CEO. She says, “It has been a pleasure to work closely with the staff and governors at Meole Brace over the last year. This is a great school, and staff and students are rightly proud members. I’ve not known a school be so determined or successful to turn things around so quickly before. It is indeed ‘impressive’, as the inspection report said.”

The inspection team highlighted some particular strengths of the school, including the school ethos and values as “a respectful and positive environment where pupils feel safe and enjoy attending school.”

The report also noted how involved students were in their school, with many now taking on significant leadership roles, for example in their 100 strong Student Parliament. The report also highlights that students can enjoy, the school's “extensive” range of extracurricular activities, “which includes music groups, sports clubs, and more.”

Mr Doust said, “It is very important to us that every one of our students does well. We were very pleased to see this recognised by inspectors who said that our school is ambitious for all pupils, including those with special educational needs.”

Link to the report

Note: The Ofsted report will be published on 17th July 24 on the Ofsted website, www.ofsted.gov.uk