Welcome from our CEO
Welcome to Esteem Multi-Academy Trust!
I’m delighted that you want to find out more about us. Esteem MAT was formed in 2018 and now consists of 14 academies from the East and West Midlands. Many of our pupils have special educational needs and/or disabilities or are disadvantaged. Therefore, inclusion is our watchword, and our vision is for Esteem to be a learning community of excellence for SEND and alternative provision in the Midlands. However, we want mainstream schools to join us too as they have many pupils with SEND or who are disadvantaged. We want all our pupils to achieve their full potential whatever type of school they attend.
Our people are our most valuable resource. We invest in them by providing high quality specialist training, opportunities to collaborate and develop their careers within Esteem.
We greatly value each school’s unique identity, which reflect the diverse needs of the pupils. It is also important to us that our pupils feel they belong to their school community. This is why we believe that our schools need strong leaders and governors who understand their local context. Being part of a family of schools in a trust brings the added benefits of support and collaboration. We know that sharing ideas and working together are the best ways for our schools to continue to improve for the benefit of all our pupils.
Julian Scholefield
Chief Executive Officer
The Aspire Academy’s Governing Body proposes to open a Satellite Tier two Hub in the Evesham
area from January 2025 for pupils struggling with mainstream expectations. From this hub Tier
one support in school will be facilitated also. This proposal supports the DfE AP and SEN
improvement plan launched in 2022 under the previous government.
A consultation will take place from 20th December 2024 to 22nd January 2025. We are holding a consultation meeting on Tuesday 21st January from 5.30pm to 6.30pm at the Aspire Academy
where you will have an opportunity to ask questions around the proposal.
Esteem Multi-Academy Trust (EMAT) Consultation – As part of a strategic initiative to meet the growing number of SEND students, Bennerley Fields School are thrilled to be proposing that their school will be constructing three new classrooms. These classrooms will be designed to accommodate an additional 24 places initially, with the potential to increase to 30 places over time.
A consultation will take place from 4 April 2025 to 25 April 2025. During this time, stakeholders are invited to review the proposal and submit their feedback.
Esteem South Academy is seeking views on a significant change proposal that will see the academy double in size following the repurposing of its current space. This change aims to better meet the needs of students and stakeholders by expanding the provision for 5-16-year-olds in line with local authority demand for Alternative Provision (AP). Crucially, as part of this significant development, the centre will be looking beyond the local authority it is based (Derbyshire CC) for direct commissioning from local schools and neighbouring local authorities meaning we are not seeing base funding from the local authority (Derbyshire CC) as this will be covered by commissioning schools.
- Consultation opens: 14th April 2025
- Consultation closes: 12th May 2025
Our Academies
