Strategy 29

Our 3 Year Strategy

At Embrace our mission is to ensure that every child flourishes and experiences ‘life in all its fullness’, removing barriers, fostering joy and nurturing hope.

I’m proud of this mission, which embodies our Christian values and perfectly reflects what is so important to us here at Embrace.

We passionately believe in inclusivity, so much so that it is one of our core values, and supporting all children to experience joy and hope means that we are fully committed to removing barriers so that all children can flourish.

Strategy 29 supports our mission. Through a focus on providing an inclusive, ambitious education, creating nurturing environments where all children belong and matter, and where teaching and learning delivers great lessons, every lesson, every day, for every child, we will see our children thrive.

By empowering our employees as experts in their field and through developing exceptional leadership, we will support all colleagues to feel joy and purpose in their work, our children will flourish.

And through delivering operational excellence, we will create exceptional learning environments, deliver equitable resourcing and remove the noise from school leaders so they can focus on what matters – delivering a fantastic education for our children and young people!

The Embrace family is something quite special – and I’m excited what we can achieve together through Strategy 29 so all children can embrace ‘life in all its fullness’.

Paula Jones

Trust Leader

Our Strategic Priorities and Goals

Ambitious, Inclusive Education

Enabling all children and young people to flourish and succeed

Inclusive culture – creating a culture where all children belong, matter and thrive.
Inclusive systems – identifying and removing barriers to meet the needs of all children.
Inclusive teaching and learning – expert educators delivering great lessons, every lesson, every day, for every child.

Empowered, Expert Employees

Developing a valued and supported workforce as experts in their field

Recruitment and retention – engaging, attracting and retaining exceptional talent.
Learning and development – investing in professional growth, developing an expert workforce
Wellbeing and workload – intentionally cultivating an inclusive, supportive culture where every colleague can flourish.

Operational Excellence

Providing enabling services allowing schools to run efficiently and effectively

Enabling services – efficient, effective central services that allow schools to focus on securing a great education for our children.
Financial sustainability – providing equity and best value in resourcing, whilst securing long term sustainability.
Exceptional learning environments – transforming our schools through purposeful investment in our estates and digital technology.

Exceptional Leadership

Leadership and governance that secures equity and excellence

Clarity and purpose – ensuring clarity of self-evaluation, strategic direction, roles and responsibilities.
Accountability and assurance – strengthening systems of assurance at all levels to identify and address risk.
Communication and collaboration – effective engagement with all stakeholders, working together to achieve our vision.