Our Trust exists because we have a commitment and passion for providing the best alternative provision to enable the educational futures and improve the life chances for every student who comes to us. We consider that a locally-led and accountable Trust focused on alternative provision provides the best outcomes for learners in danger of “falling through the cracks”. Our aspirations are solely to provide a continuum of high-quality, ambitious alternative provision across the Solihull Borough and beyond. We will consider associate arrangements that meet our aims and where such provision would bring clear benefits for all parties, especially the students. Across all our forms of provision, we provide strategic direction, support, specialist expertise, shared development and services focused on local needs. This is increasingly important at a time when the traditional Local Authority role is diminishing, resources and funding are severely constrained and support services are hard to access. We are convinced of the importance and value of local schools and forms of alternative provision working closely together and have designed our Trust to do just that. We have a sound model in place and our provision is already benefiting from opportunities to work and learn together with the expertise that brings into the Trust. We are proud of our successes and the high level of interest we have attracted. As well as our support and services, we also look to bring in new developments and opportunities to advance our academy improvement plans.