Welcome to the Berlesduna Academy Trust

Our Trust was first established in 2016 and now has over 3,000 pupils and over 500 staff.

The vision of the Berlesduna Academy Trust is to create and foster a culture of high aspiration, enjoyment for learning, academic success and lifelong skills amongst all pupils, regardless of their social, economic or cultural background.

We are a strong, partnership of schools, collaborating and sharing each other’s strengths to make a positive difference.

Our core values of “aspiration”, “family” and “success” guide us on our journey of school improvement.

We are extremely proud of our successful approach to school improvement. This has been recognised as an example of best practice and we support a number of schools, leaders and teachers outside of the Trust, through delivering training and sharing resources. We are also a Diocesan approved Trust.

You can find out more about the Berlesduna family and our work throughout this site.

Sean Tobin
CEO / Executive Headteacher

Autism Central - Support for Parents and Carers for all Schools

One-to-One and Group Support for Parents of Autistic Children

The Peer Education Programme is run by families, for families. Parents can self-refer for a one-to-one session with a Peer Educator. Sign up to one of our group support sessions on a variety of topics including early communication; eating sleeping and toileting; and sensory needs.

Essex Local Offer Roadshows for Parents/Carers/Families

The Essex Local Offer Roadshows are back.

Essex County Council, alongside Essex Family Forum and SENDIASS will be hosting four Roadshows in October and November across Essex with representatives from Health, Education, Social Care and other local charities and support groups.

This is a chance for parents/carers/families to come along and ask any questions about special educational needs and disabilities. Please share the information widely families you support.

Lads Need Dads. Men, could you donate time to be a reading mentor?

https://www.berlesduna.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/reading-mentor-a5-2022-revised.pdf

Please find the link to the recruitment page for the reading mentor application here: Reading mentor (male) for Lads Need Dads CiC | Volunteer Essex

INFORMATION: An update for school settings on the ENOUGH campaign to tackle violence against women and girls

As part of the next phase of the government’s ‘ENOUGH’ campaign to tackle violence against women and girls, the Home Office has added a resources page for teachers and school staff to the campaign website.

This includes guidance on responding to and preventing abuse in a school setting, as well as resources for teaching about sexual harassment, sexual violence and abuse.

Please find a link to the website here: https://enough.campaign.gov.uk/

Working in Partnership

We are currently working in partnership with Downham Church of England Primary School offering a range of support, this will continue through the next academic year.