We have a clear vision for ‘Great’ schools which share certain features and qualities beyond the highest category in the prevailing Ofsted framework.
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Heads work together to lead the Trust with the CEO and her team and with our trustees, so that headship in our trust brings a wider stage not a steeper hierarchy.
Staff work together within and across phases in local hubs and many lead on cross-trust research and development projects and on our Proud Traditions.
Every school contributes to and takes part in festivals and events linked by an annual theme.
The Griffin Sports Festival, a dedicated opportunity to engage with new sports, develop teamwork skills and talent with a competitive element.
Founders Day, focuses on service within the community, with leadership opportunities for all pupils. Schools work with and fundraise for their chosen charity, giving back to their school’s local area.
The Griffin Science Symposium, two weeks of engagement and building our students’ curiosity for all things science, through talks, experiences and hands on participation in scientific experiments and projects.
The Griffin Arts Festival, a two week celebration of our exciting and innovative arts curriculum, with events in every school and immersion experiences in Birmingham’s and London’s art and cultural scenes.
The festivals have developed impressively in the quality of performance over the years, paying tribute to the importance of extra- curricular activities to all staff and their contribution of time and skill. Pupils discover their inner athlete, actor, poet, performer, musician, scientist, philosopher and leader during their primary years, so that we truly build foundations for life.
The traditions we have established bind the schools together as family and give children and staff the sense of a wider stage as they compete fiercely in sport and the arts. Houses have different names in each school but the same four colours. All house competitions gather colour points and the trust-wide house cup spends part of the year in the winning colour’s school trophy cabinet.
