Over the following months additional information and assistance was sort and initial contact made with potential partners. This led in the autumn term to the submission and success of a bid to the Department for Children, School and Families, through an Expression of Interest, the be part of the Supported Schools Programme, which will assist in exploring Foundation/Trust school status further.

The school and it's potential partners have, over recent months, been working closely to develop the vision and aims of a Trust - an outline of which can be found on the following pages. These are intended only to give an overview of progress so far and do not, at this stage, form part of any firm proposals.