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Chief Executive It is my pleasure and privilege to welcome you to the first Annual Review of The de Ferrers Trust. In this overview, we hope to give you an insight into our strategic approach to how we are trying to fulfil our vision, which is: To ensure that all the children and young people in our care have the opportunity to fulfil their potential through achieving highly, regardless of their ability or background. Our vision is underwritten by the genuine commitment that everyone in our Trust tries to live our values, which are to: Work hard, be kind, choose wisely. 2020-21 was an incredibly difficult year for society as a whole due to the wide-reaching effects of Coronavirus. Education as a sector faced some serious challenges and, obviously, we as a Trust had our own share to deal with. As independent reports have now confirmed, these challenges were often made even more difficult by unclear and oftchanging directives and guidance. School leaders and staff did an absolutely remarkable job in the circumstances which concluded with teachers in our secondary schools having to run the examination system by proxy with all the extra work that entailed.
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Ian McNeilly Chief Executive
They, and all colleagues in the seven schools in our Trust, undertook significant amounts of work precisely because they want our vision to be achieved. In 2020-21, they were challenged to live our values like they had in no previous year – and they met that challenge fully. I am pleased to say that despite the difficult circumstances, we still made progress towards all of our strategic aims. You can find out more about these in the pages that follow. Whatever your reason for taking time to read this review, I thank you for your interest in our Trust. Ian McNeilly Chief Executive
“ I am proud of all the great work Trust staff have done in the interests of the children in our care in this uniquely challenging year. They really have lived our values.” Ian McNeilly, Chief Executive
