Welcome to the Astrea Academy Trust Inclusion pages.

Principles Underpinning the Astrea Approach to Inclusion

The Astrea mission, ‘Inspiring beyond Measure’, reflects the belief that an exceptional education for all is rich and empowering beyond the narrow confines of formal examination success.  The vision for inclusion reiterates this mission, acknowledging that an exceptional education will provide a rich and empowering experience, which produces success through wider and academic outcomes and where ‘success’ is defined in terms of the individual learner.

The inclusion focus for Astrea is concerned particularly on those groups of learners who may have been marginalised historically or who have underachieved or who are currently underachieving, when compared to their peers.  For us, educational inclusion is about providing equal opportunities for all learners, whatever their age, gender, ethnicity, impairment, attainment or background.

All learners have the same common entitlement to a broad and balanced academic and social curriculum, which is accessible to them, and enables them to be fully included in all aspects of academy life.

Vision and Ambition Statement for Inclusion

The vision and ambition statement for inclusion across Astrea is a simple one – but it is not simple to achieve, as it requires systemic change, which takes time.  Our aim is to increase attendance, reduce exclusions and improve outcomes for all vulnerable groups so that they are better than national and so that the gaps between vulnerable pupils and their peers significantly reduce.

We believe we can achieve this as a result of the skills, expertise and dedication of all Astrea colleagues and that as a result, we can lead the way in informing national policy and practice in relation to inclusive practice.