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Education | St James & Emmanuel Academy Trust

St James & Emmanuel Academy Trust

Three schools united by three values – Belonging, Believing and Becoming

See what our three Trust schools got up to in 2018

Education has been at the core of St James & Emmanuel’s vision since 1612 when a bequest led to the establishment of Didsbury Church of England Primary School. Over the years the school has changed, grown and adapted, but it has always had the welfare of the local community and its children at the centre of its mission. A major factor in its success has been the partnership of church and school, which has created a combination of shared ownership and commitment which translates into high levels of pastoral care and improved outcomes for children and staff.

By 2013, Didsbury CE Primary was attracting over two hundred applications for thirty places in Reception and the school and parish decided it was time to expand and develop our provision in order to meet demand for an excellent and distinctive Anglican education. A successful application to the Secretary of State for Education led to the founding and building of West Didsbury CE Primary School on Central Road. This brand new two-form entry primary school has got off to a flying start and is now also fully subscribed and will continue to grow until it reaches its final size in 2020.

In 2015, St Wilfrid’s CE Primary School, Northenden, joined our family of schools and is thriving under the newly appointed Head of School, Helena Miller.

Overseeing this transformation of our educational landscape, and acting as guardian of its ethos and outcomes, is the St James & Emmanuel Academy Trust. The Trust is committed to a distinctively Christian and Anglican educational experience which is summed up in the three values: Belonging, Believing and Becoming. We want our schools to be happy places where children, families and staff want to belong and can make deep and profound relationships. We want our children, families and staff to enter a life-long journey of believing. Believing in themselves and their gifts, believing that their futures are bright and believing in the people around them. We also want our children, families and staff to go on ‘becoming’ – becoming all that they can be, the best that they can be. This is aided by educational excellence, but is also supported by a loving and carefully nurtured culture of faith and hopefulness.

We now have a brand new Academy Trust Website where you can see all our wonderful schools and the vision that unites them, you can also see information about the Trustees who spend so much of their time and talents guiding the Trust.

We want our children, families and staff to enter a life-long journey of believing. Believing in themselves and their gifts, believing that their futures are bright and believing in the people around them. We also want our children, families and staff to go on ‘becoming’ – becoming all that they can be, the best that they can be. This is aided by educational excellence, but is also supported by a loving and carefully nurtured culture of faith and hopefulness.

The recent journey from one school to three schools has been an exciting and challenging one and we invite you and your children to join us on it and to bring your unique contribution to our shared life here in Didsbury, West Didsbury and Northenden.

Revd Dr Nicholas Bundock – Member of the Trust
Mr Matt Whitehead – Executive Headteacher

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Our Trust schools in 2018

Six boys and girls from the three Trust schools pose next to a colourful sculpture of a Manchester bee
Trust overview: Bee-lieving
Pupils wearing red bating caps squat during a dry swimming lesson
St Wilfrid’s CE: Experiences that help children flourish
Children gather round a poppy-strewn memorial made by Didsbury CE pupils
Didsbury CE: Education with a purpose
Three girls in colourful winter coats chat during a Forest School session
West Didsbury CE: Going from strength to strength
Singers cup their hands to their mouths as they sing about spreading the word
All three schools: Kicking it out!
Three young smiling school girls proudly show off their reading books
No Barriers Foundation: Bricks and water
Vicar Lisa and Rector Nick stand either side of a stormtrooper wearing a rainbow shirt
Didsbury Pride and the Church that Changed
Portrait of a woman sitting at a writing desk
Northenden: Adventures in history

3 line version of the Trust logo in the shape of a shield, combined with the bird icons from the St James and Emmanuel parish logo Trust logo in the shape of a shield, combined with the bird icons from the St James and Emmanuel parish logo
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