Well, this is it, the last CEO blog of 2023! Oh, what a year we have had raising standards across our Trust family of schools, and we are absolutely delighted to end 2023 on a high, where our Trust has achieved another award. We are proud to announce we are now a Disability Confident Employer.
 

Our people really matter to us and we are the employer of choice locally. We recruit only the very best people for every role, in every school, because our children deserve the best. We are also an inclusive learning community and we treat everyone with respect. Our superb People & Talent Team have rigorous and thorough recruitment procedures. We ensure all individuals have equal access to the roles we advertise and use inclusive processes and practices. We really are thrilled that this good practice has been recognised with this award. 

We would like to thank our whole community for their ongoing support for our Trust family of schools throughout 2023, and we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 

This week our schools are busy with end of term concerts, nativities and celebration assemblies - we hope to see you there! We are also delivering hampers and food bank parcels across our community, and activities are running at Healey School during the holidays.

We are a Trust at the heart of the Batley community. See you in 2024, for another exciting year in Batley.