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Welcome to

Flying High

Partnership

Unique

Exceptional

Sustainable

make every day count

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We are flying high

Together we will create unique, exceptional and sustainable schools that inspire communities and empower children.

100% improved or maintained Ofsted outcomes

Unique.

Exceptional.

Sustainable.

Together we make every day count.

About

Who are Flying High?

Flying High is a multi-academy trust of 35 primary schools across Derbyshire, Nottingham City, and Nottinghamshire. Founded in 2012, our vision defines everything our central team and schools strive for every day: Together we will create unique, exceptional and sustainable schools that inspire communities and empower children.

We are also the proud winners of a national MAT Excellence Award for Transformation & Impact, achieved in 2024. “The award itself reflects the DNA of our trust, it’s what makes our work extra special…We have never been timid about working in challenging areas, and we have the same high aspirations for all of our children.” Chris Wheatley, CEO.

What is a multi-academy trust?

Multi-academy trusts (MATs) are not-for-profit organisations that run several academies (schools).

Learn What We Do

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Flying High

Our Partnership

Our Flying High Partnership consists of two distinct parts:

The Flying High Trust which is the schools we are accountable for and they form our family of primary schools.
Flying High Futures which brings together the Teaching School Hub, English Hub and all Continual Professional Learning (CPL) we offer for schools across our designated region – development for all school based staff, regardless of role to ensure they make every day count for the children in their school.

We are proud to have achieved an Outstanding rating in our 2023 Ofsted inspection for our school centred initial teacher training provision (SCITT), delivered in partnership with Inspiring Leaders teacher training. This Outstanding rating exemplifies the strong partnership between training provider, schools, and trainees, as we all work together to shape the next generation of confident and effective teachers.

Get a further taste of our Trust and Partnerships by viewing our Prospectus.

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Careers

Jobs with Purpose

We aspire for our schools to be unique, exceptional and sustainable; to achieve this we need to recruit, support and invest in staff who share our cultural values, and who have a passion and determination to make every day count for our children.

We have developed our People Principles, and are proud to provide a comprehensive package of enhanced benefits from day one, along with access to continuous professional learning (CPL) for staff in all roles and phases of their career. Take a look at our employee benefits here.

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