Partnerships and collaborations

This involvement brings knowledge and understanding to academy staff and provides some fantastic opportunities for our pupils.

Julie Taylor, Executive Principal, sits on Liverpool Association of Secondary Heads (LASH) and represents LASH on the Liverpool Attendance Delivery Group and the Liverpool Safeguarding Partnership Neglect Sub Group. Julie also sits on the Futures and Employability Heads Working Party in GDST and on the HEARTs Steering Group and the Attachment Research Centre’s secondary schools’ group.

Examples of some of our current projects:

• The Mentors Against Violence Prevention Programme which trains Year 10 pupils to work with younger pupils around positive relationships and responding to negative behaviours.
• LFC Onside programme.
• The Anthony Walker Foundation’s Anti Racism programme.
• Working with the Liverpool group looking at preventing Violence Against Women and Girls.
• The Attachment and Trauma Responsive Schools (HEARTs) Project – a unique project involving over 30 Liverpool schools which seeks to have a transformative impact on the educational experience of children and young people within Liverpool.
• The GDST Undivided Programme.
• Liverpool School Sports Partnership.
• Liverpool Youth Parliament.
• Partnership with Liverpool John Moores University and Archbishop Blanch School for ITE.
• Aspire Liverpool for Year 10 and Year 12 pupils who aspire to attend Oxford or Cambridge University.
• Realising Opportunities.
• Pathways to Law.
• Hijab Speaks programme.
• MACFEST – Muslim Arts and Culture Festival.