Established in 2014, LiFE Multi Academy Trust encompasses primary and secondary academies, as well as nurseries, across Leicestershire. Our goal is to provide high-quality, personalised, and well-rounded education for all students within our communities. Each school within our trust is integral to its local community, promoting inclusion, diversity, personal responsibility, and respect. 

As a Trust, we prioritise investing in our staff and take pride in nurturing ‘home grown talent,’ which helps our team positively impact young people’s lives. Our goal is to hire individuals who align with our ethos, enabling collaboration across the Trust and ensuring professional development. We offer outstanding training pathways, drawing on internal and external excellence to build professional capital.

Examples of external opportunities include NPQSL, NPQH, NPQML, OTP, and ITT. Pathways are available from apprenticeship to senior leadership levels, with some courses led by Trust staff and others externally accredited. Additionally, middle leaders can gain leadership experience as associate SLT members. Support staff benefit from personalised improvement plans, coaching, and training to take charge of their professional growth.

LiFE Multi Academy Trust Locations

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Ashby School

Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 1DT

Bosworth Academy

Leicester, LE9 9JL

Bosworth Academy Nursery

Leicester, LE9 9JL

Braunstone Frith Primary Academy

Leicester, LE3 6NF

Countesthorpe Academy

Countesthorpe, LE8 5PR

Desford Community Primary School

Leicester, LE9 9JH

Dove Bank Primary School

Nuneaton, CV13 0QJ

Ibstock School

Ibstock, LE67 6NE

Ibstock School Nursery

Ibstock, LE67 6NE

Ivanhoe School

Ashby-de-la-Zouch, LE65 1HX

Kingsway Primary School

Leicester, LE3 3BD

Teddies Nursery Countesthorpe

Countesthorpe, LE8 5PR

The Winstanley School

Braunstone Town, LE3 3BD

Mission:

Long term goal

• Outcomes equal to the best nationally and internationally for every school and every child
• Every child receives a truly rounded education resulting in a strong moral compass, a globally competitive skill set and a confident sense of self
•  Every school is a hub for community activities, a centre for extended services and a source of immense pride for students, their families and other local stakeholders.
• Providing high quality buildings, engaging classrooms and excellent sporting facilities
• Delivering innovative learning resources and materials
• Ensuring a well-disciplined and caring environment
• Exploiting cutting edge technologies to expand the opportunities for students, staff and our community to benefit from learning in a digital age.

Medium term objectives

• Each school is confident and thriving in its development; schools are beyond challenge from OFSTED in achieving the aims and values of the LIFE MAT.

Vision:

We have a compelling desire to provide high quality, personalised and rounded education for everyone, right in the heart of our local community. We believe that no school can be deemed successful unless all those around it are also successful, popular and flourishing. Hence we believe that dynamic, mutually accountable collaboration and challenge between local schools as members of the LiFE MAT is the cornerstone of our future success.

Each of our schools needs to be seen as a leader of, and vital to, its local community; each school is regarded as fundamental to the identity of its surrounding community. In this capacity we will relentlessly promote the values of inclusion and the celebration of diversity, alongside personal responsibility and respect.   

Values:

• Ensuring that every student achieves positive, life changing outcomes
• Providing a whole education: academic excellence co-existing with an exceptional commitment to contributing to our communities and leading beyond the school gate
• The relentless pursuit of excellence by; expecting this of every person, every day; recognising and celebrating behaviours that lead to great progress and promoting and celebrating exceptional performance and contributions inside school and in the wider world
• Valuing and promoting the celebration and understanding of equity, diversity and the qualities of our staff and students
• Ensuring that all students and staff feel known, appreciated and supported paying first attention to the most vulnerable
• Committing whole-heartedly to collaboration within, between and beyond our academies
• Ensuring our curricula are agents for the promotion of our values

At LiFE Multi Academy Trust, we believe that teaching is both a vocation and a profession where if you are provided with the environment and support you will have a career for LiFE.

Our two year ECT programme is designed to ensure you have the space to “become the craft” where you will thrive as a practitioner. You will have the opportunity to engage in ongoing research, reflective practice, and action research, which are all essential components of professional development at LiFE.

Our Teach For LiFE team work with integrity to deliver the Early Career Framework through Ambition Institute whose mission is to help educators serving children from disadvantaged backgrounds to keep getting better. We collaborate with Leicestershire and Rutland Teaching Hub as our Appropriate Body.

The team also facilitates training for mentors to provide an authentic and connected approach developing knowledge, skills and character. You will be supported by highly skilled mentors who will guide you through every step of your journey. We also offer regular coaching sessions to address any challenges and empower you to overcome barriers to success. As part of our commitment to your growth, we provide opportunities for whole-school development and leadership, helping you prepare for a fulfilling and impactful career in teaching.

Our bespoke provision, which goes beyond the core content framework, is innovative and empowers you to take agency within the MAT, offering an experience that is both connected to your peers and rooted in real-world teaching contexts. With a strong emphasis on collaboration we aim to inspire you to ensure that you thrive as an independent and resilient educator.