Co-operative values and principles: self-responsibility, self-help, equality, solidarity, democracy, equity,

honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others

Clyst Hydon Primary School, Cullompton Community College, St Andrew’s Primary School, Willowbank Primary School,

Uplowman C of E (VC) Primary School, Bicton College, Devon County Council, The Co-operative College.

Trustees Report 2013-2014

Co-operative values and principles: self-responsibility, self-help, equality, solidarity, democracy, equity,

honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others

Clyst Hydon Primary School, Cullompton Community College, St Andrew’s Primary School, Willowbank Primary School,

Uplowman C of E (VC) Primary School, Bicton College, Devon County Council, The Co-operative College.

Culm Co-operative Learning Partnership was launched September 1st 2013 with the aim of

working together to ensure high quality learning experiences for young people of all ages to

raise aspirations, create opportunities and contribute fully to the life of the community.

We are:

Clyst Hydon Primary School,

Cullompton Community College,

St Andrew’s Primary School,

Willowbank Primary School,

Uplowman C of E (VC) Primary School,

Bicton College,

Devon County Council,

The Co-operative College

During 2013-2014 we established the legal framework for the partnership and our values

Our values and vision for the Partnership

Through our partnership we want to work better together in order to:

Improve opportunities for success

Create communities where all citizens are equally valued

Learn from, and with, each other

Provide more varied opportunities for pupils

Unlock potential through collaboration

Increase parent and community involvement

Develop mutually supportive networks and reduce isolation and duplication

Enhance dialogue and understanding between different phases of education and so improve progression and continuity for pupils

Prepare pupils for their lives as healthy, creative, skilled and aspirational citizens

Encourage pupils and adults to be outward looking and forward looking, embracing innovation, initiatives and new approaches

Remain part of the maintained sector and part of the Devon family of schools

Together the schools educate 1, 1670 students. In 2013 student representatives from each

of the schools met to discuss the opportunities that partnership could bring and produced

an inspiring range of ideas for working co-operatively together including:

School trips together Teacher and pupil exchanges Shared lessons

Co-operative values and principles: self-responsibility, self-help, equality, solidarity, democracy, equity,

honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others

Clyst Hydon Primary School, Cullompton Community College, St Andrew’s Primary School, Willowbank Primary School,

Uplowman C of E (VC) Primary School, Bicton College, Devon County Council, The Co-operative College.

Science Day Drama Production Big piece of Art Work Sports Day event/Sports together/Football Tournament/ Running/Relay/Egg and Spoon race Story Writing/Big Schools’ Write/ Spelling/Write a letter Puzzle Challenge, Maths Challenge/ Times tables Mixed Cook-off/Bakery event Chess/Scrabble Competition Bowling Game/Pancake Race Internet Buddy, Email, Texting, Video message (Skype) Talk to them over the internet, links to Websites Pen-pals We wanted to create a new identity to represent our partnership values and held a student logo design competition. Staff, students, parents and Governors, shortlisted a range of designs to be worked up by a professional graphic designer and chose the ‘Circle of Friends’ design as the most representative of our collaboration. These are the shortlisted designs.

The public launch of CCLP was 1st May 2014 with a gathering on the Cullompton CCA fields

with kind permission of the CCA fields committee. To mark our joint commitment to

working ‘stronger together’ pupils from age 6 to 14 scattered handfuls of wild flower

seedballs each containing 200 seeds of various species of popular wild flowers which will

make a magnificent annual display and wildlife habitat by jubilee wood. Niamh Tapper, year

9 pupil from Cullompton Community College addressed the gathering at the launch,

“These seeds will grow into flowers which will be a symbol of the blossoming of our work

together”

The schools also scattered the wildflower seeds at their own sites so each has a reminder of

the value of their partnership.

Co-operative values and principles: self-responsibility, self-help, equality, solidarity, democracy, equity,

honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others

Clyst Hydon Primary School, Cullompton Community College, St Andrew’s Primary School, Willowbank Primary School,

Uplowman C of E (VC) Primary School, Bicton College, Devon County Council, The Co-operative College.

CCLP Seedball Launch, 1st

May 2014

Culm Co-operative Learning Partnership Action Plan

The Trust board of CCLP devised a clear Action Plan for shared work and school

improvement with 5 priorities:

1. Monitor, Evaluate and Review the impact of what we do to inform joint improvement

planning

This means we will share our data, self-evaluation, and development plans to determine

the areas we most need to develop.

2. Raise Standards of Achievement for all pupils and groups

This means we will work together to raise standards of attainment and ensure that all

pupils make progress in their learning.

3. Share good practice in Teaching and Learning

This means we will learn from each other by making it possible for teachers to develop

and share good practice from each other’s settings, for example, in writing and maths.

4. Develop a membership Strategy to Engage Members with the Trust.

This means we will recruit and expand our membership based on the co-operative

principles.

5. Effective financial management and a sustainable funding strategy

This means we will contribute to a central fund to support shared projects

Co-operative values and principles: self-responsibility, self-help, equality, solidarity, democracy, equity,

honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others

Clyst Hydon Primary School, Cullompton Community College, St Andrew’s Primary School, Willowbank Primary School,

Uplowman C of E (VC) Primary School, Bicton College, Devon County Council, The Co-operative College.

Highlights since 1st September 2013:

Statutory duties completed except Land and Asset transfer which are ongoing

Appointed a Company Secretary

Logo design competition

Joint work in mathematics: primary school pairs are engaged in the ‘multiplicative

reasoning’ project and in the secondary school a teacher and TA are engaged in

‘success@arithmetic’ – programmes focus on KS2- KS3 transitions

Gifted and Talented maths days at CCC for primary and Secondary pupils

Gifted and Talented Science day based on ‘The Power of Water’

CCLP hosted a Devon Primary Schools Network Evening on 10th November

Devon Schools meeting with the Director of Education in Devon to promote Co-

operative Trust partnership work 26th November

Forthcoming events 2014-2015

Joint writing project and shared authors,

Joint Music and song-writing event commissioning Alan Boxer and Chris Speyer,

Joint School Council events leading to a shared event at CCC followed by participation in

the wider greater Devon Co-operative Schools Student Voice event in March 2015.

CCLP Budget

Each school in the Trust has made a contribution to a central shared fund, which is held at

CCC, based on £2 per pupil. Total expenditure is £97 with a remaining balance of £5,863.

Large CCLP posters were designed for each Trust School reception costing £28 each.

Membership cards at 8p per card to come out of the CCLP budget.

Joint Music/song writing project commissioned at a cost of £1000

Annual Return Submission

The Company Secretary has filed the Annual Return online at Company’s House.

Members Forum

We will design a Newsletter to publicise the CCLP including Membership information and

forms to enable people to join. To make progress with the membership each school will

encourage staff, pupils, parents, carers to become members.

The other 2 categories for membership are Community and Organisations. We will write to

various companies and organisations, for example, those in school visitor books to ask if

they would be interested in becoming members.

Co-operative values and principles: self-responsibility, self-help, equality, solidarity, democracy, equity,

honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others

Clyst Hydon Primary School, Cullompton Community College, St Andrew’s Primary School, Willowbank Primary School,

Uplowman C of E (VC) Primary School, Bicton College, Devon County Council, The Co-operative College.

AGM 11th February 2015

The main CCLP Event will be the AGM in February to help members understand what being

part of a Co-operative Trust means and the benefits that can accrue by working in

partnership. The AGM will fulfil the statutory requirements and most of all be a shared

event to remember.

CCLP ‘Stronger Together.’

Working together in our schools

Sharing Sports

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Working with our communities

Being Creative