The Mead Educational Trust (TMET) is a growing partnership of primary and secondary academies situated in the East Midlands.

TMET exists to improve the life chances of children and young people. It is passionate about education and provides its pupils with exciting, engaging and high quality learning environments, developing its pupils into aspirational, capable and confident young adults and members of the community. It provides its academies access to a world-class education network, excellent school-to-school support and provides its staff with an employer keen to provide high quality professional development. TMET is committed to ensuring that all of its academies will, by working together, make a positive difference.

Sarah Ridley
Chief Executive Officer

For more information about the Trust (e.g. its articles of association, memorandum of association, annual report or audited accounts) please visit https://www.north-tmet.uk

a.   The Mead Educational Trust, The Mead Centre, 343 Gipsy Lane, Leicester, LE4 9DD
t.    0116 214 3148
e.   [email protected]
@  tmetrust

Together We Make a Positive Difference

North Mead Primary Academy is proud to be part of The Mead Educational Trust (TMET), a multi-academy trust serving children and communities across Leicester and Leicestershire.

TMET was formed in 2014 and now includes 16 schools: eight primary schools, six secondary schools and two special school.

The Trust’s mission is: Together We Make a Positive Difference.

That shared purpose sits at the heart of North Mead too.

Being part of TMET

North Mead is part of a wider family of schools working together to improve education for children and young people.

TMET’s approach is built around collaboration, shared responsibility and the belief that schools are stronger when they learn from one another.

Being part of the Trust gives North Mead access to:

  • school-to-school support
  • shared expertise across primary, secondary and specialist education
  • professional development for staff
  • leadership development
  • Trust-wide safeguarding and governance support
  • specialist operational support
  • shared systems and resources
  • opportunities to collaborate across schools

TMET describes its ethos as “our schools” rather than “my school”, reflecting a collective responsibility for pupils across the Trust.

A shared commitment to education

TMET exists to make a positive difference to the life chances of children and young people and to the wider community.

The Trust is committed to providing:

  • pupils with access to a high-quality education
  • schools with strong school-to-school support
  • staff with high-quality professional development
  • communities with schools that contribute positively beyond their own gates

TMET schools share common values and core systems while retaining the flexibility to respond to the needs of their own pupils and communities.

#Mead2030

TMET’s current long-term strategy is #Mead2030.

It is organised around three strategic pillars:

  • Education
    Ensuring children and adults continue to learn, develop and benefit from high educational standards.
  • Community
    Strengthening the Trust’s contribution to the communities it serves.
  • Growth
    Growing responsibly and collectively so that schools and pupils benefit from being part of the Trust.

The strategy is underpinned by TMET’s seven values: Character · Challenge · Community · Collaboration · Culture · Creativity · Courage

Professional learning

Staff across TMET benefit from professional learning through the Mead Institute of Professional Learning.

The Institute supports teacher training, professional qualifications and continuing professional development for teachers, leaders and support staff across the Trust. It also encompasses the Leicester and Leicestershire SCITT and Teaching School Hub.

For North Mead, this means our staff are able to learn with and from colleagues across a much wider educational community.

Governance

The Mead Educational Trust is a single legal entity with several layers of governance, including:

  • Members
  • the Board of Trustees
  • the Executive Team
  • Academy Councils

North Mead’s Academy Council provides local governance and works within the responsibilities delegated by the Trust Board.

You can find out more on our Academy Council page.

 

Trust leadership

The Trust is led by Sarah Ridley, Chief Executive Officer, supported by the Executive Team and Board of Trustees.

The Executive Team provides strategic leadership across educational performance and Trust operations.

Trust-wide policies

Some policies apply across every TMET academy.

These include policies relating to areas such as:

  • safeguarding
  • data protection
  • complaints
  • health and safety
  • equality
  • behaviour-related statutory procedures
  • freedom of information
  • governance

The latest Trust-wide policies are maintained centrally by TMET.

Find out more

You can find out more about The Mead Educational Trust, its schools, governance and strategy on the Trust website.

 

External Resource/Organisation Link
TMET homepage TMET homepage
#Mead2030 #Mead2030
TMET Our Schools TMET Our Schools
TMET Governance TMET Governance
TMET Trust Policies TMET Trust Policies
Mead Institute of Professional Learning Mead Institute of Professional Learning

 

Related North Mead Pages

  • Academy Council
  • Become an Academy Councillor
  • Policies
  • GDPR
  • Vision and Values