The Stour Academy Trust

Canterbury

Trust Description

Join a supportive and collaborative network of staff at The Stour Academy Trust.

The Stour Academy Trust recognises that our education system needs to quickly and more radically shift to close equity gaps and to better prepare our young people for the 21st century. We are transforming our schools from passive forms of learning focused on direct instruction and memorisation, by moving towards interactive methods that promote the critical and individual thinking needed in today’s innovation-driven economy.

Our pedagogical model combined with the intentional deployment of technology will help us deliver personalised learning in an enabling environment. Technology will accelerate our progress but will not be the driver of our vision.

We aim to nurture a community of learners that challenge thinking, where our staff are empowered to take risks and develop their practice to meet the needs of an evolving school system, which is not held back by traditional restrictions and ideologies.

By limiting routine or unnecessary tasks we allow professionals to focus on learning behaviours and interactions which will promote emotional intelligence and the development of children as life-long, curious learners.

There will be no barriers to achievement within our learning community and our teachers will build strong relationships that facilitate the learning of others. Collaboration will open doors, minds and possibilities and enable individuals to meet their personal goals. .

We are looking for people that:

•Recognise that our current education system needs to radically change to better prepare our young people for the 21st century

•Want to move away from passive forms of learning and move towards interactive teaching methods that promote critical and individual thinking

•Are able to take advantage of the latest technology to deliver personalised learning that is accessible for all children, irrespective of their language skills, reading ability or any other factors that may present learning challenges

•Want to work with other staff as a community of learners that challenge traditional thinking

•Want to develop their own practice to meet the needs of an evolving school system

•Want to develop children as life-long, curious learners

•Want to build strong relationships with children that facilitate their learning

•Want to teach in enabling environments that promote flexibility, collaboration and independence

Federation Video

The Stour Academy Trust has set out to transform schools to better prepare our young people for the 21st century. For further reading on our 21st century vision for education, visit https://thestouracademytrust.org.uk/teachers/

Schools in this Trust

Vacancies at this Trust

Support Jobs

Midday Meals Supervisory Assistant - Part Time

Sturry CE Primary School

Ref:KCC886-3128-153S Posted:23/07/2025 Start Date:TBC(subject to DBS being returned)

Sturry CE Primary School have a fantastic, part time opportunity! We are looking for a Midday Meals Supervisor to join our school community. The model of established Stour Academy Trust schools is to empl...

Application Close Date:26/08/2025 View Job Details

Teaching Assistant - Part Time

Finberry Primary School

Ref:KCC886-2061-225S Posted:15/08/2025 Start Date:Subject to DBS Check and References

Finberry Primary School are looking to recruit enthusiastic and hardworking Teaching Assistants to support children in class. Our Facebook pages and website are regularly updated and wi...

Application Close Date:29/08/2025 View Job Details

Intervention Teaching Assistant - Term Time

Chilmington Green Primary School

Ref:KCC886-2093-156S Posted:15/08/2025 Start Date:ASAP - subject to DBS being returned

Chilmington Green Primary School is growing and we have a vacancy for an Intervention Teaching Assistant.This is an integral role supporting individuals and small groups of children across the school. Find out more abou...

Application Close Date:29/08/2025 View Job Details

Breakfast Club Assistant - Part Time

Chilmington Green Primary School

Ref:KCC886-2093-157S Posted:15/08/2025 Start Date:TBC subject to DBS and references

Chilmington Green Primary School are looking for an enthusiastic and energetic individual to provide wrap around care for our children at our Breakfast Club on school mornings. We need someone to deliver a programme of...

Application Close Date:29/08/2025 View Job Details

The Stour Academy Trust

Canterbury

Address

The Stour Academy Trust
Park View
Sturry
Canterbury
Kent
CT2 0NR