Trust academies are well supported by an extensive, highly skilled central support team that has grown over time and now covers every area of operation, from Finance to Health and Safety, Governance to HR, IT to Estates Management. This enables our Headteachers and senior leaders, our education experts, to focus on the needs of pupils, their parents and their communities. Never has this support been more vital than during the COVID – 19 pandemic where the Trust has worked together to navigate through the many and complex challenges that the pandemic has brought.