Hamwic Education Trust

Hillbourne Primary School is part of Hamwic Education Trust - one of the largest multi-academy trusts in the South of England. Its academies work in local community partnerships based in Southampton, Portsmouth, Poole and East Dorset.  

Hamwic Education Trust ethos

Hamwic Education Trust celebrates the uniqueness of pupils, staff and schools, and aims for everyone to achieve their full potential through the pathways of opportunities available.

It aims to achieve this by:

Supporting and challenging the Trust schools’ leaders, staff and pupils to achieve their best, ensuring the Trust has the skills and expertise to do this
Providing a safe and enabling learning environment for all
Ensuring that every pupil has the same opportunities to be successful
Providing opportunities for the complete learning journey for our pupils and staff
Ensuring schools have the resources they need for learning
Recognizing and respecting the individuality of each school and setting
Facilitating communities of schools working together for the benefit of all, both in partnerships and across the wider Trust

It aims to achieve this by:

Inclusive – opportunities for all
Supportive– health and well-being
Collaborative – recognising that the sum is bigger than the individual parts
Respectful – of each other, our people and pupils
Outward-facing – learning from each other and outside of the Trust
Empowering – staff and pupils to take a collective responsibility for learning
Open and honest – transparent in our decision making

Our aspirations:

All pupils to make expected progress or better
All schools to be judged good or better by Ofsted
To be an Employer of Choice – recruit, develop and retain the best
All schools and Trust to be financially sustainable
All schools to have a safe learning environment that supports learning and development

To find out more about the Hamwic Education Trust https://www.hamwic.org/

The Hillary Partnership in Poole and East Dorset

Hillbourne Primary School is in Hamwic’s Hillary Partnership with the following schools:

Bearwood Primary and Nursery School
Hamworthy Park Junior School
Henbury View First School
Lytchett Matravers Primary School
Springdale First School
Twin Sails Infant School
Upton Infant School
Upton Junior School
Wimborne First School