Primary Alliance for Collaborative Engagement (PACE)

Inspire to Aspire

PACE is:

Primary Alliance for Collaborative Engagement

Comprised of 8 local Barking and Dagenham schools:

• Becontree Primary School
• Five Elms Primary School
• Gascoigne Primary School
• Grafton Primary School
• Henry Green Primary School
• Southwood Primary School
• Valence Primary School
• William Bellamy Primary School

Serving approximately 6000 children.

Made up of maintained local authority schools.

The schools have a history over several years of successful collaborative working. The Trust was created in order to formalise and develop more effective school to school support and collaboration in a variety of ways.

Vision

Inspire to Aspire: We know that we can provide more and better collectively than we can separately.Inspire to Aspire: We know that we can provide more and better collectively than we can separately.

Ethos and Values

Our values are: moral purpose, uniqueness, equality, inclusiveness, opportunity, innovation, partnership, forward thinking, being inspirational and aspirational.

Strategic Priorities

• Ensure all children have strong outcomes and good progress in all areas.
• Expand the capacity of staff and expertise across the partner schools to improve the quality of teaching.
• Establish strong financial management to maximise budget resources and provide better value for money.
• Exploit opportunities for innovative practice to improve and enrich the curriculum.
• Strengthen existing partnerships with stakeholders and develop new partnership working.
• Ensure the business of the Trust is managed effectively.