A NEW education trust within the north-west, the Chester Diocesan Learning Trust (CDLT), hopes to “make a difference to children’s lives with Christ as [their] example”. It was launched on Wednesday after nearly two years of “collaborative development”, a diocesan statement said.
The deputy director of the diocesan board of education, Sue Noakes, is the CDLT’s inaugural chief executive officer. Andrew Warren, who recently retired because the Department for Education’s regional director for the West Midlands, chairs the CDLT’s board.
Mr Warren said that, over the past 18 months, he had enjoyed working closely with the group of faculties, and was “really looking forward” to developing the academy trust further through the CDLT.
“Each school and leader brings immense strength to the trust, and with the ability to harness that strength for the nice of all is such a privilege. Each school serves a novel community, but, at the guts of all, is the church foundation; so, as we have fun the differences, we also come together as church schools to make a difference to children’s lives with Christ as our example,” he said.
Seven schools, in Cheshire West, Chester, and the Wirral, have joined this week. An eighth is about to follow in November, and a ninth is “preparing to start its journey toward joining CDLT in the approaching months”.
To create its “vision”, the Trust worked with head teachers, chairs of governors, and trustees. Based on 1 Corinthians 12.12, “the body shouldn’t be made up of 1 part but of many,” its motto is: “Shaping higher futures. One body; many parts”.
The CDLT’s logo is vibrant jigsaw pieces surrounding a cross, and was inspired by an art day when “children creatively interpreted the vision”.
Chester diocese said that “collaboration and variety are at the guts of CDLT, with each school maintaining its individuality while being united under a shared purpose.”
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