Creative Learning Partnership Trust - CLPT

23/04/2026

Take a look at this wonderful opportunity to be a part of the school community in Doxey 🙌

Closing date: Midnight, Thu 30th Apr, 2026. View full details and apply online at MyNewTerm.

25/02/2026

🎉 We’re shortlisted! 🎉

We’re excited to announce that the Creative Learning Partnership Trust has been nominated for two MAT Excellence Awards 2026!

These awards, presented by Optimus Education with the Confederation of School Trusts (CST), celebrate the amazing work taking place in multi‑academy trusts around the country and we’re delighted to be recognised.

Our nominations:

🌟Jenn Francis – Governance Professional of the Year
🌟Creative Learning Partnership Trust – MAT of the Year: Medium

We’re so proud of Jenn and everyone across the Trust for their hard work, passion, and dedication. Well done team! 🙌💙

24/02/2026

👀 Notice something different?

We’re excited to share that the Creative Learning Partnership Trust is officially launching its refreshed brand across our social media!

We’ve been using the new look behind the scenes since the end of 2025, but from this February, the updated “CLPT brand” is making its full debut online. It’s been a big project, and we want to give a huge thank you to the amazing team at Verso Branding Agency for bringing our ideas to life once again.

Our aim for the rebrand was to create a look that reflects how much the Trust has grown over the past few years and one that sets us up strongly as we move into our next stage of development through Vision 30, our plan for the next 4.5 years.

We’ll be sharing more about our new brand soon… but for now, we hope you love our fresh new look as much as we do! 💙✨

09/02/2026

🌟 Celebrating Our Amazing Pupils! 🌟

Today, it’s all about Langdale School and their fantastic Year 5/6 netball team! On 20 January, the team took part in their very first tournament against other schools - and they were absolutely brilliant!

Not only did they show excellent skill on the court, but they also represented Langdale with outstanding sportsmanship, teamwork, and resilience. Their attitude, behaviour, and determination made everyone at the school incredibly proud.

👏 Huge well done to the whole team - you are amazing! 💙🏐

06/02/2026

💙💛 Celebrating Our Communities Across the Trust 💛💙
We’re delighted to shine a spotlight on the fantastic work happening in our school communities, just like this wonderful example recently shared by Thursfield Primary School:
https://www.facebook.com/thursfieldprimary/posts/pfbid0wFHkVuCS63iNviVWaC1AgWcLqVmMUwnYo7nVNKUwV4GoAbFqfgLAioEws3Ejwv8Bl

Strong communities help our families feel supported, connected, and empowered and across the Trust, our schools play an important role in bringing people together. Whether it’s local groups, family services, wellbeing support, or opportunities for children to learn and play, we know how valuable it is for families to access what’s available right on their doorstep.
📌 Guides like the one Thursfield shared help families discover:
👶 Baby & toddler groups
📚 Library events & activities
🤸 Local clubs, sports & organisations
🧠 Health & wellbeing support
🏡 Family Hub services

We love seeing our schools champion local connections and share resources that make a real difference to the families we serve. 🌟
Please feel free to share, save, and pass on community information within your area - together, we can strengthen the support available across all our Trust communities.

06/02/2026

💡 Did you know?

Ofsted has announced a renewed approach to school inspection, introducing updated terminology and a new format for reporting inspection outcomes.

Schools will no longer receive a single headline judgement. Instead, Ofsted will issue a detailed report card, using a new five point grading scale across key areas such as leadership, curriculum, attendance and behaviour, and personal development.

To support schools and the wider education community in understanding these changes, Ofsted has released a range of guides, operating information, FAQs and explainer videos. These resources help clarify the new inspection process and what schools, staff and parents can expect.

📺 You can explore the official Ofsted YouTube playlist here to learn more:

Our programme of webinars was designed to help familiarise providers with the November 2025 education inspection framework changes. You can access all the re...

04/02/2026

🌟 A Wonderful Day at Burleyfields Primary School! 🌟

We’re so excited to share some of the official photographs from the opening ceremony of Burleyfields Primary School Stafford, held last Friday (30 January)!

The celebrations began in the best possible way , with our fantastic Burleyfields pupils helping to bury a specially created time capsule at the front of the school, a lasting reminder of this special moment in the school’s story. 💛📦

We then moved on to the official ribbon‑cutting, led by Cllr Higgins from Staffordshire County Council and Jenny Alwill from the Department of Education with plenty of enthusiastic support from the children!

Once inside, our guests enjoyed speeches from:
✨ Cllr Higgins, Cabinet Member for Education and SEND
✨ Sam Compton, CEO of the Creative Learning Partnership Trust
✨ Becki Bell, Executive Headteacher
✨ Kate Thorley, Senior School Leader

A huge thank you to Aspens for providing a delicious afternoon tea, and to the talented local Stafford baker who created the beautiful ceremonial cake. 🎂💐

It was truly wonderful to welcome so many people who played a vital part in bringing this beautiful new school to life, especially our colleagues from the Department for Education, Entrust Education, Staffordshire County Council, and G F Tomlinson. 🏫🤝

If you’d like to find out more about Burleyfields Primary School or the Creative Learning Partnership Trust, please get in touch, we’d love to hear from you!

💙💛 Here’s to an exciting future for our newest school community! 💛💙

02/02/2026

🎉 What a day for Burleyfields Primary School!

We were delighted to host the official opening of Burleyfields Primary School Stafford on Friday!

This milestone has been the result of an incredible collaboration between Creative Learning Partnership Trust, Staffordshire County Council, Entrust Education and G F Tomlinson.

Friday's celebration marked the hard work and dedication that has gone into creating a vibrant new hub for children at the heart of this growing community. We would like to thank Cllr Higgins and Jenny Alwill from the DfE for cutting the ceremonial ribbon and to everyone who joined us to mark this special moment. We are looking forward to sharing more photos of the event this week! 🤩

Here’s to the start of an exciting journey for the children, families and staff of Burleyfields! 💙✨

29/01/2026

🎙️ We were on the radio!

This week, our CEO Sam Compton joined Ryan Kennedy on Stafford’s Vibe 1 mid‑morning show to chat about the official opening of Burleyfields Primary School Stafford taking place tomorrow.

Sam spoke passionately about Burleyfields’ unique identity and how every school within the Creative Learning Partnership Trust is shaped by, and reflects, the community it serves. ❤️

It was fantastic to share more about the work the CLPT is doing across the County Town on our local radio station. Thank you to Vibe 1 for having us! 📻✨

29/01/2026

CLPT College 📖

There are so many ways to get involved with the Creative Learning Partnership Trust and that you and your team can benefit from our expertise.

✅ Finance support for your school

Support tailored to your needs at all financial levels – setting high-level trust wide strategy to managing budgets and forecasting. Our finance directorate can support with monthly visits and one-off packages.

For pricing and to find out more, DM us or email [email protected] 📩