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Welcome to Dudley Academies Trust About our sponsor

The Trust’s sponsor, Dudley College of Technology, is one of the most successful further education
Dudley Academies Trust was set up to ensure a first rate education for the
Colleges in the UK and a major contributor to the development of the economy in The Black Country
young people of Dudley and the surrounding areas. We want all of our young
and beyond. The transformational leadership that has propelled the development of the College is a
people to have a high-quality education that will give them the foundations
driving force behind Dudley Academies Trust.
they need for a fulfilling life and a rewarding future career.
The College provides education and training programmes across the West Midlands, enrolling some 12,000 learners each year on
In the last three years, we have made a big difference to the prospects for our learners. All four of
our secondary academies have significantly and continuously raised their GCSE results, with major 4,000 academic and vocational programmes, including A Levels, T Levels, skills-based courses and apprenticeships.
improvements in attainment and learner progress. For example, the proportion of our learners who
achieve a Grade 5 or better in English and Mathematics is about 14% higher at Pegasus Academy than Ofsted rated as “outstanding” in the most recent 2017 inspection, success rates for learners across all programmes are on or
it was in 2018. We are confident that our learners will continue to flourish in the coming years and significantly above national benchmarks. A very high proportion of our learners go on to benefit from the College’s high-quality
achieve even more excellent examination outcomes. education, inspiring facilities and access to world-leading technology.
Our learners are a On the College’s technical and vocational programmes, over 95 per cent of 16-18 year-old full-time learners move on to higher/
fantastic group of We are able to accomplish these and many other advances because we have a large and experienced further education or employment. Of those who study A levels at Dudley Sixth, 80 per cent choose to continue to university,
young people who Central Team that supports each academy with its leadership, teaching, building programmes, sports with many more moving on to the College’s own higher education courses.
tell us they feel and activities, financial management, staff training, IT and – most importantly – the progress and
wellbeing of your children.
happy, safe and Specialist centres at the College are equipped to provide a technical education unsurpassed in the region; they include Dudley
well cared for in We have recruited numerous excellent staff to our academies and made some outstanding Advance 1, a state-of-the-art Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering & Technology, and Dudley Advance II, a Centre
our schools. appointments to their leadership teams. We have introduced a proven system of rewards and for Advanced Building Technologies.
behaviour management that has changed the culture of our classrooms, accompanied by a raft of new
approaches to teaching. Many £millions have already been invested in improving the buildings, facilities In 2019/20, the College supported over 4,000 apprentices. A very high percentage of its apprentices progress to higher
and computing equipment of our academies, and much more is being spent this year. apprenticeships and degree level programmes.
The College is the lead Further Education institution in the Black Country and Marches Institute of Technology (IoT), a major
At the beginning of 2021, we welcomed Blowers Green Primary, judged ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted, as the
first primary school to join the Trust. We believe that having a large, thriving and mutually supportive new development opening for students in September 2021. The IoT will offer a wide range of high-quality technical education
group of primary schools within the Trust will be vital to achieving our aim of transforming the programmes with clear pathways to skilled jobs in Advanced Engineering & Manufacturing, Modern Methods of Construction and
prospects of young people in Dudley. Medical Engineering & Healthcare.

The College sponsored the creation of Dudley Academies Trust and actively assists it with a variety of support services, sporting
I am confident that Pegasus Academy will continue to make great strides forward over the next few
years, and that your child will find every opportunity to thrive there and to develop as a rounded and activities, careers events, facilities, management expertise and governance.
confident young person. We want your child to ‘Dream Big’ and to know that many positive life choices
are within their reach. Working with you, we will do everything in our power to make that a reality.
Ofsted rated as “outstanding”, the college has significantly

Our learners are a fantastic group of young people who tell us they feel happy, safe and well cared developed its curriculum offer and estate over the last decade.
for in our schools. We are delighted that you have taken the time to read this prospectus and we
encourage you to visit one of our open events and meet some of our learners, or book a personal
tour of the academy, so you can see for yourselves what we have to offer.

Jo Higgins
Chief Executive

NB: No schools league tables were published by the government for 2020. Existing league tables are therefore out of date and do not
reflect the progress being made by our academies.

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