The Ansford Learning Partnership (ALP)

The Ansford Learning Partnership provides the opportunity to work with children across local schools in a range of curricular and extra-curricular activities.  This includes regular sports festivals and tournaments held at Ansford Academy to enable older learners to develop leadership and coaching skills as they work with primary pupils in a safe and competitive environment. Primary learners benefit also from enrichment days for example, More Able children with particular talents, subject specific sessions and the opportunity to perform as part of a big theatrical production!

More recently we have developed regular networking and Continuing Professional Development opportunities.  The ALP priorities we are working on together are:

• Focus on raising attainment in maths across the primary schools
• Further develop the skills & knowledge of learning support staff in supporting maths
  intervention programmes
• Continue to develop expertise within local EYFS leaders with a focus on moderation
  judgements & sharing good practice
• Share data across the 7 primary schools in order to analyse areas of strength & areas
  for development
• Establish a SENDCO working group in order to share expertise & resources and to
  identify areas of expertise
• Establish support & guidance on the effective use of data for English and Maths
  Leaders.
• Moderation of quality of teaching judgements

Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership (MNSP)

Trustees and staff at Ansford Academy were pleased to join the MNSP Trust in May 2025.

The Midsomer Norton Schools’ Partnership was founded in 2009 and includes thirteen secondary and Post 16 schools, a large number of primary schools, a special school and several alternative providers which are all located in the Southwest of England.

MNSP Trustees believe that through effective and true collaboration, excellence can be achieved in all of their schools. The Trust does not seek to make all schools the same, but through sensible standardisation of practices and outstanding support and challenge, they aim to ensure all schools within the Trust are ‘good’ or better.

The Trust was subject to an Ofsted summary evaluation inspection (MATSE) in June 2023. You can read this report here.