It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to our website and I invite you to explore this and our school websites, to learn more about the Trust.
Our Trust motto is “schools for the community, schools as a community” as our aim is that every school in our Trust, whilst espousing our values and ethos, and having a core of common policies and procedures, will serve its own community’s needs in a bespoke way and also create a feeling of community within its own school. In that way all the potential and talents of every child and every member of staff will be nurtured.
Maiden Erlegh Trust was established in October 2014, when we received approval to open a new free school to serve the needs of students in East Reading. Maiden Erlegh School in Reading opened its doors to students in September 2015.
Since then, we have welcomed Great Hollands Primary School (Bracknell), Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge (Sonning Common), Hamilton School (Reading) and Cranbury College (Reading) into the Trust. We are poised for a most exciting future.
Staff, students and governors of Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge have been celebrating the outcome if its recent OFSTED insp...
Approval was given by the Planning Committee of Reading Borough Council on 1 June 2022 A major milestone was achieved...
We are absolutely delighted to announce that Andy Johnson was today presented with a Silver Pearson National Award for S...
Following a rigorous recruitment process, Andy Johnson has been appointed to the role of Executive Director of Education...
Following a rigorous recruitment process (and a strong field of candidates), we have recently made two significant appoi...
Thank you for your feedback on our Trust Uniform Policy. We have made some amendments following comments about principle...
We currently have support and teaching staff vacancies across a number of our schools. If you are interested...
We have a variety of Local Advisory Board Member openings available across our schools. There are also Chair of the...
Following a rigorous recruitment process, Jonathon Peck has been appointed Chief Executive Officer taking over from Mary...
Dear Parents and Staff We are reviewing our school uniform arrangements and have drafted a Trust policy which will in...
We are holding a community event at Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge on Thursday 24 March 2022 between 16:30 and 19:30 f...
Due to a change in the weather warning from the Met Office overnight, our schools are now located in a red zone which me...
Following a major rebuild and relocation we are delighted to announce that Maiden Erlegh Trust were formerly handed the...
This week, Trustees will start the recruitment process and will be advertising publicly for a n...
The school has been judged to be GOOD in all categories and the overall effectiveness of the school has also been rated...
We would like to wish pupils, students, parents, staff, governors and the wider Maiden Erlegh Trust community a wonderfu...
Academic excellence, while central to the life of the school, is most certainly not the whole picture at Maiden Erlegh. Wider opportunities are provided for our students. For example, foreign language exchanges are arranged with France and Germany, and cultural exchanges with Italy and America. Students have also participated in World Challenge expeditions to Peru, Java, Tanzania, Ecuador and Zambia. An increasing number of students take part in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.
A school, however, is not just the building but the community of students, staff and parents working together to deliver excellent outcomes for young people. We are determined that our students will leave Maiden Erlegh School in Reading well qualified and equipped for the next phase of their life. We do this using the educational expertise, experience and leadership from across the Maiden Erlegh Trust, working in collaboration with our sister school.
Our students thrive in a supportive, purposeful and happy environment. They benefit immensely from working with the highly trained, talented and dedicated teachers and support staff and from participating in a wide range of exciting and inspiring extra-curricular activities. As a result they make excellent progress and secure impressive results, but also grow into wonderful young adults.
Expectations of ourselves, our students and the wider community of the school are high. We provide a rich and varied curriculum as well as an extensive range of extra-curricular and sporting activities.
Hamilton School is an SEMH (Social, Emotional, and Mental Health) Special School in Reading catering for up to 64 students with Education, Health Care Plans (EHCP).
Our young people tell us they enjoy coming to Cranbury College. We constantly strive to create an environment that enables outstanding personal development through a purposeful curriculum; a programme of study designed to meet the needs of our learners coupled with a diverse enrichment offer.
We work closely with our parents and carers to establish safe and robust networks of support for our learners. Parents help us to underpin and promote our ambitious aspirations in terms of excellent attendance and exceptional outcomes for all children at Cranbury College.
These children and young people have boundless potential so, at the heart of Oak Tree School’s provision, will be a rich and stimulating curriculum, specialist personal development education and targeted therapeutic programmes delivered by talented and specialist staff.