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Our termly newsletter highlights the range of diverse opportunities enjoyed by students across our family. For the latest edition, please click here.

Our family of schools

The Skinners' Company has been involved in education since the Middle Ages and we now have around 7,500 pupils under our care today. We are proud to support an extremely diverse family of schools which encompasses primary and secondary, all ability and selective, state funded and independent, urban and rural. The eight schools in the family are in west Kent, on the Kent coast and in North London.

We have a strong belief in the power of education to promote social mobility and address disadvantage. We put students at the centre of all that we do and have a commitment to obtaining the best outcomes possible for each student in our eight schools.

The aim of our schools is to provide all our young people with the opportunity to make the most of their talents and fulfil their potential. To do that we ensure that our schools have first-class teaching, management and leadership, support each other through collaboration and sharing of expertise and good practice, and are supported and held to account by high-quality governing bodies.

The Skinners' Academies Trust

As of 1st September 2023 our five academies have joined together to form a new multi-academy trust, the Skinners' Academies Trust. This is an exciting opportunity for the students and staff in all the academies to benefit from a rich partnership of support and collaboration. Staff will be able to share expertise and learn together, ensuring a culture of high expectations and excellence for every student, and the Trust will generate financial efficiencies which will ensure resources can be reinvested directly into our students' education. More information can be found here.

The Education Committee and the Education Office

The Company's Education Committee provides strategic guidance for the Company's work in education and oversees the activity of the Education Office. Members include several serving or former headteachers and Chairs of school governing bodies.

The Education Office at Skinners' Hall supports our schools in a range of ways. We organise opportunities for our school leaders to get together and share ideas and good practice. We promote efficiencies in joint procurement, so our schools can invest more into our students' education. We also provide a broad range of support to all our school governors...

Governing our Schools

Members of the Skinners Company make up a significant proportion of each of the governing bodies of all our schools and the Company recruits members who can commit the time and skills to the challenging, rewarding role of being a governor.

The Education Office offers a comprehensive training programme for governors, with recent sessions covering everything from strategy to finance and school data to panel training for exclusions, grievances or complaints. All governors also have access to "The Key for Governors" which provides access to an extensive library of articles and guidance and includes weekly email updates on the education sector. 

You can read more about the experience of two of our Skinner Governors, Lucinda Ball (Judd School) and Chris Dearie (Skinners' Academy Hackney).

Our school governors make a big difference to the lives of the 7,000 students at our schools; if you think school governorship might be for you now or in the future you can find more information here.