The Our Community Trust has a shared vision and ethos. We strongly believe that a child gets one chance of education. Our role is to ensure that our children make the most of their opportunities by ensuring that our schools aspire to and reach the highest standards. We will commit to provide a wide range of enhancement opportunities by forging fruitful links with the local community and external providers. Together we will be the ultimate champion for our children.

We are a group of mainly rural primary schools comprising:

Borden C of E Primary School

Bredgar C of E Primary School

Dymchurch Primary School

Lydd Primary School

Lynsted and Norton Primary School

Milsted and Frinsted C of E Primary School

Minterne Junior School

The Oaks Infant School

Petham Primary School

Selling C of E Primary School

Mr David Whitehead (Academy CEO) David is thoroughly committed to ensuring that every pupil accesses a first-class education through a highly motivating and well taught curriculum that also regularly exploits a wide range of the very best life enhancing opportunities.

Mrs Laura Thompson (School Improvement Lead) is here to help support each of the Academy Schools. 

In addition to the on-site support described above, all central Academy staff provide daily remote support, via telephone, email and instant messenger to staff at each of the Schools.

For further information about Our Community MAT including all our policies, please visit our website