First phase of catering moving in-house.

Launch of our new Employee Assistance Programme.

Launch of our new Support Staff SEND Training package.

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

Catering Manager appointed to join our Central Team.

Karen Burns appointed as a Federation for Education Development (FED) Partner.

Centralisation of Catering planning and recruitment of Catering Manager.

We held our first Away Days, with a theme of Sense of Belonging – Core, Central and Headteacher teams attended.

Karen Burns appointed as a Member of the Pearson Education Digital and Innovation Round Table​.

We submitted an application for a new school to join our East Manchester Hub.

Karen Burns appointed as a member of the Achievement and Improvement Committee for the Challenge Academy Trust.

Our schools start working towards achieving the Wellbeing Award for Schools.

We launched our Victorious Plus+ Reward Gateway discount scheme to our staff.

We are shortlisted for the Optimus Education MAT Excellence Awards, CEO of the Year and Wellbeing Trust of the Year categories.

Karen Burns asked on behalf of the DfE to mentor a recently appointed CEO at a Trust in Merseyside.

Ofsted Inspection at Inspire Academy Good across all areas.

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.

Ofsted Inspection at Gamesley Primary Good across all areas.

Ofsted Inspection at Yew Tree Primary Good across all areas.

Ofsted Inspection at Greenside Primary Good across all areas.

Ofsted Inspection at Poplar Street Primary School Good across all areas.

Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.

Karen Burns becomes a member of the North West Advisory Board

Successful with a Trust Capacity Fund bid.

Whole Trust Staff Inset Day – with a focus on values and vision.

Trust collaborates with Transform Trust as part of the DfE’s Trust to Trust Development Programme.

Karen Burns commences informal mentoring support to local Trusts.

Trust provides support to Be the Change Multi Academy Trust, Cumbria.

First whole Trust Staff Inset day held at Etihad Stadium.

Ofsted Inspection at Discovery Academy. Good across all areas.

Andy Hodgkinson is appointed Chair of Trustees.

Gamesley Primary School in Derbyshire joins our Trust.

Greenside and Yew Tree Primary Schools in Tameside join our Trust.

May 2018 Ofsted Inspection at Inspire Academy. Good across all areas.

Poplar Street Primary School joins our Trust

Victorious Academies Trust was launched in January 2018.  The launch of Victorious includes our new name, new Members and new Trustees. Our Trust was launched with the support of the Department for Education (DfE) and the Regional Schools Commissioner (RSC) Lancashire and West Yorkshire.

New Members appointed – naming our new Trust.

Discovery Academy, (1FE plus Nursery) opened on time and fully staffed.

Our Trust passed the DfE and Ofsted pre opening inspections for Discovery Academy

Inspire Academy, (2FE plus Nursery) opened on time and fully staffed.

Our Trust passed the DfE and Ofsted pre opening inspections for Inspire Academy.

The design and construction of the new academies was managed by Tameside Council with support from our Trust.

The application was successful and the DfE awarded our Trust the two academies in December 2013.

Trust submitted an Expression of Interest to Tameside Council in August 2013 to sponsor two new targeted basic needs primary academies.