LOVING TOGETHER
LEARNING TOGETHER
EXCELLENCE TOGETHER
Welcome to The Mater Christi Trust
Our Family. Our Trust.
The Mater Christi Trust was founded in September 2021. We are a growing Catholic Trust, starting with a family of 8 schools and now 16 Catholic schools: two secondaries and 14 primaries across North Lancashire and Cumbria in the Diocese of Lancaster.
Our schools are spread geographically across two counties and three Local Authorities. Our geography challenges our Trust to think and work cleverly in order to fulfil our Vision of “Our Family, Our Trust.” We do this by working closely with our Heads, finding and creating opportunities to work together and by knowing our staff and schools very well.
We have offices in Carlisle and in Ulverston.
The Mater Christ Trust also work closely with our two sister Diocesan Trusts, Mater Ecclesiae Catholic Multi Academy Trust in Preston and Blessed Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust in Blackpool.
Our schools are in cities, towns and rural communities and are of differing sizes and needs with different priorities. Some of our schools are nearby each other, some are far apart. Our values: Loving, Learning and Togetherness underpin our approach to working together to improve and provide excellent education. We know that we are serving different communities and therefore our schools are not all the same. They retain their individuality and a great deal of autonomy, but we do a lot together and we are aligning on key elements.
We want our pupils to know that we know and love them. We want them to leave us happy, compassionate and fulfilled. We want our staff to feel supported to be the best that they can be, with the right resources and training.
We are inspired by the name of our Trust: Mater Christi – the Mother of Christ – who serves as a powerful role model for all of us showing faith, strength and patience. We are honoured to have her title as our name.
Please feel free to contact us if you would like to visit any of our schools or hear about our priorities and actions.
We would be delighted to welcome you.
Our Vision Statement
Inspired by the example of Mary, Mother of Christ, the Mater Christi Trust is a family of primary and secondary Catholic schools in the Diocese of Lancaster working together for the common good of our children, families and communities.
Our Vision Statement
Our Catholic Life
Encourage the love and service of God and others.
Our Curriculum
Work together to provide an excellent education that is relevant to the lives of our young people and enables them to leave as happy, compassionate and fulfilled individuals of good character.
Our Staff
Be attentive to the needs of our staff so that they are encouraged to meet their personal goals.
Pastoral Care
Ensure the interests of our children are paramount and guide everything we seek to do.
Communities and Partners
Build truthful, prophetic and inclusive relationships and be generous in our collaborative work for the positive development of all schools within our Trust.
Mater Christi Prayer
God Our Father,
Your Son, born of Mary the Mother of Christ, brought wisdom, hope and love into our lives.
Help us to share these gifts which we have received with all our children, families, staff and Governors so we are able to love, live and learn together for the common good, and for the benefit of all belonging to the Mater Christi Trust.
May we all grow in charity, wisdom and faith to become ever more like your Son, so that we too may bear witness to your presence in our world, especially to the poor and needy.
Through the same Christ Our Lord.
Amen
Mater Christi, pray for us.
Our Schools
Our Journey
Key Milestones of Mater Christi Trust