A Family of Exceptional Academies

Our family of academies are just that – a family. We work together for the good of all of our children, in all of our academies, all of the time.

A Family of Exceptional Academies

Our family of academies are just that – a family. We work together for the good of all of our children, in all of our academies, all of the time.

Welcome to The Skylark Trust

The Skylark Trust was founded in 2017, with the Medical Alternative Provision, Hospital and Outreach Education (Northamptonshire) being the first in the trust. We specialise in working in hospital schools and alternative provisions.

Our purpose is:

To provide excellent personalised education and lifelong learning for pupils and young people with medical and mental health needs, accepting the whole child and providing hope to them and their family for an optimistic future, enabling them to make progress and achieve their full potential.

Together we can.

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We are delighted to welcome Wirral Hospitals’ School as the latest Academy to join the Skylark Partnership Trust

We are delighted to welcome Wirral Hospitals’ School as the latest Academy to join the Skylark Partnership Trust

As of 1st September 2025 we welcomed Headteacher Phill Arrowsmith and the team at Wirral Hospitals’ School. The School is a highly-specialised and unique education provider, and it has considerable expertise and experience in catering for some of the most vulnerable...

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July 2025

July 2025

We are very proud of the excellent work our staff at Cherry Tree Learning Centre do day in, day out with children and young people in Dudley. It’s fantastic to see this work being recognised and understood by the Right Honourable Sonia Kumar on her recent visit to Cherry Tree Learning Centre.

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Every child is unique so everyone has their own plan.

“Every child is unique so everyone has their own plan.”

We all do best when we work collaboratively, so we work in partnerships.

“We all do best when we work collaboratively, so we work in partnerships.”

Every child builds their own future, so we help them build.

“Every child builds their own future, so we help them build.”

We all want to be heard, so we listen.

“We all want to be heard, so we listen.”

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