What it Means to be Maritime

What it means to be Maritime

We created Maritime around a simple idea: education should be meaningful, children should love learning, and everyone on our team should feel they make an impact. Our schools have transformed through targeted collaboration and innovative ideas (backed by educational research, not just gut feeling), all while building leadership and life skills in our children. In fact, since we teamed up as a Trust, we’ve seen rapid and sustained improvement in pupils’ progress and attainment across our schools. Our staff and pupils have the confidence to give things a go, knowing that even if something flops, it’s just a chance to figure out a better approach. We empower each school with the tools to create more meaningful, enjoyable outcomes for children. But we also encourage them to remix our model to fit their own community, “consistency of impact without conformity in approach”.

That’s what being part of Maritime is. That’s who we are.

Vision

Vision
Our vision is simple, bold, and a little audacious: to positively disrupt education so every child gets an excellent start in life.

We believe:

Every child has the right to a phenomenal education, regardless of ability or background.
Education is the best tool we have to tackle inequality.
Each school is different, and each child is different, and that diversity should be celebrated, not ironed out.
Children learn best when they’re creating, leading, and innovating, not just memorising.
Our goal isn’t to be “above average.” Our goal is to make sure every single child leaves our schools ready for the next stage of their life.
We back our people with relentless passion, perseverance, trust and, crucially, humour.

This is our promise, our BHAG, and our blueprint for the next decade.

Approach

Collaborate. Within your school, across Maritime schools, and with other organisations, no school is an island (despite our nautical name!). Sharing ideas and working together makes everyone stronger.
Innovate. Take those shared ideas and give them your own twist. We love seeing new ways to make learning click for your pupils. If something doesn’t exist, go ahead and invent it, creativity is encouraged here.
Educate. Break down barriers to learning so each child is ready for the future. School should be a safe, happy, and inspiring place to learn (with plenty of smiles along the way). We equip our teachers to make learning effective and fun.

Culture

We’ve thought hard about how we work together, and even revamped our performance management to make sure our values aren’t just posters on the wall. Our culture is anchored in six key behaviours that we live by every day:

Adaptability – We embrace change and stay flexible when challenges arise.
Collaboration – We believe great ideas get even better when we work as a team.
Creativity & Innovation – We encourage fresh ideas, experimentation, and celebrate ingenuity in teaching and learning.
Humility – We’re proud of our successes but always eager to learn from others. No egos here.
Humour & Positivity – We take our work seriously, but not ourselves. A good laugh and a positive mindset keep our schools’ happy places.
Supportiveness & Trust – We’ve got each other’s backs. Trust and kindness build the foundation for everyone to thrive.

Our culture is based on our key behaviours:

Impact

So, what’s the result of all this? Happy, resilient children being taught by dynamic teachers who love what they do (and love doing it together). Children gain the confidence to try new things, they have memorable experiences in fantastic learning environments, and they achieve excellent results to set them up for the next stage of life. And guess what it’s working. Since Maritime was founded in 2016, our collaborative approach has driven better outcomes for our pupils, with rapid improvements in progress and attainment. Children and staff have truly benefited from being part of a larger “Maritime family” of schools, with more opportunities and support for everyone. We’re incredibly proud of the difference we’re making for our children, staff, families, and communities, and we’re just getting started.

Maritime Academy Trust

What it means to be Maritime

What it Means to be Maritime