Frank Field Education Trust (FFET)

The Frank Field Education Trust (FFET) is a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) based in the North West of England and West Midlands which aims to build on the work of outstanding teachers, leaders and schools within the Trust to serve schools and communities. Our vision is that social justice can be achieved through excellence in education.

The founder of the Trust, the Rt. Hon. Lord Frank Field, served for almost 40 years as the Member of Parliament for Birkenhead. During this time, Frank has campaigned extensively for social justice
and in 2010 wrote “The Foundation Years: preventing poor children becoming poor adults” report, which has become a landmark document regarding the importance of Education and Early Years care in ending disadvantage.

More recently research published by the Education Policy Institute in 2017, showed that if you are born in certain areas of the country the school system works better for you. Furthermore, if you are born in a disadvantaged family in certain areas of England, the school system is essentially broken. As children grow and develop within the school system the gap sadly worsens. In certain parts of the country the disadvantaged gap can be as much as 29 months by the time a child from a disadvantaged background reaches secondary school.

We are currently working within the North-West and West Midlands regions and our long-term aim is to establish a 0-18
provision in our communities in the following ways:

  • Developing an Early Life Programme offer centered around childrens’ school readiness pre-Nursery. Working with primary schools in the
    same community, either as part of our Trust or as Associate partners to build on the initial work preschool. Children from our Trust
    primary schools, our partner primary schools/Trusts, feeding into our secondary schools and continuing our unique offer.
  • Developing our Primary and Secondary schools to make a real difference to children’s lives by ensuring they are able to have a choice-filled life.