Creating the difference together is how we express Stour Vale’s purpose. It encapsulates our ethos, our values and our vision. Furthermore, it highlights our commitment to pursuing excellence through continuous improvement fuelled by the power of genuine, effective collaboration. We are driven to always be better, and we are all committed to the success of every member school and setting. Genuine collaboration fuels continuous improvement because it creates what is often called the ‘trust dividend’, collective capacity to continuously improve. It enables us to make a far greater positive difference in the lives of children and young people together than we could ever have done as individual schools and settings.