Prior to forming the Trust, our partnership working had evolved over a number of years.  The formation of Societas in 2015 was therefore a natural progression, supported by the appropriate political climate, to create a Trust of like-minded settings. This model has helped us to maintain our self-sustaining, school improvement work.  We firmly believe that this “association of like-minded people bound by a common purpose, this “platoon of idealistic people”, is at the heart of successful school systems and is the very foundation stone of The Societas Trust.