DEMAT provides a high quality education for more 7,000 pupils across Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Norfolk and Suffolk. Following our founding in 2012, we have seen our Trust grow considerably, we have experienced and successfully tackled many of the challenges that face new and growing MATs. This has givenus clarity on what we need to do to continue in a successful, sustainable manner. We have created an operating model which allows for additionalgrowth in incremental steps while still providing the capacity to support our academies in a multifaceted approach.Our vision is for every child to flourish, to be introduced to the richness of human experience, and to understand, question, and contribute to the world around them.We recognise the importance of continuallyimproving the quality of education across ouracademies, and are investing in the developmentof our curriculum, teaching and wider provision toensure that DEMAT academies provide the verybest education for their children. We support ouracademies to do this through:• A relentless focus on the quality of learning• Clear governance structures• Capacity and affordability built througheconomies of scale• Talent management and professionaldevelopment for all staff