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Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading SCHRODER TOTAL RETURN FIXED INCOME FUND
Objective [Heading] rr_ObjectiveHeading Investment Objective:
Objective, Primary [Text Block] rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock

The Fund seeks a high level of total return.

Expense [Heading] rr_ExpenseHeading Fees and Expenses of the Fund:
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock

The tables below describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] rr_ShareholderFeesCaption Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment):
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination 2014-02-28
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading Portfolio Turnover.
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock

The Fund pays transaction costs when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes for you if your Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 524% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate 524.00%
Expenses Not Correlated to Ratio Due to Acquired Fund Fees [Text] rr_ExpensesNotCorrelatedToRatioDueToAcquiredFundFees "Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses" shown above include expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund (e.g., indirect Other Expenses and/or Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses), and thus may be higher than the Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets included in the "Financial Highlights" section of the full prospectus. If only the operating expenses of the Fund were included in Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses, and not the indirect expenses incurred by the Fund, the Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses would be 0.40% for Investor Shares and 0.65% for Advisor Shares.
Expense Example [Heading] rr_ExpenseExampleHeading Example.
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the noted class of shares of the Fund for the time periods indicated, your investment has a 5% return each year, and the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, the Example shows what your costs would be based on these assumptions. The Example is based, for the first year, on the Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses and, for all other periods, on Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.

Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] rr_ExpenseExampleByYearCaption Advisor Shares - Investor Shares (whether or not shares are redeemed)
Expense Example, No Redemption, By Year, Caption [Text] rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionByYearCaption Advisor Shares - Investor Shares (whether or not shares are redeemed)
Strategy [Heading] rr_StrategyHeading Principal Investment Strategies.
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock

The Fund's adviser seeks to invest the Fund's assets in a portfolio of securities that offer high total return – from current income, increases in market value, or both. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in fixed income obligations. The adviser currently considers fixed income obligations to include U.S. and foreign government securities, debt securities of domestic and foreign corporations, mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities, municipal bonds, obligations of international agencies or supranational entities, zero-coupon securities, convertible securities, inflation-indexed bonds, structured notes, including hybrid or "indexed" securities, event-linked bonds, and loan participations, delayed funding loans and revolving credit facilities, and short-term investments, such as repurchase agreements, bank certificates of deposit, fixed time deposits, and bankers' acceptances. The Fund invests in securities that pay interest at fixed, floating or variable rates. The Fund may invest in securities of issuers located anywhere in the world, but will normally not invest more than 20% of its total assets in securities that are not denominated in the U.S. dollar. The adviser currently expects that a substantial portion of the Fund's assets will be invested in mortgage-backed securities (including collateralized mortgage obligations) and asset-backed securities. The Fund invests principally in securities that, at the time of purchase, are rated "investment grade" (or considered by the adviser to be of comparable quality) although the Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in securities below "investment grade," which are sometimes referred to as "junk bonds." The Fund intends to maintain a dollar weighted average portfolio duration of three to seven years. Duration is a measure of the expected life of a fixed income security that is used to determine the sensitivity of the security's price to changes in interest rates. The adviser generally relies on detailed proprietary research, and focuses on sectors and securities it believes are undervalued relative to the market. The adviser seeks to exploit inefficiencies in the valuation of risk and reward and looks to capitalize on shifting market risks and dynamics caused by economic and technical factors. The adviser considers the liquidity of securities and the portfolio overall as an important factor in portfolio construction. The adviser may trade the Fund's portfolio securities more frequently than many other mutual funds. The Fund may enter into derivatives transactions such as interest rate futures and options, interest rate swap agreements, forward contracts, and credit default swaps for hedging purposes, or otherwise to increase total return, or to gain long or short exposure to securities or market sectors as a substitute for cash investments (not for leverage) or pending the sale of securities by the Fund and reinvest of the proceeds. The Fund may, but is not required to, enter into foreign currency exchange transactions, for hedging purposes or to adjust the exposure of the Fund to changes in the values of various foreign currencies. The Fund may hedge some of its foreign currency exposure back into the U.S. dollar, although it does not normally expect to do so.

Risk [Heading] rr_RiskHeading Principal Risks.
Risk Narrative [Text Block] rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock

It is possible to lose money on an investment in the Fund. The Fund will be affected by the investment decisions, techniques and risk analyses of the Fund's investment team and there is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. The values of investments held by the Fund may fluctuate in response to actual or perceived issuer, political, market, and economic factors influencing the financial markets generally, or relevant industries or sectors within them. Fluctuations may be more pronounced if the Fund invests substantially in one country or group of countries or in companies with smaller market capitalizations. Other principal risks of investing in the Fund include:


•  Interest Rate Risk: fixed income, or debt, securities may decline in value due to changes in interest rates, extended duration of principal payments at below-market interest rate, or prepayment;


•  Credit/High-Yield Risk: the ability, or perceived ability, of the issuer of a debt security to make timely payments of interest and principal will affect the security's value, especially for speculative securities below investment grade ("high-yield bonds" or "junk bonds");


•  Valuation Risk: certain securities may be difficult to value, and to the extent the Fund sells a security at a price lower than that used to value the security, its net asset value will be adversely affected;


•  Inflation/Deflation Risk: the value of the Fund's investments may decline as inflation reduces the value of money; conversely, if deflation reduces prices throughout the economy there may be an adverse effect on the creditworthiness of issuers in whose securities the Fund invests;


•  Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities Risk: investing in mortgage- and asset-backed securities involves interest rate, credit, valuation, extension and liquidity risks and the risk that payments on the underlying assets are delayed, prepaid, subordinated or defaulted on;


•  U.S. Government Securities Risk: securities issued or guaranteed by certain agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. Government may not be supported by the full faith and credit of the United States and investing in such securities involves interest rate, extension and mortgage and asset-backed securities risks;


•  Foreign Securities/Currencies Risk: investments in non-U.S. issuers, directly or through use of depositary receipts, may be affected by adverse political, regulatory, economic, market or other developments affecting issuers located in foreign countries, currency exchange rates or regulations, or foreign withholding taxes;


•  Emerging Markets Securities Risk: compared to foreign developed markets, investing in emerging markets may involve heightened volatility, greater political, regulatory, legal and economic uncertainties, less liquidity, dependence on particular commodities or international aid, high levels of inflation, and certain special risks associated with smaller capitalization companies;


•  Derivatives Risk: investing in derivative instruments may be considered speculative and involves leverage, liquidity, and valuation risks and the risk of losing more than the principal amount invested;


•  Liquidity Risk: illiquid securities may be highly volatile, difficult to value, and difficult to sell or close out at favorable prices or times. Investments in foreign securities, including emerging market securities, tend to have greater exposure to liquidity risk;


•  Convertible Securities Risk: debt securities that are convertible into preferred or common stocks are subject to the risks of both debt and equity securities; and


•  Portfolio Turnover Risk: if the Fund frequently trades its securities, this will increase transaction costs, may result in taxable capital gains, and may lower investment performance.


Please see "Principal Risks of Investing in the Funds" in the Fund's full prospectus for a more detailed description of the Fund's risks. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

Risk Lose Money [Text] rr_RiskLoseMoney It is possible to lose money on an investment in the Fund.
Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Text] rr_RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading Performance Information.
Performance Narrative [Text Block] rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock

The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in its total return from year to year and by comparing the Fund's average annual total returns with those of a broad-based market index. The bar chart shows the performance of the Fund's Investor Shares. The performance of Advisor Shares would be lower because of the lower expenses paid by Investor Shares. Past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily predictive of future performance. Visit www.schroderfunds.com for more current performance information.

Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in its total return from year to year and by comparing the Fund's average annual total returns with those of a broad-based market index.
Performance Availability Website Address [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress www.schroderfunds.com
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture Past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily predictive of future performance.
Bar Chart [Heading] rr_BarChartHeading Calendar Year Total Returns Calendar Year End (through 12/31)
Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock

  Highest and Lowest
  Quarter Returns


  (for periods shown in
  the bar chart)


Highest  

Lowest

 
12/31/08  

6/30/08

 
  5.15

%

   

-1.77

%

 
Highest Quarterly Return, Label rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel Highest
Highest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate Dec. 31, 2008
Highest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn 5.15%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel Lowest
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate Jun. 30, 2008
Lowest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn (1.77%)
Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, Taxes [Text] rr_IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their shares in the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
Performance Table Explanation after Tax Higher rr_PerformanceTableExplanationAfterTaxHigher In some cases, the return after taxes may exceed the return before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit from any losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the measurement period.
Performance Table Closing [Text Block] rr_PerformanceTableClosingTextBlock

After-tax returns are shown only for Investor Shares and are estimated using the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their shares in the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. In some cases, the return after taxes may exceed the return before taxes due to an assumed tax benefit from any losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the measurement period. After-tax returns for Advisor Shares will vary.

Caption rr_AverageAnnualReturnCaption Average Annual Total Returns for Periods Ended December 31, 2012
Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 4.21%
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 5.95%
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 5.42%
Average Annual Returns, Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Dec. 31, 2004
SCHRODER TOTAL RETURN FIXED INCOME FUND - INVESTOR CLASS
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment): rr_MaximumAccountFeeOverAssets none
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.25%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.50%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.01%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.76%
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.35%) [1]
Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 0.41% [2]
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 42
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 208
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 388
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 909
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 42
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 208
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 388
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 909
Annual Return 2005 rr_AnnualReturn2005 3.08%
Annual Return 2006 rr_AnnualReturn2006 3.95%
Annual Return 2007 rr_AnnualReturn2007 6.27%
Annual Return 2008 rr_AnnualReturn2008 7.02%
Annual Return 2009 rr_AnnualReturn2009 7.97%
Annual Return 2010 rr_AnnualReturn2010 6.84%
Annual Return 2011 rr_AnnualReturn2011 7.28%
Annual Return 2012 rr_AnnualReturn2012 6.79%
Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate rr_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate After-tax returns are shown only for Investor Shares and are estimated using the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 6.79%
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 7.18%
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 6.14%
Average Annual Returns, Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Dec. 31, 2004
SCHRODER TOTAL RETURN FIXED INCOME FUND - INVESTOR CLASS | After Taxes on Distributions
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 4.60%
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 5.02%
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 4.15%
SCHRODER TOTAL RETURN FIXED INCOME FUND - INVESTOR CLASS | After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 4.55%
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 4.91%
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 4.10%
SCHRODER TOTAL RETURN FIXED INCOME FUND - ADVISOR CLASS
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment): rr_MaximumAccountFeeOverAssets none
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.25%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.53%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets 0.01%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.04%
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.38%) [1]
Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 0.66% [2]
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 67
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 293
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 537
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 1,237
Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01 67
Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03 293
Expense Example, No Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05 537
Expense Example, No Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10 1,237
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 6.52%
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 6.93%
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 5.86%
Average Annual Returns, Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Dec. 31, 2004
[1] In order to limit the Fund's expenses, the Fund's adviser has contractually agreed through February 28, 2014 to pay or reimburse the Fund to the extent that Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (other than Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, other indirect acquired fund expenses, interest, taxes, and extraordinary expenses), for the Fund's Investor Shares, exceed 0.40% of Investor Shares' average daily net assets and, for the Fund's Advisor Shares, exceed 0.65% of Advisor Shares' average daily net assets. The expense limitation may only be terminated during its term by the Board of Trustees.
[2] "Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses" shown above include expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund (e.g., indirect Other Expenses and/or Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses), and thus may be higher than the Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets included in the "Financial Highlights" section of the full prospectus. If only the operating expenses of the Fund were included in Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses, and not the indirect expenses incurred by the Fund, the Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses would be 0.40% for Investor Shares and 0.65% for Advisor Shares.