The shoe was on the other foot when pupils at Silverdale Primary Academy near Newcastle-under-Lyme turned stocking fillers in support of the ‘Fill a Sock for the Homeless’ appeal.

Sheffield Springs Academy’s Lacie Dodsworth was rewarded for her sporting prowess when she took a top accolade at Sheffield Federation for School Sports’s (SFSS) annual awards.

Over the past few weeks, pupils across United Learning have been attending training days within their regional clusters for the first stage of this year’s Primary Student Leadership Programme.

This term, Year 11 students taking part in United Access, United Learning’s four-year scheme to increase student admission to higher education, met back up with their university mentors to discuss their progress so far.

The music was turned up high at Accrington Academy as students took to the stage to give a spectacular production of “School of Rock”.

Grange Primary Academy pupils have been learning how to cycle safely.  As part of Road Safety Week, the pupils participated in a range of cycle aware workshops sponsored by Angela Stokes, founder of local business AJ Wills.

Former Manchester United midfielder Quinton Fortune gave an inspirational speech about his sporting life and achievements when he was guest of honour at Manchester Academy's annual awards ceremony.

Last week, The Totteridge Academy students enjoyed their first ever Democracy Day, as part of a new series of personal development experiences for students.

At Kettering Buccleuch Academy, students and staff are in the midst of rehearsals for their Stage School’s first ever production this December.

This week, 60 students from John Smeaton Academy took part in the ‘Make Your House a Home’ competition, which saw them design and manage their own homebuilding projects.