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In the week of COP27, when global leaders are focused on addressing the climate crisis and our eco future, pupils at Beacon View Primary Academy are studying sustainability and building a Living Willow Dome on the school field as part of their Forest School. 

Award recognises academy’s efforts to become carbon neutral

TTA places number one in Barnet and 43rd in the country for Progress 8 

The DfE issued new cyber security standards on 10 October 2022 – Our Director of IT, James Garnett, considers recent attacks on schools and trusts to show how important it is that education settings protect themselves

St Ives School in Haslemere is celebrating after winning the Small Independent School of the Year Award at The Independent Schools of the Year Awards 2022.  The judges, chaired by Dr Helen Wright, praised the school for its ‘engaging entry, which highlighted the energy and buzz of St Ives’ and loved how the staff ensure the children’s wellbeing is at the heart of every decision they make.  St Ives School in Haslemere is celebrating after winning the Small Independent School of the Year Award at The Independent Schools of the Year Awards 2022.  The judges, chaired by Dr Helen Wright, praised the school for its ‘engaging entry, which highlighted the energy and buzz of St Ives’ and loved how the staff ensure the children’s wellbeing is at the heart of every decision they make.  

Events mark culmination of students’ involvement in Group’s innovative drama development programme ‘Access to Theatre’ (AcT) 

The awards honour individuals, teams and departments for the exceptional contributions they have made to school and community life. This includes recognition for standout academic successes, sporting and musical achievements, and commitment to leadership and service. 

Students and staff at Avonbourne Academies awarded the coveted Eco-Schools Green Flag ~

Academy recognised for its commitment to student leadership and ensuring young people across the school are heard 

MiSST is supported by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation and helps to fund classical music programmes at schools across the UK 

Pupils competed against over 160 entries from children aged 6-13 from over 70 of the world’s leading schools.

School has partnered with sports coaching and mentoring charity, Greenhouse Sports, to deliver a unique table tennis programme for students

Collaboration marks the charity’s first ever coaching programme outside of London since its inception in 2002

Designed to help schools re-engage young people in music following the disruption caused by the pandemic, the initiative has awarded each secondary academy across the Group a £500 grant to fund new music activities. Individual academies have been able to decide which activities they would like to deliver this term, with all focused on providing a memorable and high-quality musical experience for students alongside training for staff. 

Pupils from over 20 United Learning primary schools took part in this year’s StorySLAM competition, going head-to-head to be named the best storyteller.

The full, two-day inspection was conducted at the beginning of February under Ofsted’s new, stricter framework which will ensure that only the very best schools in the country receive the highest grades. Schools are now only allowed to be judged ‘Outstanding’ in any category when they perform exceptionally across the school in this area. 

As the Winter Olympics in Beijing came to a close, over 150 Tranby pupils put on their ski suits and headed for the slopes in Gstaad in Switzerland over the February half term.

Jo began her visit with a special learning walk around the College, led by two Year 10 students. The students proudly showed Jo the lessons taking place across the College, including Year 11 science, where students were hard at work preparing for next week’s mock exams, Year 10 English and Key Stage 3 maths, history and design and technology.

Today, primary pupils at Goresbrook School are joining together with thousands of children across the world to celebrate the 25^th World Book Day.