Academies

A new multi-academy trust, The Learning Alliance (TLA), has been officially launched with the merger of two existing successful trusts – Cambridgeshire Educational Trust (CET) and Morris Education Trust (MET). CET (which included Chesterton Community College and Downham Market Academy) and MET (which included Impington Village College, Impington International College …

Schools from across England are being invited to sign up for free to the Institute of Physics’ (IOP) Improving Gender Balance national research trial.  The trial is seeking to reverse the trend for girls to drop physics after GCSE level irrespective of their aptitude in the subject. For the last …

Why over 400 schools want to work with us. www.hackneyservicesforschools.co.uk Who are Hackney Learning Trust? Set up in 2002, we were the first private, not-for-profit company in the UK to takeover and transform a council’s entire education function, and we are proud to say we did just that. Spurred on …

Schools from across England are being invited to sign up for free to the Institute of Physics’ (IOP) Improving Gender Balance national research trial.  The trial is seeking to reverse the trend for girls to drop physics after GCSE level irrespective of their aptitude in the subject. For the last …

Education Today recently caught up with the organisers of the Schools & Academies Show to find out more about the ethos driving the show, and what visitors can expect to see. Solutions for Education We are passionate about the education of children and young adults, and we want to create …

A new Teacher Training Centre has been opened by Chris Heaton-Harris MP at Guilsborough Academy which aims to address the national shortage of teachers. The building, which is located at the front of Guilsborough Academy, was created by converting an old caretaker’s house on the premises. The training centre now …

The Tapscott Learning Trust in Newham is celebrating after its partner schools scooped a raft of major national awards. The Trust, which consists of Ranelagh Primary School in Stratford, Curwen Primary and Nursery School in Plaistow and Kensington Primary School in Manor Park, now boasts a range of new awards …

Children and staff from fifteen academies within Focus-Trust – a charitable primary multi-academy trust based in the North West of England – have participated in a Music Festival in celebration of music designed to showcase the musical talents of their pupils and encourage further interest in the arts. Led by …

A successful Multi-Academy Trust in Northumberland has almost doubled its membership and made a raft of senior appointments after welcoming three local schools as partners. The Three Rivers Learning Trust is now a Mixed Multi-Academy Trust as two Northumberland first schools and a middle school have joined to form an …

Ormiston Academies Trust, one of the leading education providers in the country, today announced that Amelia Walker will be its new National Director for Strategy and Quality Improvement. Amelia joins the Trust from Ofsted, where she has been Deputy Director for Research and Evaluation since September 2016. Her work there …