WELCOME FROM OUR CEO
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MATLEADERSHIPTEAM OFTHEYEARWINNERS
On the 7th March, the trust received recognition at the national MAT Awards, being awarded the MAT Leadership Team of the year.
In receiving the award the trust and its leadership team were recognised for “outstanding in achievement, collaboration and overcoming adversity” in what was a hotly contested category, with 7 shortlisted MATs from across the country.
Dan Thomas, Chief Executive of The Learning Partnership commented, “This award recognises the wider leadership team of the trust as well as the executive, and our thanks go to the central service leads for their hard work and exceptional contributions during the pre- and post-merger period, which have made the securing of this award possible.
NEWS FROM
myself and my new position as irector of The Learning Institute
o this role, I bring over 20 years xperience in the field of eaching and learning I have een based predominantly at ead of a large & dynamic English rked in leadership capacity in building CPD, Coaching programmes and leading Curriculum Reviews. I have also worked nationally as a Lead Practitioner for English and as an Educational Consultant, exploring the Quality of Education in a range of different contexts and supporting its development.
I am passionate about empowering and supporting the professionals within our Trust to thrive & excel As the CPD hub for The Learning Partnership, the Institute is dedicated to fostering professional growth and enhancing teaching practices across our schools.
professional development programmes, such as the ‘Leading People’ course, are tailored to the specific needs of our staff These initiatives are aimed at equipping emerging leaders with the skills & knowledge required for effective management roles.
Curriculum Enhancement & Quality Teaching:
We are really keen to build on the support we can offer colleagues in navigating curriculum changes, implementing transition projects, and refining teaching strategies. Our aim is to develop high-quality continuing professional development materials to assist school leaders in delivering impactful professional development programmes.
STAFFWELLBEING STAFFVOICE
Staff wellbeing is the foundation of which the TLP People Strategy is built. We have actively engaged with the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter, integrating its principles into our culture and ethos Details of the principles are provided in the poster below.
Through staff surveys and wellbeing audits, we have started to identify sector trends and pressure points within our schools and devise tailored action plans to support school leaders. One are highlighted through the surveys has been communication, and we are working on a communication policy strategy that will cover use of emails, in particular ensuring a balance of when emails should be sent and responded to, internal school communication, how schools communicate with parents and also how the trust communicates with all of the schools The comms policy will be reviewed with the trust wellbeing team, school leadership teams and the unions.
RECRUITMENT ANDINDUCTION
We have revamped recruitment and induction processes centred around employee experience, ensuring a supportive entry into our community. This work is being led by The Learning Institute to ensure a seamless process enabling new employees to feel welcomed and supported Headteacher of Blacks Firs Primary who joined the school in September 2023 commented
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The central School Improvement team are focussed on delivering improvement in six key strategic areas across the Trust. These are:
Special Educational Needs
Safeguarding
Reading
Behaviour
Early Years Foundation Stage
Personal Development
We support headteachers with their school improvement priorities and are focussed on creating communities of practitioners codifying and sharing the best that is being thought and said in the practice of school improvement across our schools, and beyond, in order to improve the outcomes for all students within our institutions
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Over the academic year we have created a number of network groups related to the priorities above, giving colleagues the opportunities to meet regularly to share best practice and work together to support wellbeing and workload reduction We are working closely with The Learning Institute to ensure we expand the networking opportunities available into the curriculum space over the next term and into the next academic year
ENGLISH LEAD
We look forward to welcoming Katie Halliwell as our new English Lead, who will be joining the team in April
CATHY LORD
Behaviour and Pupil Wellbeing Lead
ALISON HOOPER Personal Development Lead
JULIA GAWN
SEND Lead: Primary
GILL JOSEPHS
SEND Lead: Secondary SALLY EARL EYFS Lead
EMMA HOOLEY
Director of Safeguarding and School Improvement Co-ordinator
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DAVEN PRIMARY SCHOOL
Daven Primary School’s Ofsted inspection on September 26th and 27th rated the school as ‘Requires Improvement’ with ‘Good’ in early years provision and personal development. Inspectors commented that pupils are happy and “everyone is welcome.” The school’s progress was recognised and that is too early to see the impact. Headteacher Jennifer Gosling said: “Though we are encouraged to see this report reflect the strong progress we have made, we recognise the important work still to be done.”
SIR WILLIAM STANIER
Sir William Stanier had an Ofsted monitoring visit in October, which gave the school the opportunity to demonstrate progress made since March 2022. While it was recognised that the school is not yet where it aims to be, the journey of improvement was commended and the best possible feedback was received. Huge thanks to all the staff for their dedication and support.
WHEELOCK PRIMARY SCHOOL
Wheelock Primary School had an Ofsted inspection on 23 and 24 January, which found the school to be ‘Good’ in all areas This is Wheelock's first full inspection since 2011 Ofsted praised how their learning environment fosters pupils' ability to fulfil their potential and they commended their effective support of children with special educational needs. Sally Whitehead, Headteacher at Wheelock, said: “I am so proud of this result which reflects the dedication and hard work put in by staff. I want to say a huge thank you for their continued efforts to make sure we deliver the very best for our pupils.”
SHAVINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL
Shavington Primary School continues to be a ‘Good’ school, following Ofsted’s monitoring inspection on 30th and 31st January This is the school’s first full inspection since 2014 and Ofsted commended their “ambitious and well-thought-out curriculum” where reading and phonics were emphasised as being taught well Jo Young, Interim Headteacher said: “I want to thank all the staff for going above and beyond to deliver for our pupils every day.”
UPDATEONSEND
Our schools are no exception to the challenges being faced nationally in the delivery of SEND provision. As a result we are working exceptionally hard to support all staff with additional training and tools to meet with the increased demand.
Our SEND leads have been working with SENCOs to agree an aligned early identification pathway for schools to use. The main focus of this is supporting classroom teachers and support staff to adapt the delivery of the curriculum to help those students who may be struggling.
We are also supporting all schools on the codification of the ‘EEF Five a Day’ strategies and to ensure continued professional development opportunities are well planned and iterative. This includes the use of ‘Walkthrus’ where schools now have access to the online platform and have sets of books available for staff to use
Over the next term, we will be working alongside leaders, to ensure staff understand how the aligned pathway can be implemented in their settings.
SIRWILLIAMSTANIER-JAMIE OLIVERFILMING
To be seen on Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food social media channels.
A film crew from Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food television programme joined Sir William Stanier students. Sara Randle, Food Technology Subject Leader, delivered a lesson for students from years 7 and 8, and cooked up some amazing Chicken Fajitas.
We were delighted to welcome a film crew on behalf of renowned Chef Jamie Oliver to the school this week. Students in year 7 and 8 were filmed in Food Technology cooking chicken fajitas with the footage planned to be used on Jamie Oliver’s social media channels in the coming weeks as part of a campaign to promote food technology and healthy eating in schools
WISTASTONCHURCHLANE CYGNETSNURSERYOPENING
Wistaston Church Lane Academy recently officially opened its newly built nursery Cygnets The new building was opened by David Wootton CBE, who chairs The Learning Partnership
The new state of the art facilities offers nursery care for 32 children aged between 3 and 5 years old as they start to prepare for the move to primary school. Together with two classrooms, it also includes extensive outdoor play areas and quiet zones for the young children.
EMPLOYABILITYSKILLS ATTHEOAKSACADEMY
Year 10 students at The Oaks Academy have had practice interviews with local employers, who kindly gave up their time to carry out this important exercise Mock interviews are a key element in The Oaks’ Key Stage 4 Careers Programme, for which students prepare letters of application and CVs The students’ positive attitude and professionalism were commented on by the visitors: Balfour Beatty. Bakkavor Group, Home Instead, Staffordshire University, Cheshire College South & West, Avanti West Coast, Likewize and Bleisure. Formal feedback will be provided, which all links to their industry-specific placement in July.
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NEWFACILITIES
Congleton High School welcomed the Machin family, along with guests from Cheshire East Council, Jay Ashall Partnership Architects and The Learning Partnership in to the school to officially open their new 10-classroom Humanities block, ‘The Machin Building ’ They also opened their new ‘Hungry Bear’ refectory, which has seating for up to 240 students, a fully purposed kitchen and toilet facilities
In February, Black Firs saw the launch of their brand new website which has been transferred onto our Schudio platform The website captures the essence of their school culture and has created an accessible website for all who may use it.
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We are currently working on transferring the Trust and the rest of our schools’ websites to the Schudio platform and new template and we hope to be completed by the end of the Academic Year.
Year 5 children at Daven Primary school love their newly refurbished classroom Headteacher Jenny Gosling has worked iwth TPC Therapy to create a haven of calm and a hub for great learning. The relaxed classroom setting includes sofas, soft lighting, mixed styles of tables and chairs and an option to remove shoes.
Operating Theatre Live provided a unique and immersive experience at Knutsford Academy, to talented Year 11, 12 and 13 students who are studying Biology and considering careers in medicine or veterinary science. The students became doctors for the day and carried out a number of dissections It was brilliant revision for their GCSE and A Level examinations and real inspiration for their future careers
ur of their students who made up the th place overall for the fastest car and bined, in the Lenovo F1 in Schools
DOVEBANK PRIMARYSCHOOL JOINSTHETRUST
On Monday 8th January,
Dove Bank Primary School in Kidsgrove, Staffordshire became part of The Learning Partnership They are the sixth primary school to join us.
ng and producing a competitive racing hey had to secure sponsorship and es with their branding, marketing and y received lots of positive feedback, are not progressing further, they are rticipating in the competition again ing up to the professional class.
Amber Richards, a teacher of Engineering and Design at UTC said “it has been a privilege to be able to develop these students to enable them to participate and progress through this competition, seeing them apply their knowledge they have learnt in class. It has been great for me to meet with other likeminded schools and to develop the STEM enrichment at UTC.”
We’re delighted to welcome them to The Learning Partnership and look forward to working with Headteacher Sally Dakin and her team, and supporting everything they do to provide the very best opportunities for Dove Bank pupils.
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