Transforming Lives - Academy Transformation Trust

Transforming Lives
Summer 2015
Message from Joyce Hodgetts, Managing Director
Transformation can require many
things but mostly for us, it needs
everyone to play their part. Last
summer I met Jack, a pupil from a
Trust academy who won an
award for his contribution to the
transformational change taking
place in his academy. Meeting him
reminded me of why, what we all do
is so important and how its having a really positive impact on
the lives of the children we work with. It also reminded me that
everyone is important if we are to really make a difference.
Academies are about teams working and supporting each
other, staff, pupils, parents and the community all has a role, of
equal value on the road to outstanding. In our trust, this applies
equally even where our group is widespread, with academies
sometimes miles apart but always supporting each other to
be the best they can be.
We have recently held an excellent Governors’ Conference
whilst our forums programme enables staff to learn together.
In the summer we will hold our third Principals’ Conference as
well as our annual House of Commons Awards.
This Autumn we will be launching The Trust Pupil Voice and
hosting our first Pupil Awards, as well as bringing all our staff
together for our inaugural Trust-wide staff training day.
Any organisation is only as good as those who are a part of it.
We are fortunate to have a staff, pupils and community who
see its worth and play their parts exceedingly well.
Joyce Hodgetts
Ofsted celebrations
In this Issue...
News
from our
academies
Page
2-3
Engaging our Page 4
staff in The
Trust’s future
Profiles
Page 8
- three ‘goods’ in a row!
We are delighted to say we
have had three Ofsted ‘goods’
in a row this year.
Following inspections at Star
Academy, Jubilee Academy and
Mildenhall College Academy, all
three were graded ‘Good’ across
the board – with two having
a moved up a category from
their previous Ofsted visit. Read
more about Star and Jubilee’s
transformational journeys on
page 9.
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News from our academies
Gareth Thomas inspires The
Hathaway Academy pupils
The Hathaway Academy was delighted to
welcome Rugby legend, Gareth Thomas
earlier this year when he facilitated two
inspirational workshops for Year 9 pupils.
Norwich Road Academy celebrates
Shakespeare week
Pupils at Norwich Road Academy revelled in all things
Shakespeare as part of the annual celebration in March that
offers primary school children a great first encounter with
the bard’s work.
Over the week pupils watched plays, acted out scenes and learnt
about his life. They also cooked Tudor food and created their
own Tudor inspired drawings and paintings. All this hard work
culminated in pupils dressing up as a Shakespearean character or
person from this era.
Dreadlock Alien slams Sutton
Community Academy with poetry
Poet and Performer,
Dreadlock Alien
recently visited
Sutton Community
Academy to speak to
pupils and host an
X-Factor style ‘Poetry
Slam’ where the
children acted out their own performance poetry on stage.
Throughout the day the pupils worked with the poet to create
imaginative poems. In the afternoon, a small group of gifted writers
attended a master class on writing. They then performed to a panel
of judges and were graded for their originality, performance and
speech; with two lucky teams chosen as the day’s best poets.
Jubilee Academy pupil wins
Walsall writing competition
A pupil at Jubilee Academy has been
declared the winner of a local writing
competition.
Gareth is a retired Welsh player, who is currently
ranked 12th among international try scorers.
During the visit, he shared his life experience and
what drove him to be a successful sportsman. The
pupils were delighted to be involved and this was
reflected in their enthusiastic engagement in the
sessions.
Rolls-Royce engineering
taster for The Dukeries pupils
In March, a group of Year 9 pupils from
The Dukeries Academy took part in an
engineering taster day delivered by RollsRoyce.
Split into groups, they had to create a model
aeroplane, with Rolls-Royce on hand to offer
instructions on the different factors which would
affect the flight of their model.
Once designed, the models were created in
foam and card and took part in head-to-head
competitions. Ultimately the winner was a
combination of the best design, weight and
aerodynamics.
Iceni Academy sixth formers
win charity challenge
Students at Iceni Academy have won a
regional charity challenge and helped raise
much needed money for disability charity,
The Papworth Trust.
The group of A-level Business Studies students,
who took part in the charity accumulator
challenge, netted almost £850 in just 10 weeks.
All funds raised have been donated to the charity,
which provides essential services for disabled
people and their families.
Year 5 pupil Bethany wrote a story called
‘The Magical Journey’ which was judged as
the best across all same age pupils in Walsall.
Her story was praised for its originality, the
characters used and the ability to create an
exciting plot within a 450 word limit.
News from our academies
Mark Hall Academy pupils train at
Borussia Dortmund
Iceni’s Dragons’ Den advertising
challenge
The Easter holidays were more exciting than usual
for a group of Mark Hall Academy pupils when
they visited leading
German football team,
Borussia Dortmund.
Year 7 pupils at Iceni Academy recently took part
in a ‘Dragons’ Den’ style business challenge that
focused on real world marketing and advertising.
The Years 9 and 10 spent
four days at the first
team training facility
taking part in football
sessions led by Borussia
Dortmund coaches and visiting Signal Iduna Park, the
team’s home ground.
The trip also included a guided stadium tour and
sampling some of the Dortmund culture by visiting local
shops and restaurants.
Mildenhall pupils make the National
Enterprise Challenge final
Working in groups of four, they each took an ‘employee’
role within their company and were tasked with
marketing a number of different household products.
The challenge included inventing a new product
name; designing packaging, posters and planning a TV
commercial, as well as ‘pitching’ to a panel of judges.
Everyone involved worked hard and produced some
impressive advertising campaigns, so much so that the
judges were forced to award a joint third prize!
Election fever hits TNHA
Shortly before the General Election, local political
candidates visited The Nicholas Hamond Academy
sixth form to offer them the chance to quiz those
standing for election.
A group of
enterprising
Business Studies
pupils from
Mildenhall College
Academy have
made it through to the finals for the National
Enterprise Challenge, a UK-wide competition for
schools, involving ‘real life’ business challenges.
Candidates from Labour, UKIP and the Green Party visited
to offer their views and answer questions on education,
employment, health and democracy. Students had the
opportunity to ask questions on the things that mattered
most to them in order to get a clearer understanding of
the potential benefits offered by each party.
Earlier this year, pupils took part in the one day programme
which saw them planning and presenting their ideas for a
new rollercoaster ride at Alton Towers Theme Park.
Bristnall Hall Academy’s staff and pupils have
helped raise £1,000 for a local charity in memory of
a former pupil.
Nine teams took part in the challenge and the winning
team, ‘The Unanswered’, will be off to the national finals next
month, taking place at The Alton Towers Resort. Good luck!
Star shines at European education
conference
Nicky Broomhall and Liz Broadhurst, Principal and
Vice Principal at Star Academy Sandyford, recently
represented the UK at the international VoiceS training
conference in Portugal.
Joining teachers from across Europe, Nicky and Liz were the
only UK teachers selected to take part in the sessions.
Taking place during the Easter holidays, the four days focused
on identity and diversity in schools, collaborative learning
projects and included school visits to see digital tools and
learning in action. Going forward, Nicky and her team will
participate in a joint project with schools in four countries to
focus on raising the European identity within their pupils.
Bristnall Hall Academy’s charity
Snowdon climb
Tragically Adam Hancox, 25, was killed in a car accident
last year while raising money for the Society of Parents
of Children with Cancer who, support children treated
at Birmingham Children’s Hospital suffering with cancer
and their families.
This April, a group of Adam’s family and friends,
including Bristnall Hall employees, climbed Snowdon
as an emotional tribute to Adam. In addition, there was
a variety of fundraising activities carried out by staff,
Governors and pupils across the academy.
Spotlight on... Engaging our staff in The Trust’s future
At The Trust, we never
underestimate the value
of face-to-face interaction
and the importance of
bringing our staff together
to share their experiences
and expertise.
Our termly forums demonstrate
this ongoing commitment to
ensuring that our staff are able
to carry out their roles efficiently
and effectively, and most of all
are involved in the formulation
of The Trust’s future. These
forums cover a wide range of
topics and functional areas and
are run at no extra cost to our
academies.
By coming together to discuss
future strategies, common
issues and provide solutions, we
can maximise innovative and
valuable practices being used
across The Trust; reinforcing
the message that we are one
organisation.
For instance, our Business
Managers (BM) forum enables us
to bring together colleagues so
they can play a part in shaping
the financial service we offer.
This helps us to target the
services and support to meet
each academy’s needs, both
now and in the future.
At a recent BM forum,
attendees participated in
a benchmarking exercise
that has helped develop our
procurement plan including
the centralising of some
services. By involving BMs in
the process, we could benefit
from the vast experience and
knowledge within the wider
team. This helped to ensure
that there was consensus
across the group regarding
how to provide the best for all
our pupils. In addition to this
a number of them also took
part in the tendering process
for new budgeting software
in order to ensure it best
addressed their needs.
Likewise in an ever changing
education landscape, it is
important that staff know
What’s
happening
across
The Trust?
The Trust are aware of their
concerns, not least the budget
challenges ahead, and are
planning for the future. By
bringing BMs together, we
have been able to inform
them of the strategic direction
of The Trust and utilise their
local knowledge to help
shape the plans.
The BM forum also offers us
an opportunity to introduce
new products and services,
provide training and gain
valuable feedback. At the
March event, the new budget
software, Orvoia and property
management system, TES
Foundation were presented to
the group, which also brought
together our Estate Managers
on this occasion. This gave
us the chance to showcase
the tools we are bringing into
our academies that improve
efficiencies and allow for
smarter decision making –
both at a Trust level and in
each academy.
We’ve recently welcomed new
members of staff to The Trust:
Sarah Moore is our new Payroll
and HR Officer
Rena Saggu is joining us as an
Improvement Director
We have also said goodbye to Jo
Ryder, Principal at Norwich Road
Academy and we wish her well for
the future. Isobel Barron, Principal
at Kingsmoor Academy will be
leaving us in July for pastures new.
At head office, Sarah-Jane Dean is
leaving The Trust in early June.
News from The Trust
Sharing our experiences at
our Governors’ Conference
Governors from across our family of academies came
together in late March at our highly successful annual
Governors’ Conference.
Around 40 Governors attended the conference which
focused on providing consistently good governance across
all our academies and sharing best practice. Taking place
in Coventry, it included speakers from The Trust as well as a
keynote speech from the British Council.
Pete Bishop, Head of Governance said, “It was great to see
so many of our Governors come together to share their
experiences. We should never underestimate the value of
face-to-face interaction and it is important to bring our
Governors together to share experiences and new ideas.”
Trust academies secure Priority
School Building Programme
funding
We are delighted that
four of our academies
have been successful
in securing essential
funds from the
Government’s Priority
School Building
Programme.
The full plans won’t
be finalised until the
Autumn, however here
is how we aim to use the money:
• Mark Hall Academy – £1.2 million for significant
improvements to a number of teaching blocks and
classrooms
Mandarin competition winner
Following on from our
highly enjoyable Mandarin
lessons and Chinese New
Year workshops, pupils
have taken part in a
‘chengyu’ competition
where they had to
research and enter their
favourite four character
idioms from the Chinese language.
The winning entry came from Year 7 pupil, Ellie Bultitude
at Westbourne Academy who chose the Mandarin phrase
- “It’s not a shame to ask questions” because this shows
questions are important and an essential thing. After all,
without questions, there would be no answers.
Ellie is now the proud owner of a beautiful Chinese
calligraphy set.
Parliamentary Education
Portfolio magazine
We were recently selected to appear in the first
Parliamentary Education Portfolio magazine, which
showcases organisations that are providing education
excellence, alongside highlighting best practice and
thought leadership.
Our two-page feature focuses on the benefits,
opportunities and protection a multi-academy trust can
bring for schools.
As well as including ministerial contributions, this
influential magazine also acts as an essential reference for
government departments, senior civil servants and MPs.
We look forward to seeing the final publication shortly
and it will be available on our website.
• Mildenhall College Academy – £1.5 million to carry out
extensive repairs and improvements of two teaching blocks
• Norwich Road Academy – £240,000 to build a new
building to replace two temporary post WW2 buildings
that have fallen into disrepair
• The Nicholas Hamond Academy – a new build sports
hall is planned with the £1.2 million bid, to be developed
in partnership with Norfolk County Council and Breckland
Council
We hope that these enhancements will assist these
academies in going from strength-to-strength.
Coming together with St John’s
Primary Academy
Recently, we have helped set up the new Future
Generations Trust, a multi academy trust that sponsors
St John’s Primary Academy in Staffordshire.
Moving forward, we will be working with St John’s to
provide support and access to education experts and
exemplary business and administrative support in key
areas such as finance, estates and marketing.
Stuart Ayres, Headteacher at St John’s Primary Academy
said: “We’re looking forward to this exciting new chapter
in our school’s history and are pleased to be working in
partnership with The Trust. We may already be ‘Outstanding’
but we are determined to continue improving the academy
and always aim for excellence in all areas.”
Ian Cleland, Chief Executive Academy Transformation Trust
commented: “We are pleased and eager to work with
St John’s Primary Academy. Both sides bring experts
and wide ranging experience to this partnership, as well
offering us the opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge
from this ‘Outstanding’ school.”
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Managing Director
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Karen Robson
Earl Richards
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Pat Hunt
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Karen Jones
Academy Improvement Director (1
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Claire Pritchard
Director of Resources
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Edward Thomas
Estates Director
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Sarah Moore
Payroll & HR Officer
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Amy Hodgkins
Resources Administrator
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Mark Larigo
Data Analyst Manager
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Catherine Pollard
Project & Governance Manager
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Pat Howell
Governance Officer
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Director of Finance
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Rick van Driel
Academies Accountant
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Lakhpreet Bains
Finance Manager
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Raj Kaur
Finance Officer
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Profiles
Fatima Rodrigues
Fatima has been
teaching French and
Spanish for more
than 20 years and
joined Academy
Transformation Trust
just over a year ago as
Vice Principal of The
Hathaway Academy.
Due to unforeseen circumstance, she quickly
had to step into the role of Acting Principal
and led the academy through the latter part
of the summer term. In this role she looked to
lend stability to both pupils and staff, allowing
everyone at the academy to continue to focus
on driving the academy forward and making
improvements.
Fatima said: “I believe we can make a
real difference to our pupils’ lives by
ensuring they receive the best quality
education. By coming to work for
The Trust, I feel I have been given the
opportunity to make this difference at
The Hathaway Academy.
“I passionately believe that language
learning is crucial when our pupils are
competing on a global scale with their
foreign counterparts for ever evolving
jobs.”
Outside of work,
Fatima enjoys reading
and often has two
or three books on
the go at the same
time. She confesses
to loving the smell
of new books and is
not a ‘kindle’ convert!
She also likes baking
and is a music lover with what she describes
as ‘truly eclectic’ tastes - ranging from Joaquin
Cortes and flamenco to Jay-Z and hip hop.
Chris MacKinnon
Chris MacKinnon
has had the pleasure
of working in not
one but two Trust
academies, first Iceni
Academy and now
Diamond Academy.
He is currently Vice
Principal at Diamond but will be taking over as
Principal from September.
Chris said: “Working with The Trust means
I am working with colleagues that share
similar values and principles; a team that
is totally dedicated to improving the lives
of the children in our care.
“Its senior team is focused on supporting
and nurturing the staff in the organisation,
as I know from personal experience having
been seconded to Diamond Academy prior
to being developed into a future Principal.”
On his academy, Chris said: “I am fortunate
to be taking the helm of an academy that
is in much better shape than it was at
conversion. However no academy can
stand still and we are looking to further
develop the use of learning technologies
as a catalyst for engagement and
achievement.
“As cliché as it sounds, every day is a joy
at Diamond - it really is a great place to
work. Our pupils are so fantastic that they
deserve our renewed efforts to engage our
academy and local communities.”
Outside of work, Chris has previously been a
local councillor, part of a local amateur dramatic
society and an Emergency Ambulance crew
member for the British Red Cross and St John
Ambulance. More recently his personal time has
mostly been taken up with his young family, Gus
who is nearly 5 and Fliss who is 3, and engaging
them in fun activities that worry his wife – such
as climbing a bit too high in trees!
Case study
The transformational
journey from RI to Good
We were delighted with the overwhelming
endorsement we received from Ofsted earlier
this year when they rated three of our academies
as ‘Good’. This now means that five of our
inspected academies are now a step closer to
being transformed to be judged as ‘Outstanding’.
Here we look at the journey of two of these
academies – Star Academy Sandyford
and Jubilee Academy Mossley.
“The whole academy community
is very positive about the direction
the school is taking”, Ofsted.
Star Academy Sandyford in Stoke-OnTrent has been on a true voyage of
transformational discovery since it joined
our family of academies in April 2013.
In its previous existence, the school had deep rooted
problems leading to it becoming one of the worst
performing schools in the city. It was put into special
measures in 2011 when none of its pupils achieved a Level 4
in maths in their SATs exams.
Here are some of the initiatives introduced at the academy to
aid its improvement:
• Creating a ‘Star Team’ to combat an all-time low in staff
morale and confidence. This included developing a set of
staff values and a team mission was created in order to regain
stability and belief
“Parents and carers are welcomed
as partners in their children’s
learning”, Ofsted.
Like a number of our academies,
Jubilee Academy Mossley had a
history of children joining them with
very low starting points. Shortly after conversion, Ofsted
rated the academy as ‘Requires Improvement’ with several
areas identified as needing improvement.
Following this, the immediate challenge was raising staff
morale whilst raising achievement and addressing Ofsted
priorities. This was done through a number of strategies
including:
• A more focused and detailed action plan was created with
The Trust, and shared with all staff and Governors
• A structured approach to behaviour was initiated, providing
consistency at all ages. Behaviour was a significant problem
with the school once being dubbed a ‘zoo’
• Work was undertaken to look at lessons, alongside
research into expectations for good and outstanding
teaching, leading to a focus on Assessment for Learning
• A more inspiring curriculum for pupils and trialing new
and exciting projects. The has led the academy to forge
strong links with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal
College of Engineering and learning technology partner, Gaia
Technologies
• A more rigorous cycle of monitoring, feedback and
support was put into place focusing on what was being
planned, taught and assessed. Ensuring this triangle
matched to children’s and curriculum needs
• A distributed leadership that has created a transparent
approach to transformational improvements. Stringent
weekly monitoring through the academy improvement plan
has strategically developed the leadership, and focuses on
rigorous pupil progress, tracking of data and a more honest
self-evaluation
• A fortnightly ‘outstanding teaching’ focus has provided
a drive in personal professional development for staff to
further their own pedagogical approaches
• To aid the historically low parental engagement, a wide
variety of communication streams were introduced and
activities where families could work together, which fostered
positive relationships. Further education for the community
is the next phase in empowering our families
The academy’s Ofsted
inspection in January
2015 highlighted the
key achievements and
strengths as a result of these
strategies. This included the
improvements in teaching
that led to a significant rise
in pupils’ achievements.
• New parent engagement workshops were successfully
introduced, with open invitations to parents to attend a
workshop along with their children. This has huge benefits
for pupils and has brought significant improvements
• Subject leaders have attended Trust-led forums which
have helped build relationships across other academies
and aided the sharing of good practice
• Working with other Trust Principals has provided much
needed morale support throughout challenging times,
particularly the sharing of Ofsted inspection experiences
Their Ofsted inspection in March highlighted how
embedded within
everyday practice
these changes
have become. Staff
confidence has
grown enormously
in their own
abilities, as well as
that of the children
and in the newly
formed Senior
Leadership Team.
In addition, these varied approaches have helped move
Jubilee pupils’ achievements forward each year since
conversion and they are now in line with national averages.
Trust FE showcased in
government consultation
Our Further Education (Sutton
Campus) team has been
showcased in a government
consultation on the future of the
adult education sector within
the UK.
The government document details
the work the team is doing to deliver
adult learning ‘for the community,
in the community’. The best practice
case study highlights the engagement
with the local community to ensure
the courses we offer reflect what they
need; alongside our commitment to
deliver accessible learning by running
courses at a range of venues on public
transport routes to make classes easily
accessible.
It goes on to celebrate that these
approaches are helping The Trust
to “break down barriers to learning
delivery of high quality vocational
education and training for adult
learners”.
Liberal Democrats
President visits FE at Sutton
Community Academy
Tim Farron MP, President of Liberal
Democrats and their Spokesperson for
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs,
visited our FE team at the Sutton
Campus earlier this year.
During a busy and invigorating
evening, Tim visited several classes
and spoke at length with learners
about their courses. He then met
with Simon Martin and Liz Barrett,
Director and Deputy Director of FE and
Communities respectively, along with
Sutton Community Academy Principal,
Tim Croft for a discussion about the
future of the sector.
The President enjoyed the visit
greatly and was impressed by the
scale and quality of the adult learning
opportunities that The Trust offers.
He has promised to return and bring
other senior colleagues to see what we
deliver in this exciting field.
The Department for Business,
Innovation & Skills consultation, ‘A
dual mandate for adult vocational
education’, is available on the BIS
website – www.gov.uk/bis
Staff development
with our FE team
In addition to high quality communityfocused courses, our Further Education
team offers bespoke in-house CPD
and staff training at no cost to our
academies.
This includes up skilling existing staff
through apprenticeships and bespoke
assessment, training and certification.
Topics include: literacy, numeracy and IT, as
well as Business Administration, Customer
Service, Classroom Assistants and
Maintenance Operations amongst others.
If you would like more information
please contact us: attfe@
suttonacademy.attrust.org.uk
Tim Farron visits Sutton
Community Academy
FE helps secure jobs
for local people
Early this year, our Sutton Campus FE
team helped secure employment for
a dozen local people by working in
partnership with the local Jobcentre
and retail company, The Range.
Our FE team was approached by the
Sutton Jobcentre Plus, who were
looking to secure a sector-based
work academy to help local people
on benefits secure employment at
The Range, a new store opening in
the town. In total 62 jobs were on
offer including office staff, warehouse,
retail assistants, customer service and
Cleaners.
All learners who took part in the
training attended a five day course,
which included a visit to a Range
store in Chesterfield. Topics covered
included:
• Communication skills
• Updating CVs
• Team building
• Customer service
• Presentation & interview skills
• Confidence building
Feedback from the Jobcentre said The
Range staff felt the candidates received
excellent training and they were
impressed with all of the applicants;
the standard was one they had not
seen before when opening a new store.
Following on from the training, The
Range also held their induction
sessions for successful applicants at
Sutton Community Academy, so the
team were able to see who had been
appointed. From the 60 people who
attended the sessions, 12 learners were
offered jobs and a further 13 were
on the reserve list. There are also 8
more doing work experience with the
possibility of a job at the end.
FE apprentice wins
top local award
Natasha Price, an apprentice working
for our FE team at the Sutton Campus
has won the Young Apprentice of
the Year at this year’s Mansfield 2020
Awards. She was presented with the
achievement award at a fabulous
evening event in May, which was
shared with her family and colleagues.
Liz Barrett, Deputy Director of FE and
Communities commented: “Natasha
truly deserves to be recognised for all
of her hard work, skill and contribution
over the past few years. She really does
symbolize what can be achieved by
engaging in an Apprenticeship and has
recently been employed on a full time
permanent contract by The Trust FE.”
‘Picture Your Academy’
Competition Winners
Last term we ran
our ‘Picture Your
Academy’ competition
asking pupils to put
together a design
which captured their
academy.
Iceni Primary Winner
We had a number of great entries and after much
deliberation we finally decided on a primary and
a secondary winner. Congratulations to Acer, from
Iceni Academy (Primary) and to Jack and Jiyed for
their joint entry, who are both from The Hathaway
Academy. All three pupils will receive certificates
and book vouchers.
Both entries will
now take pride
of place in our
training room
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- World Book Day 2015 across The Trust
Admirals Academy
Kingsmoor Academy
Star Academy
Diamond Academy
Jubilee Academy
Mark Hall Academy
Sutton Community Academy
Mildenhall College Academy
The Nicholas Hamond Academy
Our Further Education Skills 4 Independent Living
learners at the Sutton Campus also made a short film
about World Book Day as part of a filmmaking course.
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