Yesterday, we welcomed our new National Professional Qualification (NPQ) Spring 2024 cohort, as they embark on their NPQSL – Senior Leadership programme. Delivered in partnership with Ambition Institute, our participants joined for their first conference at Annie Mawson’s Sunbeams Music Trust – Sunbeams. This event saw teachers and middle leaders from schools across Cumbria, both…
On Friday 26th January, 76 students from all of Cumbria Education Trust’s primary schools attended the CET Year 6 Maths Challenge, held at Workington Academy. Designed by Mr McAree, CET’s Maths School Improvement Lead, the challenge was split into five rounds of mathematical problems to solve, as well as a logic test and a KenKen…
The Whitehaven Academy (TWA) is delighted to announce that it has been recognised by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) as a CyberFirst school achieving Gold level, making it the first school in Cumbria to achieve this award, and one of only 4 in the northwest to achieve Gold status. The award involves a very…
We are partnering with Nurole, the leading board-level search specialist, to find Trustees. We are looking to appoint two new Trustees with a senior-level background in education who share the Trust’s passion for providing young people with the best possible opportunities to allow them to achieve success. We are interested in strategic-level educational leaders from…
Last Friday, The Whitehaven Academy proudly hosted the CET Year 8 Interschool Robotics Competition, kindly sponsored and supported once again by Sellafield Ltd. The competition was also supported by STEM. Students from all three CET secondary schools, The Whitehaven Academy, Workington Academy and William Howard School, were joined by St Benedict’s Catholic High School and St…
It was confirmed by Ambition Institute yesterday afternoon that all of our NPQ Leadership participants (NPQSL and NPQH), who recently completed their assessments in September, have passed. This continues our 100% pass rate for all CET NPQ programmes! To celebrate, we will be holding an NPQ Celebration Event in March – more details of this…
The cost of living crisis has affected many of us, especially in the run-up to Christmas. To try and combat the stress of managing finances around the Christmas period, Mrs Lund, Family Learning Mentor, put a plan into action. In October, she started to contact local businesses and supermarkets in Carlisle to see whether they…
On Tuesday 5th December, 50 children from Petteril Bank School were treated to a night they will never forget when they were invited to Pizza Express in Gretna for an evening of Christmas magic. Each year, Cash for Kids creates this wonderful opportunity for a local school and they approached our Family Learning Mentor, Mrs…
More than 200 pupils came together to improve their sporting skills and hear about an inspiring Everest adventure at the annual Year 6 Netball Participation Festival, which took place at William Howard School (WHS) in Brampton in November. All Year 6 pupils from each of our Trust schools were invited, as well as the Year…
Something that’s been really important for me as a headteacher is seeing the talent that exists within,” says Nigel Youngman, headteacher of The Whitehaven Academy.