Several Cumbria Education Trust (CET) schools have been awarded a National Attendance Award by FFT for good attendance in the Autumn Term. FFT collects daily attendance data from over 10,000 schools. This data helps schools track, monitor and compare their attendance every week. The awards have been given to schools with attendance in the top 10% and top 25% of all FFT schools nationally for the 2023/24 Autumn Term. It also awards the top 10% and top 25% attendance certificates to schools in similar circumstances (based on the percentage of Free School Meals). Congratulations to the following schools for their incredible attendance: Castle Carrock Primary School Top 10% of all primary schools Top 10% of similar primary schools Caldew Lea

On Wednesday 6th February, all of our primary schools took part in Safer Internet Day, an annual event that helps children and young people understand the risks associated with using the internet and how to avoid harm. The internet has been associated with a rise in poor mental health amongst young people, including those still in primary school, which is why our primary school focus was online safety. CET has also been accepted as a supporter of the prestigious UK Safer Internet Centre. Gill Creighton, CET Safeguarding Manager, said ‘Young people are always online, both inside and outside of school. The internet can help us to socialise, work and learn in a convenient, easily accessible way. However, the dangers of

Lorrayne Hughes, Chief Executive of Cumbria Education Trust (CET), recently engaged in an exclusive interview with Tes, shedding light on her proudest career moments, imparting crucial leadership lessons for Trust chiefs, and passionately advocating for the prioritisation of efforts to reduce child poverty. You can read the full candid discussion here: www.tes.com/magazine/leadership/staff-management/lorrayne-hughes-cumbria-education-academy-trusts-schools

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 puzzle. The pupils were split into teams of four and each came up with their own team name and slogan. Multiplication Nation, A Fraction Ahead and Marvellous Mathematicians were some of the creative team names, along with slogans such as ‘United we calculate, divided we fall’ and ‘It’s no lie, we can multiply’. You can see all of the team names and slogans below. After