Community, culture and CPD: One school’s journey to improvement
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.
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University of Cumbria Graduation Ceremony 2023
This week, several Cumbria Education Trust (CET) schools were invited to perform at the University of Cumbria Graduation Ceremonies, hosted at Carlisle Cathedral. Held on 21st to 23rd November, more than 1000 graduands attended the ceremony to celebrate their success in this grand venue. More than 100 students from Castle Carrock Primary School, Longtown Primary…
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Leaders unite for inspiring Leadership and Culture event
Yesterday, Tuesday 21st November, we held our second Quality Leadership And Organisational Culture Event at the Castle Inn Hotel in Bassenthwaite. Over 40 leaders from across our Trust schools and our Central Services Team attended the event, to explore what it means to be an excellent leader and how we can create a powerful leadership…
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Schools Come Second in Cash For Kids Fundraiser Challenge
Four of our primary schools took part in the Cash For Kids Sports Challenge this year. Caldew Lea Primary School, Newtown Primary School, Petteril Bank School and Yewdale Primary School got creative whilst coming up with innovative and exciting ways to raise as much money as they could for their school. The Cash For Kids…
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24-hour Danceathon at Workington Academy
Students at Workington Academy successfully completed a 24-hour Danceathon to raise money for the school. The Workington Academy Performing Arts department is fundraising so that they can improve the facilities within the performance space. The event started on Friday 20th October at 7pm and finished on Saturday 21st October at 7pm. The students took part…
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Outstanding Teacher Intervention Programme success
Three teachers from Yewdale Primary School have successfully completed the Outstanding Teacher Intervention (OTI) programme. Claire Hodgson, Susan Ingledow and Kate Mains worked with The Osiris Teaching Intervention, a school-based professional learning programme for teachers, which accelerates the quality of learning and teaching by ensuring immediate and sustained changes in classroom practice. OTI builds on what is…
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Triumph at the Golden Apple Awards 2023
On Thursday 12th October, the Newsquest Golden Apple Awards were held at the Greenhill Hotel in Wigton. The coveted awards ceremony recognises talent, resilience and achievements in the education sector, as well as its inspiring people. This event brings together the best leaders, teachers, support staff and schools from across the Cumbrian education sector. We…
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Expansion on the cards for CET
As the largest Trust in Cumbria, we are looking to grow again and launch a new education hub in the county. We have been in talks to partner with Kendal’s The Queen Katherine School (QKS) to start a new southern hub for our Multi-Academy Trust, just how we have established similar school groups in the…
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Yewdale Ofsted Inspection – September 2023
Following on from Yewdale Primary School’s last Ofsted inspection in July 2018, in which they were rated Good, they received another inspection from Ofsted on 19th and 20th September, in what is called an ungraded inspection. This inspection is carried out around once every four years to ensure that, as a school, they are still…
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CET’s Big Coffee Morning
Last Friday, numerous cakes, biscuits, buns and hot drinks were devoured across all of our Trust schools for CET’s Big Coffee Morning, in an effort to raise money for the Macmillan Cancer Support charity. Castle Carrock Primary School held a Grandparents Coffee Afternoon, followed by a celebration assembly whilst Caldew Lea Primary School had a…
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