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  • Students in high-vis vests visiting Manchester Traincare Centre on International Women’s Day

    An inspiring visit to Manchester Traincare Centre on International Women’s Day

    Published 13/03/24

    Twenty 11-13 year olds, from Co-op Academy Stoke-on-Trent, discovered the diverse range of careers available to young women in the rail industry this International Women’s Day! They travelled with Avanti West Coast to Alstom’s Longsight depot (known as the Manchester Traincare Centre) on Friday 8 March.

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  • World Book Day 2024

    Published 11/03/24

    This World Book Day, we’re promoting a love of reading! 

    Every year, our academies take part in different ways. From dressing up as their favourite fictional characters, to hosting a ‘book at bedtime event’ - dressed in pyjamas, with hot chocolate and marshmallow treats. 

    This year we’ve partnered with the Children’s Book Project to help provide access to brilliant books for primary pupils in our Trust. The Children’s Book Project is a registered charity that redistributes thousands of new and gently used books to children across the UK. 

    Regional Community Development Manager for Bradford, Julie Lloyd, initially contacted the Children's Book Project to provide books for our academies in Bradford. Moving forward, the Children's Book Project will continue to provide more books for our academies!
     

    “Thousands of children grow up in homes with very few books of their own, sometimes none at all. They have fewer opportunities to lose themselves in a story, for shared reading with a parent and to discover the world.”

    - Children’s Book Project 


    Primary academies; Co-op Academy Parkland and Co-op Academy Beckfield have received a total of 890 books, plus books for younger siblings. The children can choose two books each to take home to help develop a love of reading. 

    This year, the children will also be taking home a book about iconic women, so each primary can celebrate International Women’s Day on 8 March! 

    We’re thrilled to be working with the Children’s Book Project and intend to continue to develop this partnership to support other academies in our Trust moving forwards. 

    Laura Thompson, Leeds Regional Coordinator at the charity, said: 
     

    “Book poverty has a measurable impact on children’s social and emotional development, as well as their education outcomes. Our mission is to give children the chance to lose themselves in a book, to share stories with their wider family and to be inspired by the illustrations within. Books can make amazing things happen: vocabulary expands, empathy grows, imaginations are ignited and children learn. Being able to provide Co-op Academies in Leeds and Bradford has been a great way of expanding our reach nationally, and providing more children with books to read and cherish.”

     

    Our academies got up to all sorts of fun!

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  • Priesthorpe and Grange take home gold at our trust-wide athletics

    Published 06/03/24

    Last Friday saw a fantastic afternoon of trust-wide athletics for our academies. Held at Co-op Academy Grange on 1 March, 24 Year 8 students brought their A-game, competing in both track and field events. They showed great determination, teamwork and skill!

    We’re passionate about providing these extra-curricular opportunities for our academies to get on board with. Whether it’s our Trust Spelling Bee or the recent Dragon’s Den competition. Students’ whole-school experience is extremely important, and when students can network with peers in other academies, they’re able to build their confidence and social skills. 

    Our sports competitions are always a fantastic way to have fun, improve physical fitness and massively contribute to positive mental health and wellbeing. 

    Congratulations to Co-op Academy Priesthorpe who won Gold in the girls’ event and Co-op Academy Grange who brought home Gold for the boys’ event! 

    Next up will be Year 7’s competition later this month, followed by our annual Panathlon event on the 22 March. 

    Find out more about our partnership with Panthlon

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  • Our Trust set to receive almost 1 million pound funding to boost maths progress

    Published 28/02/24

    Co-op Academies Trust is delighted to be granted £960,000 funding from the Maths Excellence Fund. The Fund exists to encourage more young people to attain and progress in maths, increasing numbers of students staying on the maths pathway to A-Level. It has a special focus on students from disadvantaged backgrounds, where a huge difference can be made to help unlock opportunities. 

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  • Florence MacWilliams secures planning permission

    Published 27/02/24

    Co-op Academy Florence MacWilliams, a new secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent, has received approval to start their new temporary building. The temporary school will house 120 students for three terms, situated on the plot of land that provides access to the school’s permanent site.

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  • Trust-wide Spelling Bee

    Published 13/02/24
    Friday 9 February was our Trust-wide Spelling Bee! A fantastic event held at Co-op’s Headquarters, 1 Angel Square, and led by the Trust’s English Directors, James Davies and Hannah Lilley. 
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  • Children’s Mental Health Week ​​​​​​​

    Published 09/02/24
    Place2Be launched the first-ever Children’s Mental Health Week in 2015. The week exists to empower, equip and give a voice to every child in the UK - childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk
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  • Time to Talk Day 2024

    Published 05/02/24
    Time To Talk Day, the UK’s biggest conversation about mental health, returned on Thursday 1 February. 
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  • Florence MacWilliams set to join Co-op Academies Trust

    Published 05/02/24

    Florence MacWilliams Academy, a new secondary school in Stoke-on-Trent, is set to join our Trust. The new free school is about to begin construction for their multi-million-pound building in the south of Stoke-on-Trent, overlooking Weston Woods. With an aim to be parents first choice for their child, the new academy will help provide necessary student spaces for growing numbers in the local community. 

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  • GoIT Primary Dragons Den Competition

    Published 01/02/24

    Co-op Academies Trust recently held the GoIT Competition with primary academies at 1 Angel Square. In partnership with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the project works to broaden the ICT opportunities available to primary pupils!

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  • A new Community Fridge launches at Co-op Academy Stoke-on-Trent

    Published 25/01/24

    In partnership with Hubbub, Co-op Academy Stoke-on-Trent were thrilled to launch their Community Fridge on Tuesday 23rd January.

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  • Beckfield students featured on Newsround during Jamie’s Farm trip

    Published 23/01/24

    Children at Co-op Academy Beckfield recently visited Jamie’s Farm in Skipton, North Yorkshire, for a residential trip. 

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