Dear All, As we begin the final half term of this academic year, the light created by ‘Together in Voice, Together in Faith, Life in All Its Fullness’ is, I am sure, still burning brightly in the memories of all of those in Wells Cathedral on...
Dear All, There has been an air of excitement and expectation across our schools this week. Staff and pupils have been rehearsing songs, practicing readings and preparing prayers ready for ‘Together in Voice, Together in Faith, Life in All Its Fullness’ at Wells Cathedral on Monday....
Dear All Congratulations to Y6 pupils and staff for what you have achieved over the last week. It has been good to hear from teachers, leaders and Heads about the experience of KS2 SATs in schools across our Trust. Heads have commented on the fantastic culture...
Dear All, On Thursday last week, BWMAT Directors met to review and discuss the exciting draft Growth Plan, 2017-19, for our Trust. We are fortunate to have Directors with experience both in and outside the field of education. Together they bring breadth, depth, challenge and fresh...
Dear All, I hope you’ve had a good Bank Holiday weekend. Summer term learning is already in top gear in schools across our Trust. I was fortunate to visit Horsington Church School, in our South Somerset Hub, this week. There is a wonderful example of collaborative learning...
Dear All, Welcome to the summer term 2017. Thank you to teachers, staff, teaching assistants and leaders across our Somerset schools for the first fantastic week of learning pupils experienced. Across North Somerset, our Trust’s pupils will be looking forward to returning to school tomorrow, to...
Dear All, On Monday afternoon, Teresa and I visited the Leadership Team at St Mark’s Church School. It was wonderful to see their positive approach and their determination to provide the best possible education for all their pupils. After school, Rachel Rooke, who leads St Mark’s cookery...
Dear All, We have all spent time this week thinking about the people affected by events on Wednesday in Westminster including staff, pupils and leaders at St John and St Francis Church School, their community and all of those nationally and internationally. It was a very...
Dear All, Within our Trust and nationally, promoting high quality teaching and learning through the delivery of a broad, rich, creative curriculum has been a key theme this week. It was interesting to read Amanda Spielman’s speech as Ofsted’s Chief Inspector in which she asked: ‘How do...
Firstly, I would like to pass on congratulations to Kirsti and all the staff at Staplegrove following their one day Ofsted inspection this week. I will share further details once their report has been published. This week I visited St James’ Church School and Trinity Anglican...