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Leigh Academies Trust Winter 2016 | issue four NEWS WOW! New Trust website launches... www.leighacademiestrust.org.uk Shaping lives, transforming communities We are pleased to announce the launch of the events & • SCWA Honoured brand new Leigh Academies Trust website! by Baroness news from Neville-Rolfe & The website officially went live on Mr Fitzgerald’s Visit 23rd December. We are already seeing some around the encouraging results. Our goal with this new website is to provide visitors with • An insight into IT an easy to navigate, clear and informative platform to Trust at Mascalls learn about the Trust, what we offer and how they can • Leadership is GOOD get involved. As part of the build, we produced a video at Molehill Primary to introduce our core vision: Shaping Lives, Transforming • Leigh UTC Awards Academy Communities. Watch students Nikola and Ryan as they Dinner (Ofsted, December 2015) explore Wilmington Academy’s library, which has come to • Get into Teaching life with a variety of exciting careers. • LAT16, Bistro & • Which cluster do I We would like to extend our thanks to all those who helped LAT Enterprises belong to? with this exciting project. Visit the new website today at www.leighacademiestrust.org.uk. 1 A message from the Chief Executive It was been a very successful term in LAT continues to press head with building capacity in LAT up to Christmas 2015 and 2016 has primary education. As well as Eastcote joining us soon, started just as well. Last Summer saw real we will open a brand new primary in South Maidstone success across all of our academies. Since called Langley Park Primary Academy next September then, students and staff have set out to and another new primary school in the Ebbsfleet Valley reach new records this year. We were from September 2017. Meanwhile, we are close to finding delighted that in September, Mascalls a permanent site for our new secondary free school in Academy in Paddock Wood joined the Greenwich which is also due to open in September 2017. LAT family of schools. Eastcote Primary in Bexley will do so from February this year. Many of you will know that we will sadly say goodbye to two much-valued principals this year. Lorraine Hollingworth This academic year, LAT has launched its new Education retires from Hartley Primary Academy at Easter and Michael Business Partnership. This will help connect our schools Murphy retires from Stationers’ Crown Woods Academy and students even more closely to the world of work. in September. We are working very hard to find excellent Meanwhile, Greenwich and Kent Councils are pressing us successors for both. They will be tough acts to follow, but to expand our schools so that even more children across with a long line of highly effective leaders waiting to join the area can enjoy a Leigh-style education. We have agreed LAT, I am optimistic that we will appoint new principals already for Wilmington to increase to a Pupil Admission ready to take both academies to the next stage in their Number of 240 and Stationers’ Crown Woods Academy to development. 300. I wish you all a very Happy 2016 and thank you for all of Our UTC continues to impress all who visit. We were your ongoing support this term. fortunate to host Lord Baker of Dorking at our Business Dinner in November to celebrate the achievement of our students. More recently, Baroness Neville Rolfe, the Minister for the Digital Economy visited Stationers’ Crown Woods Academy to hear our exciting plans to open a Digital Media Centre next July with the great support of our friends at The Simon Beamish Stationers’ Company. Chief Executive WILMINGTON On Tuesday 15th December, Our community Stephen Leahey, Principal of The Leigh UTC was invited by Lord Baker to take part in a presentation gets festive ACADEMY at the House of Lords where On Wednesday 9th December the Post 16 Business A Level and Hospitality Nick Boles MP and he addressed students held their annual Christmas Community Party, supported by ten Year 9 a selected audience about the students. Entertaining over 130 elderly people from the local community and the impact UTCs are having in the students from Milestone Academy, the students worked hard on the planning current education system. and cooking for the event and the party was a huge success. Over £400 was raised for the Post 16 chosen charity - Guide Dogs. Lord Baker was extremely complimentary about Leigh “Really good Academies Trust and recalled afternoon had, his most recent visit to the UTC. thanks to all the Nick Boles emphasised the students and staff government’s commitment to for their hardwork UTCs, and wanted to challenge and friendliness. UTCs to be successful and evolve. It was Great!” Mr Leahey then followed this up “Really lovely, with a detailed first hand account the students are of setting up and running a UTC. fantastic.” This was very well received and led “Great afternoon, all All in all, a fabulous afternoon was to further discussions with other the kids are brilliant had by all, building even stronger MPs and dignitaries at the event. – we take our hats links within the community. off to them!” 2 www.leighacademiestrust.org.uk Leigh UTC Awards Dinner The Leigh University Technical College (Dartford) held its first Awards Dinner recognising the exceptional work of 10 of its students during its first year of opening. Special guest for the evening was Lord Kenneth Baker the Chairman of Baker Dearing Educational Trust which developed the concept of UTCs. Business partners were invited to sponsor tables at the dinner to support each of the winners with each student bringing two family guests. Clive Barker, Vice Chair of Governors and Master of Ceremonies for the evening said: “A key difference that defines The Leigh UTC is the great support that we have from our business partners, developing and participating in projects, work experience, mentoring and many other engagements throughout the year”. When choosing the trophies for the winners it was decided to reflect the engineering specialism of the college by asking Keith Ellis M.D. of Kenard Engineering and Chair of Governors of The Leigh UTC if he could possibly manufacture a suitable trophy. The result was magnificent (see right). 2015 © Bresserphotos The evening’s award winners were: • Chantelle Cornett – Award for STEM Year 10, sponsored by University of Greenwich • Casey Crowley – Award for Computer Science Year 10, sponsored by RK International • Harry Dressel – Award for Engineering Year 12, sponsored by 8 Point 3 • Thomas Dressel – Year 12 Computer Science, sponsored by DMA • Harrison Firth – Outstanding Achievement, sponsored by Eurostar • Cameron McIntosh – Enterprise Year 12, sponsored by CSB Logistics • James Mannion – Year 12 STEM Male, The award winners are pictured below with Lord Baker and Principal at The Leigh UTC, sponsored by Cucina Steve Leahey. • Charlie May – STEM Year 10 Male, sponsored by Cleantec Guest of honour, Lord Baker commented: • Callum Shepherd – Year 10 Engineering, “It was a fabulous evening with fantastic support from sponsored by SEM our business partners.” • Sophie Woodhead – Award for STEM Year 12 Female, sponsored by Kenard Engineering shaping lives, transforming communities 3 SCWA Honoured by Baroness Neville-Rolfe & Mr Fitzgerald’s Visit The feedback from the students was very positive about the whole experience. They enjoyed engaging with the representatives of the different bodies and found the discussions held both stimulating and informative in preparing for the final video production. The feedback from Mr Fitzgerald was that the students were ‘the Stars of the Show’. We have been honoured to welcome young people now access material This opportunity has come about Baroness Neville Rolf, the Minister for such as computer games, books, through the Academy’s links with Intellectual Property and Mr Kevin magazines, music and films. They have The Stationers’ Company of which Fitzgerald, the Director General of also explored how these materials are Mr Fitzgerald is a member. World Intellectual Property (WIPO) at paid for and the cost and business the United Nations to the Academy on models in operation. Ms Helen Esmond the master of the Wednesday 2nd of December. Stationers’ Company, Mr Kevin Dewey The Minister was taken on a tour (Chair of Governors SCWA) and Mr The Minister and Mr Fitzgerald visited around the Academy and spoke with Simon Beamish (CEO LAT) were also in the Academy to meet a number of pupils about the facilities available attendance at the event. our Year 13 pupils who have been there. The Minister and her team preparing a video for a United Nations were then presented with a short conference in Geneva in April 2016. extract from the students’ recording The title for the conference is ‘Global and gave some very positive feedback Digital Content Market’. about the content and the production video to date. The students then had The piece that the students have the opportunity to discuss with the been working on is called the ‘The Minister the government’s views on Voice of Youth in the Global Digital intellectual property, namely copyright Content Market’. 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