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1546611 LAT Summer Newsletter Leigh Academies Trust Summer 2017 | issue nine NEWS The Trust's !rst Sports Day for its Primary Academies July saw pupils from six of our primary Pupils competed in the full range of academies compete against one track and !eld events and gave the another in the !rst Trust-wide primary competition their all. LAT was also delighted to host the recent sports day. The event took place at secondary academy sports day won by The Dartford Harriers, one of the region’s The eventual winners were Hartley Leigh Academy best athletics venues. Primary (pictured above), with Eastcote Primary in second place and This enjoyable event has continued for Dartford Primary third. All pupils who several years and gets better and more took part were awarded medals, with competitive each time. Winners this the top three teams taking home year were The Leigh Academy, with trophies. We are already planning an Stationers’ Crown Woods Academy in even bigger event for next year. second place and Mascalls Academy in third place. Also in July, our seven secondary academies took part in their cross- We wish to thank all pupils who took Trust sports day. Our best athletes part and are grateful to the sta" from across the Trust took part in a who worked hard to organise these day of high-quality competition. excellent events. Shaping Lives, Transforming Communities We are moving!... A message from the Chief Executive Leigh Academies Trust's head o# ce Leigh Academies Trust (LAT) is passionate about will be moving to Strood Academy shaping the lives of young people for the better and during the summer, ready for the helping to transform the communities in which they new term in September. live. We are already one of the largest, most mature and successful multi-academy trusts in the region. Our We are expanding as we have dedication to continual improvement is why we have simply outgrown our current developed our LAT Excellence Charter, setting out ten premises at The Leigh Academy in inalienable commitments to our pupils, parents and Dartford. sta" . The “Ten Points” are as follows: This move will mean we can accommodate our sta" in new, bright, open-plan o# ces, bringing The LAT Ten-Point Excellence Charter the various departments and teams together to create a more uni! ed 1) We will provide outstanding 5) We will ensure that pupils are way of working. leadership and governance at well-behaved, con" dent and every level so that all pupils respectful in a safe and secure We look forward to working in our attend an academy judged to be environment. new home! at least good overall by Ofsted. 6) We will ensure a high-quality 2) We will ensure a rich, engaging, workforce and prioritise inclusive curriculum with sta! retention, professional WHAT’S INSIDE e! ective teaching and high- development and well-being. quality learning resources across • The LAT Ten-Point Excellence all subjects and year groups. 7) Through our “business promise” Charter ..................................................... 2 we will guarantee strong • Our success in achieving IB 3) Regardless of their ability or engagement for all pupils with World School status ............................ 3 personal circumstances, we will industry and employers. • O# cial opening of the Stationers' ensure that all groups of pupils Digital Media Centre at SCWA ......... 4 make at least good progress 8) We will provide all pupils with • Leigh Aspire - news so far ................. 5 and that di! erences in their a high-quality careers learning attainment diminish. programme. • LAT's ! rst leadership programme ............................................ 5 4) We will develop pupils’ 9) We will grow to support more • A pro! le: Sharon Waterman ............. 6 characters and attributes in schools in the region so long as • Academy Improvement Team - line with the International the education of current pupils plans for next year ............................... 6 Baccalaureate Learner Pro" le so and performance of existing • LAT Sta" Awards 2017 .................... 6-7 that all LAT alumni o! er a range academies does not su! er. • LAT v PCA England Masters of desirable qualities before they Cricket Gala 2017 ................................. 7 leave school. 10) We will work with our own and other primaries to ensure • LAT Working With Business - updates so far in 2017 ........................ 8 a smooth transition to our secondary academies. • Year 10 careers options event ......... 9 • The Telescope Bistro ........................... 9 • Updates on our new builds ............10 As we move into next year, all LAT academies are framing their plans around • LAT to open three new these ten important commitments. This year has been a period of real success free schools ..........................................11 for LAT. We have achieved a great deal. Our forecasts for academies' outcomes • An update on Leigh Academy this summer are very promising. I hope you enjoy reading the many good news Blackheath ............................................11 stories since the last edition of this newsletter. Simon Beamish Chief Executive 2 www.leighacademiestrust.org.uk Our success in achieving IB World School status of its relentless pursuit of excellence. Leigh Academies Trust is The programme will give LAT16 delighted to announce that three students the internationally- secondary academies will become recognised academic and vocational International Baccalaureate (IB) quali# cations they need for university, World Schools authorised to deliver high-level apprenticeships or the IB Careers-related Programme employment. (IBCP) from September 2017. The IBCP is a $ exible Post-16 programme developed by the The Leigh Academy, The Leigh UTC IBO, which recognises the need to and Wilmington Academy have combine academic, vocational and Becoming an IB World School will been involved in a project organised practical learning skills. As part of not just be of bene# t to Post-16 by Kent County Council which has the IBCP, students follow a career- students. Over 50 sta" from the three supported 18 schools across Kent related course (BTEC or vocational academies have undertaken intensive through a rigorous authorisation programme) between two and four training in the philosophy, values process to become an IB World IB diploma courses and the core and pedagogy of the IBO. A core School. The success of the three LAT programme. The core programme is element of all IB programmes is the academies means that they will join fundamental to the development of IB learner pro# le, which embeds skills an exclusive group of only 36 schools students academically, personally and and attributes in the teaching across across the globe delivering the IBCP. socially, enhancing the skills they will each of the academies and which will need in the future, and comprises the have a positive impact on younger As IB World Schools, the three LAT following elements: students. academies are now part of a global community of schools committed • Re! ective project - this focuses LAT is proud that The Leigh UTC is to developing knowledgeable, on an ethical issue linked to the # rst university technical college caring young people, ready to the careers-related component to gain IB World Schools status, negotiate their futures successfully of the programme. This is the recognising that this academy is and make contributions to a more only element of the core that is truly a centre of STEM excellence. harmonious and peaceful world. In assessed; During the veri# cation visit, The his letter to the academies, Andrew • Personal and professional skills Leigh UTC was commended for ‘its MacDonald, IBO Chief Schools O! cer, development - for example, understanding of, and commitment to, commended ‘your school’s educators, conducting research, referencing, the development of an inquiry-based administrators, students and families presentation skills; approach, the process of experiential for their active roles in choosing to learning, and the importance of o" er the CP. The positive results of this • Service learning - a community developing the whole child’. choice will become evident in your project; community as classes of CP students • Language development - graduate and undertake activities that involving the acquisition of enhance social, cultural and economic language and cultural awareness. environments locally, nationally and, perhaps, internationally.’ Leigh Academies Trust has high aspirations for all of its students and the IB Career-related Programme, which will become part of the LAT16 o" er to Post-16 students, is indicative Shaping Lives, Transforming Communities 3 O#cial opening of the Stationers' Digital Media Centre at Stationers' Crown Woods Academy The o#cial opening of The Stationers’ Digital Media Centre The £500,000 refurbishment and investment project has took place recently and students and sta" were delighted transformed two classrooms in the William Morris building to welcome over 100 guests to the occasion, including Sir into a multi-media digital centre to rival any newsroom, Geo"rey Leigh, Leigh Academies Trust senior executives, magazine or dot.com design company. The project is the The Master and members of The Stationers’ Company, culmination of two years’ collaboration in partnership governors, suppliers and invited guests. with the Leigh Academies Trust. The Academy would like to acknowledge and thank members of The Stationers' O#cial opener, Amali de Alwis, Chief Executive of Code Company for their generous sponsorship and donations, as First: Girls and winner of the Women in IT Awards – Skills well as the Trust for the additional funding provided. Initiative of the Year Award, toured the suite and met students working on their media projects. She conducted In his address, Chair of Governors, Kevin Dewey, thanked all an o#cial opening ceremony, together with the Mayor of who had contributed to the project. “We want to deliver here Greenwich, Councillor Olu Babatola. an outstanding academy, an outstanding place of learning and a happy place of learning. I think we’re well on the way to Amali spoke about the importance of technology in the doing that.” workplace, telling students that there is no such thing as a non-tech business.
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