Investing in our teaching assistants with new Level 3 SEND qualification
Teaching assistants at The 3-18 Education Trust are now able to specialise in Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) by undertaking a new Level 3 qualification. Offering enhanced professional development for our support staff is one of the key priorities of The 3-18 Education Trust’s people strategy. By developing our teaching assistants, we will ensure […]
Commemorating Remembrance Day and Armistice Day across our family of schools
A round up of how schools across our Trust have commemorated Remembrance Day and Armistice Day 2024 in their local communities. Bowbrook Primary School Reception and Year 1 pupils visited Oxon Parish Church in Shrewsbury for the first time. Reverend Charlotte showed the children around the church and taught them all about the importance of […]
Developing a lifelong love of reading in our schools
The latest research from The National Literacy Trust has found that children and young people’s reading for enjoyment is at an all-time low. The 2024 research report which explores children and young people’s reading for pleasure and daily reading habits reveals two in three children and young people don’t enjoy reading. Tammy Evans is Second in English […]
Trust training package drives pedagogy forward with adaptive teaching focus
This year’s Trust training package is focused on adaptive teaching and aims to develop pedagogy across the Trust, with a particular focus on disadvantaged pupils. Teachers from across The 3-18 Education Trust’s schools will undertake training on how to run research based lesson studies (RBLS) on 6, 7 and 12 November 2024. The training will […]
Unleashing potential at Trust’s annual staff conference 2024
Over 500 teachers, support staff and governors from across The 3-18 Education Trust’s primary and secondary schools gathered at Telford International Centre on Monday for our annual staff conference. The full-day event started with breakfast and an informal chance to catch up with colleagues after the half-term break. The conference was officially opened with a warm […]
Much Wenlock Primary School pupils build harvest donation tower for local food bank
Children and families from Much Wenlock Primary School have shown their community spirit this week by making a generous donation of food and household items to local charity, Bridgnorth Food Bank. Each class was challenged to build the highest tower with their harvest donations, with Year 4 and Year 5 crowned the winners and awarded […]
Coleham Primary School’s pioneering school restaurant project empowers pupils
Twelve pupils from Coleham Primary School in Shrewsbury had just 75 minutes to turn the school hall into a restaurant, and prep, cook and serve a community meal to their families and staff. ‘Friday Night Dinner’ is a unique restaurant project which sees pupils from the school collaborate with charity, Shrewsbury Food Hub, and local […]
Inaugural Boarding Schools’ Association West Midlands Boarding Forum a resounding success
Thomas Adams School in Wem recently hosted the first ever West Midlands Boarding Forum bringing together over twenty schools from diverse backgrounds, including both prep and senior institutions, independent and state-run. Hosted at Adams House, the boarding house of Thomas Adams School in Wem, Shropshire, the event gathered boarding school leaders, house parents, and support […]
Countdown to Trust-wide staff conference 2024
Over five hundred teachers and support staff from across The 3-18 Education Trust’s nine schools and central team will come together for our annual staff conference on 4 November 2024. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘From Fixed to Flourishing: Unleashing Potential Together’ and offers a range of workshops and sessions designed to enable […]
Collaboration at the heart of dynamic leadership programme
Twenty-five aspiring leaders from across The 3-18 Education Trust came together last Friday to start their journey as part of The Aspire Programme – a high energy, dynamic leadership programme for teaching and support staff. Delegates from across the Trust’s nine schools and central team will undertake the programme over the next 12 months, with […]