A Bournemouth school has seen its attendance records boosted after introducing a raft of incentive measures. Elm Academy has launched various schemes to encourage all its children to aim for 100% attendance. Each half term the class with the best attendance receives a trophy, which takes pride and place in the classroom. And at the end of every term all … Read More
Elm wins the spirit of Rock Challenge
Bournemouth school children shone brightly in the junior version of Rock Challenge, winning the Spirit award. Competing against primary schools from across Hampshire, Elm Academy was the only Dorset school to pit its entertainment wits in the regional ‘J Rock’ competition. And with their version of Beauty and the Beast, the talented Elm children were judged by all the participating … Read More
Ambitions and LeAF academies welcome new partnership
Poole-based Ambitions Academies Trust (AAT) is welcoming three schools to its family. Elm Academy, Oak Academy and the LeAF Studio, which formed the LeAF Federation in West Howe, will become the newest members of AAT. And the Trust, which has an impressive track record in improving schools, is already making a major impact on the former LeAF academies. AAT was … Read More
Schoolchildren recreate the Great Fire of London
Pupils at King’s Park Academy marked the end of a school project by watching their work go up in smoke. Year one pupils at the Ambitions Academies Trust-owned school in Ashley Road Bournemouth, have been studying the Great Fire of London, which started in a humble bakery in Pudding Lane, in 1666. Year one teacher Rebekah Wilson, explained: “As part … Read More
Middle East education chief learns from Ambitions
Poole-based Ambitions Academies Trust (AAT) has shared its outstanding teaching methods with a VIP from the United Arab Emirates. Noura Ibrahim Al Marri, Director of the Special Education Department at the Ministry of Education, UAE, visited AAT’s Manorside Academy and Longspee Academy in Poole. Ms Al Marri is involved in a major project in the United Arab Emirates to … Read More
Triple honours for Ambitions Academies Trust
Bournemouth-based Ambitions Academies Trust (AAT) is celebrating after three of its education leaders received prestigious honours. Alex Prout, Director of Primary Education at Ambitions and Nicki Morton, the Trust’s Director of Special Education have been appointed National Leaders of Education by the National College for Teaching & Leadership. While Ambitions Academies Trust advisor Brian Hooper received an OBE for services … Read More
Manorside Academy achieves top results in Early Years development
Manorside Academy in Poole has become a top performer in Early Years development. Manorside recorded its highest ever Good Level of Development (GLD), the measurement by which early years education in England is judged. The academy’s 83 per cent score is way above the national average of 69 per cent and one of the highest scores in Poole. A former … Read More
Schoolboys put their pedal to the metal for new playground equipment
Schoolboys with emotional and social difficulties cycled, rowed and swam 30 miles to raise money to buy new playground equipment. The boys from Tregonwell Academy’s Nigel Bowes campus staged a ‘triathlon’ to fund additional sports equipment for their school in Ensbury Avenue, Bournemouth. A team of 10 boys took turns to pedal an exercise bike, row on a rowing machine … Read More
Ambitions Academies Trust conducts £1.4m of renovations on its schools
Ambitions Academies Trust (AAT) spent the summer carrying out £1.4m of renovations across its schools. Each of the Trust’s six academies benefited from the major project, receiving everything from new libraries and computer suites, to new roofs, boilers and bicycle sheds: Manorside Academy in Evering Avenue, Poole, has a new roof, a new home economics room, an extra classroom and … Read More
St Aldhelm’s GCSE results up 13 per cent on last year
Just a year after being taken over by Ambitions Academies Trust (AAT), St Aldhelm’s Academy has recorded a 13 per cent rise in the number of pupils achieving five GCSEs (grade A*-C). Among the many success stories are Eleanor Cleave, who attained 11 GCSEs grade A*-B – three A* grades, 4 As and 4Bs. She said: “It’s been a challenging … Read More