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5th June 2019 News

Students receive donation towards trip of a lifetime

Students from The Marches School, Oswestry and Sir John Talbot’s School, Whitchurch – both members of The Marches Academy Trust, will be going on a life changing expedition to Greece next year. The trip scheduled to take place during the summer holiday of 2020, will see students embark on a twelve-day expedition that will incorporate […]

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5th June 2019 News

Erasmus trip to Norway

The Marches Sixth Form students recently took part in the Erasmus exchange trip to Norway. It was a very busy trip with a jam packed itinerary. On Wednesday, the students took a trip to Oslo, where they had the opportunity to visit the Viking Museum. Later in the day they visited Oslo centre after receiving […]

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14th May 2019 News

Students shine at Young Enterprise Awards Evening

Students from Sir John Talbot’s School, Whitchurch; The Grove School, Market Drayton and The Marches School, Oswestry who are all part of The Marches Academy Trust family of schools had a successful evening at the recent Young Enterprise Awards. After selling their products at trade fairs over the past few months and recently attending, a […]

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10th April 2019 News

Middle Leaders' Conference

A fantastic turnout was had at the recent Alliance of Leading Learning Middle Leaders’ Conference, which took place on Friday 29th and Saturday 30th March 2019. The two-day event was held at the impressive Rookery Hall Hotel and Spa, near Nantwich. The event saw a jam-packed schedule with delegates listening to a variety of presentations […]

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3rd April 2019 News

New beginnings for Lower Heath CE Primary School

As the newest member of the Marches Academy Trust, Lower Heath CE Primary School is in for an exciting time. This week, the CEO of the Marches Academy Trust, Sarah Longville, visited Lower Heath to outline the exciting opportunities that the school has.  The CEO presented to staff, parents and pupils in an assembly to welcome the School to the Trust. The pupils took part in worship along […]

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14th March 2019 News

Conference Proves Truly Inspirational for Future Leaders

On Monday 25th February 2019, 450 educational facilitators, teachers and senior leaders descended on the spectacular International Conference Centre in Telford. The continued professional learning event, sponsored by The Energy Check was organised and hosted by the Alliance of Leading Learning who are part of the Marches Academy Trust. This was the fourth Alliance of […]

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14th March 2019 News

P.E teacher aims to inspire students

Sir John Talbot’s School P.E Teacher Sarah Newey is training to take part in a series of exhaustive challenges in order to push her physical and mental limits, whilst raising money for the charity Combat Stress UK. The leading mental health charity for veterans Combat Stress UK assists former servicemen and women, their families and […]

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17th January 2019 News

Trust Students Counting Down to Success

On Thursday 17th January, Year 11 students from The Marches School and Sir John Talbot’s School took part in a Countdown to Success Day in preparation for their GCSE exams in the summer. The Marches Academy Trust students took part in a number of workshops including ‘Resilience and Stress Management’, ‘Get Revising’ and a workshop […]

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16th January 2019 News

Cross-Trust Inaugural Varsity

Students and staff at both Sir John Talbot’s and the Marches School took part in the first ever cross-trust varsity sporting tournament which took place on Wednesday 12th December. Sporting students from the Marches School, Oswestry travelled to Sir John Talbot’s School, Whitchurch to compete against their cross-trust rivals in a variety of sports; including […]

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10th January 2019 News

Cross-Trust New York Trip 2020

Following the success of the New York trip last term, we are now preparing our visit to New York for current Year 9 students in 2020. Please follow this link to view a letter with information on the trip for Marches School students: Trust NY Trip 2020 Marches Please follow this link to view a letter […]

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14th December 2018 News

Exciting Times for Lower Heath

Lower Heath CofE Primary School and Nursery, based near Whitchurch, is looking to join the Marches Academy Trust on 1st April 2019. Lower Heath School is a great primary school recently gaining an outstanding SIAMS report from the Church of England inspection team. By joining the Marches Academy Trust, Lower Heath will strengthen the primary […]

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11th December 2018 News

Mrs Kate Campion

It is with deep sadness and regret that Mrs. Kate Campion, a member of the Marches Academy Trust passed away on Wednesday 5th December. Kate began teaching in 1974 and subsequently worked as an education adviser and Secondary Head for both Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin Councils. In 2006 Kate became Assistant Director for Children’s […]

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