News & Events

16th October 2019 News

A New Partnership for the Alliance of Leading Learning

The Alliance of Leading Learning is proud to announce our new partnership with The British School Netherlands – co-writing and delivering an exclusive new international leadership programme for Headteachers. The i NPQH is globally unique as it brings the National Professional Qualification, authorised by the DfE in the UK, to an extensive leadership programme that […]

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22nd August 2019 News

Why we offer the local school of choice

Following today’s GCSE results release, the Marches Academy Trust schools are all celebrating. The Marches School – GCSE success continues  The Marches School has achieved strong GCSE outcomes across the board building on last week’s A-Level success.  Congratulations are passed to all students on today’s results. Students have worked incredibly hard this year to provide […]

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19th August 2019 News

Shrewsbury Flower Show

The Shrewsbury Flower Show was a fantastic event this year, and Lower Heath CE Primary School were incredibly proud of their entry into the school garden category. Their ‘Blasting Off to New Horizons’ display (created by the pupils in Gardening Club with Mrs Gallimore-Johnson and Mrs Jenkins) looked absolutely amazing and was really eye-catching. A […]

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25th July 2019 News

The Grove School has been recognised as a Super School

HegartyMaths have recognised The Grove School, as one of their ‘Super Schools’, placing them as one of their top-performing schools in the country. The Grove School is also placed fourth nationally for the amount of feedback given to students by Maths Teachers and for the amount of ‘Fix Up 5 Questions’ answered by students. HegartyMaths is […]

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Inspirational Visit From Commonwealth Medallist Laura Samuel

22nd July 2019 News

Inspirational Visit From Commonwealth Medallist Laura Samuel

On Tuesday 16th July pupils at Lower Heath CE Primary School welcomed Team Great Britain triple jump medallist Laura Samuel on behalf of the Sports For Champions scheme. Upon arrival Laura put the Lower Heath pupils through their paces with some energetic circuit training on the school field. The athlete then addressed the pupils in […]

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19th July 2019 News

Trust appoint Deputy CEO

The Marches Academy Trust CEO and Trustees have confirmed the appointment of David O’Toole as Deputy CEO of the Marches Academy Trust. Following five successful years as Headteacher at Sir John Talbot’s School, Mr David O’Toole will work as the Deputy CEO in addition to his headship role. This is an exciting time for the […]

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17th July 2019 News

The Grove School Imagineers News

This year the Imagineers at The Grove School have been working on space themed projects. Firstly, they worked on designing a lunar habitat using 3D design software to enter the European Space Agency’s Moon Camp Challenge Competition. While they did not win, the team that made the final shortlist did receive certificates of participation. The […]

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12th July 2019 News

Visit to Staffordshire University Psychology Department

The world is a safer place thanks to The Grove School and Sir John Talbot’s School Psychology students successfully completing the virtual reality bomb disposal task on a visit to Staffordshire University Psychology Department. The students also learned how virtual reality can be used for pain management and phobia treatment. The rest of the day involved learning about research […]

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12th July 2019 News

Amazing Achievements For Lower Heath CE Primary School

We are very proud to announce some fantastic results demonstrating the achievements of all of our pupils at Lower Heath CE Primary School during this past academic year. 85% of our reception children achieved a ‘Good Level of Development’ – this is the measure used to assess whether children leave Early Years at the expected […]

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12th July 2019 News

The National Enterprise Challenge Grand Final

This week we had four students from The Grove School competing at Wembley as part of the National Enterprise Challenge Grand Final. The students were tasked to design a new logo for Ryman, which they started during a project in school earlier on in the year. From this initial concept, they have since gone on […]

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12th July 2019 News

Sir John Talbot’s School Whitchurch 10K

Tuesday saw profits from the Sir John Talbot’s School Whitchurch 10K be presented to good causes locally. Macmillan Cancer Support, Blackberry Fair and the Whitchurch Whippets were all grateful recipients of the donations. This year the money raised smashed previous figures with more runners than ever participating. We would like to give a huge thank […]

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12th July 2019 News

STEM MNA Challenge

Sir John Talbot’s School Year 8 students have been busy taking part in the STEM MNA Challenge. The competition has helped students to develop their STEM skills, while providing a greater insight into the potential career opportunities available in industry. Students were provided with a professional mentor Steven Owen from Paveaway’s, who supported throughout the […]

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