News & Events

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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11th July 2019 News

The Ryman National Enterprise Challenge Grand Final

On Wednesday 10th July, The Marches School winners of the Ryman National Enterprise Challenge attended the Grand Final event at Wembley Stadium in partnership with UCFB (University Campus of Football Business). The event hosted by Diversity’s Jordan and Perri, invited winners from almost 250 schools to pitch their idea of an event promoting women’s football to […]

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Lower Heath Receives Updated “Safer School” Certificate

8th July 2019 News

Lower Heath Receives Updated “Safer School” Certificate

Lower Heath CE Primary School held their ‘Safer School’ meeting recently; Ian Bartlett, Crime Prevention Officer for Shropshire Council commented: “Another year and another successful ‘Safer School’ meeting at Lower Heath CE Primary. Mrs Sadler recently held a Safer School meeting involving staff, pupils, the Police and myself representing Shropshire Council. The Safer School initiative […]

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Summer Celebration

4th July 2019 News

Summer Celebration

On Wednesday 3rd July, The Grove School hosted a Summer Celebration, which was a joint concert with our towns primary schools. Schools that came to join us included Market Drayton Junior School, Market Drayton Infants School and Longlands Community Primary School. We started with an afternoon rehearsal at 3:30pm, where all of the students from […]

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