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• Wednesday 1 May 2024 Evendons is Outstanding Evendons Primary School has been recognised as "Outstanding" by Ofsted for a second time following an inspection in February 2024. Clear to the inspector's were the school's exceptional strengths across all areas, its nurturing environment, dedication to well-rounded development, and the pupils' remarkable motivation and focus.
• Tuesday 30 April 2024 The Heights Primary School appoints substaintial Headteacher We are thrilled to welcome Mrs Hayley Harrison as the new Headteacher of The Heights Primary School. Mrs Harrison brings a wealth of experience, a strong commitment to leadership and a deep dedication to the school community.
• Thursday 18 April 2024 TT Rockstars Competition 2024 Well done to all of our Year 4 pupils who have spent the last month perfecting their times tables in the ÁùºÏ²ÊͶעÍø Times Table Rockstars competition. In total almost 1.5 million questions were answered correctly (1,428,898) by 823pupils within the competition alone.
• Sunday 24 March 2024 Whiteknights Primary School's new Headteacher Bridget Reynolds has been announced the new substantive Headteacher for Whiteknights Primary School, following a thorough and rigorous recruitment process.
• Friday 22 March 2024 Theresa May, former PM, visits Braywick Court School Theresa May MP visited Braywick Court School to support the school’s road safety campaign
• Wednesday 20 March 2024 The Queen's Gambit 2024 48 boys and girls from Years 4 to 6 met across the chess board for the annual ÁùºÏ²ÊͶעÍø Queen's Gambit tournament.
• Monday 18 March 2024 ÁùºÏ²ÊͶעÍø Girls Football Tournament 2024 55 girls from across the London ÁùºÏ²ÊͶעÍø schools travelled to Watling Park School's outdoor sports facilities on March 18th for the annual Girls Football Tournament. The atmosphere was filled with anticipation as the teams prepared to take to the pitch, ready to display their talent and sportsmanship throughout the day.
• Friday 1 March 2024 School Minister Praises ÁùºÏ²ÊͶעÍø Schools For High Pupil Performance School Minister Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP praised exceptional performance of Braywick Court School, Deer Park School, Evendons Primary School, Rutherford House School and Whiteknights Primary School in last year's SATs.
• Tuesday 27 February 2024 ÁùºÏ²ÊͶעÍø Boys Football Tournament 2024 Watling Park School hosted the annual Year 3 and 4 boys football tournament at their outdoor sport facilities, on 26th February.
• Wednesday 24 January 2024 Evendons at 10 Downing Street A group of 15 children from Evendons Primary School had the incredible opportunity to visit 10 Downing Street recently.
• Monday 4 December 2023 Evendons Primary School expansion works completed We are delighted that the Evendons Primary School‘s expansion works are now complete, offering pupils better spaces, a more stimulating environment and, consequentially, wider breadth of opportunities for learning.
• Friday 1 December 2023 The Heights Primary School joins ÁùºÏ²ÊͶעÍø We are delighted to welcome The Heights Primary into our family of schools!
• Thursday 30 November 2023 Poetry Recital Competition To recite or not to recite?
• Tuesday 21 November 2023 Invictus Games 2023 For the first time this year, we hosted the ÁùºÏ²ÊͶעÍø Invictus Games for children in Key Stage 2 who are low in confidence or with special needs.
• Wednesday 1 November 2023 ÁùºÏ²ÊͶעÍø Conference 2023
• Tuesday 17 October 2023 Evendons Primary School gets 'Eco School' Green Flag Accreditation We are very proud of Evendons Primary School, our Outstanding STEM school in Wokingham (Berkshire), who has been awarded the Eco School Green Flag last September.
• Tuesday 17 October 2023 Launching our School Centred Initial Teacher Training Since ÁùºÏ²ÊͶעÍø was founded, we had a long-standing ambition: to train teachers in our schools.
• Monday 11 September 2023 Ofsted confirms Watling Park School to be Good in all areas Watling Park School was visited by Ofsted inspectors in June 2023 and was judged as ‘Good’ once more, which is a confirmation of their first inspection in 2018.
• Wednesday 6 September 2023 No RAAC found in ÁùºÏ²ÊͶעÍø schools There has been a considerable media coverage recently regarding Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) and its use in educational settings. RAAC is a lightweight form of concrete; because it is weaker than regular concrete, concerns have been raised about its long-term durability.These concerns have escalated during the summer resulting in a more precautionary approach by the DfE if RAAC is contained, rather than contained and critically weak. This has resulted in the DfE instructing about 100 schools to partially or fully close, preventatively.
• Monday 26 June 2023 Interview with new Halley House School Headteacher We caught up with Toby Mills-Bishop, new headteacher at Halley House School, and got to know a little more about him, his vision for the school and his connection to Hackney, London.
• Monday 26 June 2023 Inspiring STEM Fair at Evendons Primary School On 22 June, the day before International Women Day in Engineering, Evendons Primary School contributed to challenge stereotypes by hosting a STEM Fair (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) together with other 19 primary and secondary local schools.
• Friday 16 June 2023 Braywick Court School judged Outstanding In April 2023, Braywick Court School was visited by an Ofsted inspector who was impressed by all aspects of life within the school.
• Wednesday 14 June 2023 Evendons Primary School extension building works Evendons Primary School is an Outstanding primary school in Wokingham. It is part of ÁùºÏ²ÊͶעÍø and it is the first STEM school of the area, founded in 2014. Since then, the school has gone from strength to strength, has become the school of choice within the community and is now oversubscribed.
• Wednesday 7 June 2023 Debate Competition 2023 Kilburn Grange School and Braywick Court School hosted the annual ÁùºÏ²ÊͶעÍø Debate Competition for the London and Berkshire hubs respectively, today 7 June 2023. Six ÁùºÏ²ÊͶעÍø schools took part in the competition, with guest school The Heights joining the Berkshire hub.
• Wednesday 3 May 2023 TT Rockstars Competition 2023 450 Year 4 pupils across eight schools spent the whole of April perfecting their times tables within our first ever TT Rockstars Competition.
• Tuesday 2 May 2023 Whiteknights Primary School is a Good school Whiteknights Primary School was visited by Ofsted inspectors on 28 Feb and 1 March 2023 and was judged as Good in all areas.
• Thursday 13 April 2023 Interview with Alison Colenso Alison Colenso has been appointed Interim Director of Education for the academic year 2023-2024. Mrs Colenso will step into Laura Gregory’s shoes whilst away on a year’s sabbatical. We caught up with Mrs Colenso ahead of her starting in June 2023 to get to know her a little better.
• Wednesday 29 March 2023 ÁùºÏ²ÊͶעÍø football tournament 2023 The Year 3 ÁùºÏ²ÊͶעÍø football 2023 season drew to a close on 27 March.
• Friday 18 November 2022 How far is too far? ÁùºÏ²ÊͶעÍø's spread of schools Our Director of Education Laura Gregory was recently interviewed by Arbor for their ‘Creating a Cohesive Trust’ report. Arbor asked Laura where she stand in the distance debate.