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New fundraising charity single released by students at King Alfred School A fundraising charity single has been released by 87 students at Highbridge’s King Alfred School Academy Sixth Form featuring happiness and summertime. The students and staff have recorded a cover version of ‘Send Me On My Way’ by Rusted Root to raise funds for The MPS Society. It is the first ever charity single to be released from the school – and they are aiming for 10,000 downloads on Spotify and iTunes to tr...

New Learning Lodge opens at Pawlett School to provide quiet learning environment A new Learning Lodge has been opened at Pawlett Primary School Academy to provide a quiet environment for learning. The new facilities feature sensory plants, a hexagonal features like bees’ honeycomb and is a wonderful, quiet environment for learning. At the back of the lodge is a sensory garden, full of plants and wildlife growing freely. There are also several beanbags for comfort. It supports all subjects in...

Staff from Highbridge's King Alfred School and The Priory Learning Trust have raised thousands for charity by walking up to 30 miles across Somerset.

Published: 8:45 AM May 20, 2021    Youngsters have made bird feeders in launch of their schools new wellbeing and community club. - Credit: Shane Dean Youngsters have made bird feeders to launch their schools new wellbeing and community club. Pupils at St Anne’s Church Academy have enjoyed their first wellbeing and community after school club. Along with making bird feeders, they searched for lots of natural items in different shades of green and sat and listened to the different sounds ar...

A Worle primary school has welcomed a new principal. Lindsay Evans is the new principal at Castle Batch Primary School Academy. Devon-born Lindsay has...

A primary school near Burnham-On-Sea is this week celebrating after Ofsted recognised it for taking effective action to provide education during the lockdown. West Huntspill Community Primary had its latest inspection remotely in January 2020 after being supported by The Priory Learning Trust over the last 12 months. It was previously put into Special Measures which prompted TPLT to support. The school officially became West Huntspill Primary Academy, part of The Priory Learning Trust, on 1st A...

HIGHBRIDGES King Alfred School Academy has a new acting principal. Dan Milford started the role last week, and will continue in the post until January 2022, when a permanent principal is to be appointed. Nathan Jenkins, the former principal, has been promoted to the role of head of school improvement at the Priory Learning Trust. As King Alfred School is a part of the trust, Mr Jenkins will still have a role in moving the school forward. Mr Milford has been a teacher for 25 years, hav...

Olivia Elliott has returned to WCSA as a teacher. - Credit: Shane Dean Former students of schools in a multi academy trust have celebrated becoming new teachers inside the same group of academies. Kieran Ward and Olivia Elliott, former students of Castle Batch School Academy and Worle Community School Academy (WCSA), and Georgina Lodge, who went to Priory Community School Academy (PCSA), have successfully gained jobs in schools within the Priory Learning Trust they previously went to school in....

Priory Learning Trust students interviewed Fiona Bruce. - Credit: Priory Learning Trust Students aged nine to 18 quizzed TV presenter Fiona Bruce as she appeared in an interview over Zoom. The BBC presenter was asked a wide range of questions by students in The Priory Learning Trust. Olivia Finch, aged 16, head girl of Worle Community School Academy, hosted the one-hour interview with questions on lockdown, journalism, careers, and more. Fiona told the students how she turned down Strictly Co...

Burnham-On-Sea singer Lyra Cole, 7, releases her third charity single Lyra Cole, 7, has released a cover of Toy Story’s ‘You’ve got a friend in me’ to raise money for In Charley’s Memory, the local mental health charity. Lyra, who had a brain tumour the size of an orange successfully removed when she was a baby, hopes the song can cheer up people in tough times. The money raised from her latest song will go to In Charley’s Memory, a charity formed close in partnership with the King...