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New King Alfred School Acting Principal Dan Milford starts his role Dan Milford has taken on the role until January 2022 when a permanent Principal will be appointed. It comes as former Principal Nathan Jenkins has been promoted to the Head of School Improvement at The Priory Learning Trust. The appointment means that Mr Jenkins can continue to have a strong role in helping to continue to move the academy forward. Mr Milford has been Vice Principal at the school for three years, and was previo...

Lyra is releasing her third charity single on Good Friday. - Credit: Jill Dando News A seven-year-old brain tumour survivor is releasing a third charity single on Good Friday to boost mental health and wellbeing. The inspirational Lyra Cole from Somerset is releasing a cover of Toy Story’s ‘You’ve Got a Friend In Me’ to raise money for In Charley’s Memory (ICM), a mental health charity. Lyra, from Highbridge, had emergency surgery to remove a brain tumour the size of an orange when sh...

Burnham-On-Sea singer Lyra Cole, 7, to release third charity single this Easter A Burnham-On-Sea brain tumour survivor hopes to raise spirits and boost people’s mental wellbeing at Easter with the release of a new charity single. Lyra Cole, 7, is releasing a cover of Toy Story’s ‘You’ve got a friend in me’ on Good Friday 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...

Burnham history teacher wins first ‘The Masked Teacher’ contest Burnham-On-Sea history teacher Nigel Smith has been been named the winner of ‘The Masked Teacher’ competition in which King Alfred School Academy recreated the hit TV show ‘The Masked Singer’. Nigel belted out the tunes ‘World in Motion’ by New Order and ‘Roar’ by Katy Perry from his home as his alias ‘Panda’ to win. The runners-up were English teacher Torie Meredith as Pink Lady, science ...

Online learning may have caused a long-term negative impact on their children's self-esteem, more than half of parents say.

Highbridge’s King Alfred School Academy has announced that is getting a new Acting Principal. With Principal Nathan Jenkins becoming Head of School Improvement at The Priory Learning Trust, Vice Principal Dan Milford will take on the role of Acting Principal until January 2022 when a permanent Principal will be appointed. The King Alfred School Academy (TKASA) says it has had a tremendous few years and is soaring in exam results, curriculum provision, pastoral support and with its high-perfor...

Three students from The King Alfred School Academy have received firm offers to study at Cambridge and Oxford universities next year, with other students receiving offers from Cardiff, St Andrews, Queen’s in Belfast, King's College in London, Durham, and Sheffield.

“This past year has been very disruptive to children’s learning, but our schools staff have worked incredibly hard to keep things going as best as possible remotely while also supporting vulnerable and key worker children. They deserve our utmost respect and gratitude.  “I was pleased to hear the Government free school meal provision will continue during lockdown and that more devices will be made available to support online learning. No child should go hungry or be without access to ...

The book was published by The Priory Press, which has seven more books available on Amazon.  Director of careers James Wilmot said: "It is great to see people from all over the world enjoying our students work.   “It has achieved bestseller status in the Amazon Childrens Christmas Book Chart and peaked at number two.  “It is a great achievement for our students. It takes a lot of bravery and creativity to produce something like this.”  To read the book, log on to www.amazon.co.uk�...

Published: 3:00 PM December 30, 2020    Emma Hardy-Smith (back left) with Lisa Dadds (back right) and pupils of St Annes Church Academy. - Credit: Shane Dean A primary school has appointed a new permanent principal.  Emma Hardy-Smith is the new principal of St Anne’s Church Academy.  The former Priory Community School Academy student previously helped make Pawlett Primary School near Bridgwater into a successful primary school.   Emma has been acting principal for the previous 10 mont...