THE inaugural Cumbria Farmer Awards will be judged by a panel of respected industry experts and specialists from a wide spectrum of backgrounds. Headed by Andrew Robinson, partner and head of agriculture and farming at Carlisle-based business advisers and accountants Armstrong Watson, our headline sponsors, who are also sponsoring a further category, the Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as the drinks reception. Andrew will be partnered in the search to find farming’s unsung heroes, by Alistair Mackintosh, west Cumbrian beef and sheep farmer and chairman of Red Tractor Assurance, as well as the National Farmers Union Cumbrian council delegate; Ian Bowness, Aspatria dairy farmer and NFU county chairman’; Agricultural Partner at David Allen Accountants in Dalston, Michael Peile; Julia Aglionby, Armathwaite farmer and Executive Director of the Foundation for Common Land; Lois Mansfield, Professor of Upland Landscapes, and Director of Ambleside Campus; Sharon Sloan, Lely Ce
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Workington Academy celebrates new record in student numbers
Workington Academy headteacher Des Bird in the school’s new dining extension
Workington Academy is celebrating a new high in student numbers with a record intake set to join its roll this year.
The school is again oversubscribed in year seven for this September and looks set to offer places to an additional 40 children.
Itâs the sixth year of entry form growth in succession for the Cumbria Education Trust academy, having expanded by 138 per cent since launching in 2015.
Places for September are not confirmed until March, but the academy has had to seek the permission of the CET board to accommodate a new high of 248 year seven pupils whose families selected it as their first choice secondary school.
Headteacher Des Bird in the academy’s new dining room extension, lessons at Workington Academy Workington Academy is celebrating a new high in student numbers with a record intake set to join its roll this year. The school is again oversubscribed in Year 7 for September 2021 and looks set to offer places to an additional 40 children. It’s the sixth year of entry form growth in succession for the Cumbria Education Trust (CET) academy, having expanded by 138 per cent since launching in 2015. Places for September are not confirmed until March, but the academy has had to seek the permission of the CET board to accommodate a new high of 248 Year 7 pupils whose families selected it as their first choice secondary school.
Two education institutions join forces for the benefit of students and employers in North East and Cumbria
PARTNERING: Chief Executive of Education Partnership North East, Ellen Thinnesen A UNIVERSITY and education partnership have signed a strategic alliance agreement to benefit students and employers across the North East and Cumbria. The agreement, between University of Cumbria and Education Partnership North East, builds on an already highly successful partnership between the two and will significantly enhance their portfolios of academic programmes to develop new progression opportunities for students, in addition to establishing new opportunities for employers to access access training and qualifications to enhance the skills and expertise of their workforce.