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A school in Swindon has been rated 'Good' in all areas by inspectors, after receiving an ‘Inadequate’ rating only three years ago.

A school in Swindon has been rated 'Good' in all areas by inspectors, after receiving an ‘Inadequate’ rating only three years ago.

A Swindon school has been accused of allowing a serious safeguarding issue.

Fortius PE keeps children moving with virtual activities including skipping, tennis, football, and yoga. Andy Steckbeck, a school games organiser for Fortius, says lots of youngsters from Swindon are getting involved.  He said: “We get children engaged in physical activity by entering in our competitions or activities.  “In the past 10 months, children being involved in fitness has been affected greatly, so we’re trying to get schools to be involved in our virtual activities so the children can do it at home.  “It’s so important to stay active right now, especially as w...

AN award-winning headteacher is taking over as the new chief executive of The Park Academies Trust. Benedick Ashmore-Short was the was executive director of education for four years for a number of schools in South Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire. This week he will be taking up post of TPAT, which runs Lydiard Park Academy and Abbey Park School and Red Oaks and Orchid Vale primary schools in the town. Mr Ashmore-Short is a former winner of Headteacher of the Year in the Pearson National Teaching Awards He takes over from Clive Zimmerman, the founding principal of the Trust at Lydiard P...