Children, staff and parent volunteers travelled from Western Springs Primary School, Rugeley, to Moorhill Primary School, Cannock, to celebrate becoming The Chase Co-operative Learning Trust. Students took part in Science, D&T, Art, PE and Maths activities, presented in stimulating and exciting ways. They also had the opportunity to take time out to meet and greet [...]
Volunteers from The Midcountires Co-operative helped Sutherland, a co-operative Trust school in Telford, prepare its eco garden for the growing season.
A group of visitors from the Zambian High Commission and Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry recently visited the Co-operative College on a fact-finding mission.
Dr Linda Shaw, Vice Principal – Research and International at the Co-operative College, welcomed the visitors, giving an overview of the co-operative movement in the UK.
The guests then saw co-operative buildings [...]
Whole Education’s Northern conference will support school leaders in responding to the current challenging circumstances and pressures to become an outstanding school.
Whole Education is a not-for-profit organisation that brings together leading education projects which demonstrate a commitment to a more rounded education for young people. The conference will bring together leading educationalists, school leaders and [...]
A co-operative Trust school in London received a royal visitor last week. His Royal Highness the Duke of York visited The Royal Docks Community School, Custom House, on Thursday 29 March to officially open new facilities that will help young people who have profound and multiple learning disabilities.
It was the first time a member of [...]
Northfleet School for Girls in Kent celebrated its 75th birthday and the opening of new school facilities in March, along with its official launch as a co-operative Trust.
Mervyn Wilson spoke at the 2012 National Housing Co-operatives Conference at the start of March.
The Co-operative College’s resource pack on the life and times of the Rochdale Pioneers has been featured on stories.coop, the international news campaign started by Euricse to spread the benefits of co-operation through story-telling.
The Meet the Pioneers resource for schools was produced by The Co-operative College using materials from the National Co-operative Archive in Manchester [...]
The secrets of engaging and retaining members of co-operative Trusts were discussed by staff from co-operative schools at a special Institute of Education seminar entitled ‘Putting the community back into community schools? Learners, teachers, parents and community in co-operative schools’.
At the heart of co-operative schools is a democratic, multi-stakeholder membership structure that works to embed [...]
Ana Rey and Ana Torrado, recent graduates from Andalucía, are working at the Co-operative College until July on the relaunch of the Pioneers Museum and event management.
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