The Royal Docks Community School, a co-operative Trust school in Custom House, London, welcomed Lord Paul Boateng, the UK’s first black Cabinet Minister and High Commissioner to South Africa, to give an inspirational talk to Year 9 and Year 11 students.
He spoke to encourage the young people to fulfil their potential within school life by [...]
Students at Forest Gate Community School, a co-operative Business and Enterprise College in London, have embarked on an exciting new venture and working partnership with the Bishopsgate Institute, which has an amazing archive collection of materials mapping the co-operative movement in London.
The collection includes ledgers, minute books, posters, pamphlets, leaflets, magazines, diaries, notebooks and photographs [...]
An article in Red Pepper magazine exploring the co-operative movement as an alternative to marketisation notes that adopting the co-operative model is a way for schools to avoid being ‘forced into an academy’.
The article’s author, Hilary Wainwright, discusses ‘alternatives that enable them to realise their public services values’, with input from Mervyn Wilson, Chief Executive [...]
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.
The first multi-academy co-operative Trust in the country was formed in Thurrock, Essex, at the start of April.
On 1 April, East Tilbury Infant School and East Tilbury Junior School became Academies, joining St Clere’s School as equal partners in a co-operative Academy Trust: the first multi-academy co-operative Trust in the country. The Department for Education [...]
The South West Co-operative Party Council and Exeter Labour Party are teaming up for a free event which will discuss Labour’s education policy and co-operation in education.
Speakers include Kevin Brennan MP, Shadow Schools Minister (tbc), Ben Bradshaw, MP for Exeter, Saxon Spence, Labour Group Leader, Devon County Council, Dave Boston, Chief Executive, Schools Co-operative Society, [...]
Crosby High School in Merseyside has become Sefton’s first co-operative Trust school.
The school has teamed up with the co-operative movement as well as charity Everton in the Community, Hugh Baird College in Bootle, Sefton Council, and Liverpool John Moores University to form the Trust.
Headteacher Toni Oxton-Grant said the co-operative values chimed with the school’s emphasis [...]
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 [...]
The Young Co-operative at Forest Gate Community School in Newham, East London, is using a new portable Fairtrade shop to serve both the school and wider community.
The Young Co-operative runs the shop at break times and is taking the shop (which is built onto an industrial trolley) to Forest Gate’s newly opened community market every [...]
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