The Schools Co-operative Society is holding a day-long conference aimed at schools in the Midlands area and beyond who are either already a co-operative school (either a co-operative Trust or a co-operative Academy) or those that are interested in moving … Read more
Pilgrim Primary School, Plymouth, which became a founder member of the South-West Plymouth Educational Trust in September 2012, is celebrating going from a satisfactory to an outstanding primary school in three years.
The South-West Plymouth Educational Trust comprises six primary schools … Read more
The Co-operative Crew, a Young Co-operative at Golborne High School and Lowton J & I School, are using the new Action Kit to help move their enterprise forward.
Another co-operative school is celebrating being graded ‘outstanding’ in its Ofsted inspection. Dosthill Primary School in Staffordshire, which is part of the Tame Valley Co-operative Learning Trust, was inspected in March and is decribed in the subsequent report as ‘a … Read more
Ask your MP to support the 10 Minute Rule Co-operative Schools Bill which will be introduced by Co-operative-sponsored MP Meg Munn on Wednesday 17 April.
The handbook ‘Your co-operative Trust: making it work’ is aimed at guiding new co-operative schools through the 18 months that follow legally becoming a Trust.
Sutherland Business and Enterprise College in Telford, Shropshire, is to become a co-operative Academy as part of a multi-Academy Trust on 1 April, following a unanimous verdict from the school governors.
Sutherland will join with Wrockwardine Woods Art College and Phoenix … Read more
The 100th school farm is the UK is to open at Bebington High School, a co-operative Trust on the Wirral, on Tuesday 12 March.
The farm, which will feature a mix of goats, pigs, quail, chickens and more, will be formally … Read more
The Rochdale Pioneers Trust is based on the values and principles of the Rochdale Pioneers.
Congratulations to Epinay, a co-operative special school in Tyne and Wear, which has been judged ‘outstanding’ in its latest Ofsted report.
The report notes how the co-operative model contributes to the school’s success, stating: “The governing body is strong because the … Read more
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