So proud of our secondary school Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls being recognised as one of the top schools in Havering - Ranked 2nd place!
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#haveringschools #haveringsecondaryschools #haveringseniorschools #haveringhighschools #everyoneflourishes
Registration will be open soon for the 2026 Havering Festival & we're delighted to share another confirmed speaker for the event - Alex Gingell, Engagement Lead at Steplab.
Look out for updates and details about registration coming soon on our socials and website:
haveringfestivalofeducation.co.uk
We're delighted to share that Rachel Ball will be speaking at this year's Havering Festival, bringing her vast sector knowledge & experience to attendees. Look out for more updates & registration details coming soon:
haveringfestivalofeducation.co.uk
#Hfested #virtualCPD #TeacherCPD #FreeCPD
SPEAKER ALERT! Delighted to share that Stuart Kime, Director of Education at Evidence Based Education, will be speaking at the upcoming Havering Festival! Look out for more updates on our socials & website: haveringfestivalofeducation.co.uk
#Hfested #virtualCPD #TeacherCPD #FreeCPD
Brand new video produced by TNK Sudios to showcase our lovely Margaretting Primary which really captures what the school is all about! We hope you enjoy watching it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPb6...
#primaryschool #essexschools #schoolculture #everyoneflourishes #churchschools #topschoolinessex
We're delighted that Kate Jones, Senior Associate for Teaching & Learning at Evidence Based Education, will be speaking at the upcoming Havering Festival of Education! Look out for more updates on our socials and website: haveringfestivalofeducation.co.uk
#virtualCPD #TeacherCPD #FreeCPD
Great to be at National Society For Education's Flourishing Trusts Network in Birmingham today with Emma Wigmore, Anna Rogers, Gary Lewis and Jacques Pretorius, to hear from Aimee Williams, Director of Education at Three Spires Trust, Sir Anthony Seldon and Andy Wolfe.
#educationleadership
A bit of pre-Easter fun to kick off our half termly Executive Leadership Team meeting followed by a constructive and collaborative day, reflecting on the progress of our five Strategic 'Big Moves' for 2025/26 and planning goals for 2026/27.
#everyoneflourishes #eastereggs #educationleadership
LIFE CEO Julian Dutnall was delighted to attend an unveiling ceremony today for one of our FBA students, who won the Essex County Council/Bauer Media, Community Artwork Competition. The ceremony took place at the bus shelter near Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford.
A huge thanks to our Festival Partners. This support means that the Havering Festival of Education can continue to bring FREE CPD to the education sector. Registration details coming soon. Look out for more info on our socials and the Havering Festival website: haveringfestivalofeducation.co.uk
More exciting Havering Festival news! We are delighted to announce that Amjad Ali from Chiltern Learning Trust will be bringing his expertise as one of our confirmed speakers. More about Amjad trythisteaching.com/about
Look out for more Havering Festival updates: haveringfestivalofeducation.co.uk
Excited to announce Steplab as our Headline Sponsor for the 2026 Havering Festival of Education. Find out more about their PD Platform: steplab.co/uk
Programme & Registration Info coming soon haveringfestivalofeducation.co.uk
#HFestEd #TeacherCPD #FreeCPD #virtualCPD
The Havering Festival of Education is back. Clear your diaries & join us for some free, extensive, purposeful CPD opportunities for everyone in education. Registration details coming soon. Look out for information about the speakers we already have lined up.
haveringfestivalofeducation.co.uk
It's world book day and we were delighted that our CEO Julian Dutnall has recorded reading a Bedtime story with our LIFE Mascot Zoe Bear, for all our pupils and their friends and family to enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDUL... Happy World Book Day Everyone.
#worldbookday #wbd #everyoneflourishes
In 2025 we started the LIFE Million Pages initiative to help improve pupils’ vocabulary & literacy skills. We read over THREE MILLION pages. The winning schools who read the most number of pages per pupil...
1st Place - Margaretting
2nd Place - Roxwell
3rd Place - Holy Trinity
#reading #literacy
Fantastic celebration at Margaretting following their amazing KS2 results; TOP in Maths & Reading in Essex. We thanked Niall Robinson for his role as Assistant Head, welcomed back Sarah Kirk as Head of School, & presented Ops Manager, Sue Monger with a trophy as winner of LMP Apprentice of the Year!
We are so proud of Sue Monger, our Operations Manager for Mid-Essex who has been awarded the LMP Best In Programme - Apprentice of the Year Award. Well done Sue, what a great achievement!
#educationexcellence #apprenticeshipawards #operationsmanager #mutliacademytrust #everyoneflourishes #LMPawards
Yesterday our CEO Julian Dutnall attended MAT Networks Conference discussing AI, ethos & culture. Meanwhile, CFOO Tamsin Owens was at the CST Finance & Ops Conference in Birmingham hearing useful sessions on the current funding landscape & how to use an apprentice levy wisely.
Congratulations to Sue Monger, Operations Manager for Mid-Essex, who has been shortlisted as 'Apprentice with the Biggest Impact' in the LMP Group Education Awards this week. Entries came from across the UK & the winner will be announced next week. Good luck Sue!
#educationawards #everyoneflourishes
Great to attend the Diocesan Annual School Leaders Conference today in Halstead to explore the topic of SEND through a Christian Lens. Heard some fascinating insights from Bishop Roger Morris-Chair of the Diocesan Board of Education, Carrie Prior-Director of Education. #education #churchschools
We are a looking for Governors' Clerks in Essex. To find out more contact khardy@lifeeducationtrust.com
#governorsclerk #clerkjobs #clerking #adminjobs #everyoneflourishes
At LIFE we're all about the people who make our organisation who we are. As part of our 'meet the team' series, we would like to introduce one of our fantastic Operations Managers...Lisa Davids - Operations Manager (Harwich) Find out all about Lisa here: lifeeducationtrust.com/our-team/
LIFE attended Bett Global 2026 on Friday. Met existing suppliers Bromcom IRIS Software Group & potential new ones. Great talk from Secure Schools in the innovation theatre on cybersecurity & the questions we need to be asking ourselves as a Trust.
#everyoneflourishes #BETTUK2026
Attended a truly inspiring Festival of Flourishing yesterday led by the National Society for Education. Great to hear from Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education. Extremely proud of pupils from Roxwell Primary who put on an amazing performance as part of the event.
Thrilled to share this beautiful video which was produced last week for one of our newest additions to the Trust, Dr Walker's Primary School in Fyfield, Essex.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtSV...
Find out more about the school here: drwalkers.co.uk
#everyoneflourishes
Great to have our CEO Julian Dutnall attend the Zen Educate roundtable meeting last night with US Superintendents in advance of BETT 2026.
#networking #collaboration #everyoneflourishes #BETT #education #educationleadership
Session 3 of our 'Headship Excellence' programme took place last week, where we were once again joined by senior leaders from several Trusts across Herts & Essex. Thank you to our inspiring speakers, to Dr Walker's Primary School for hosting us, and to everyone who attended this valuable session.
It was great to welcome Dr Daniel Pampuch & Dr Darren Iselin from Christian Schools Australia to the Trust on Friday. CSA supports over 200 schools through advocacy, research, training & development.
#collaboration #education #churchschools #everyoneflourishes #MultiAcademyTrusts
We are incredibly proud of what the Trust achieved in 2025 & our Annual Report for the year has now been published which provides a round up of Trust-wide results & initiatives, as well as future plans. A copy can be found here: lifeeducationtrust.com/wp-content/u.... We hope you enjoy reading it.
We were delighted to welcome back Professor Alex Hill, author of Centennials, to our LIFE Executive Leadership Team meeting yesterday. Once again Alex shared some fascinating insights into what makes organisations successful. #everyoneflourishes #timetoshine #leadership #education #strategicplanning