2 Governors required for Castle School

21st January 2020Ms L Dalby

Are you interested in becoming a governor?

Castle School is our specialist provision for children and young people with severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties. We are looking for the right people with the necessary skills, time and commitment and sufficient diversity of perspectives to take the school forward into the next decade.  We are committed to involving and taking into account the views of all our stakeholders, including the community, parents and children.

We would be particularly interested in hearing from people with a background in healthcare or business.

If you are interested in being a governor, please contact Lesley Dalby, Governance Manager, on 01670 816111.

NCEA meets the Rt Hon Damian Hinds, MP, Education Secretary

By Ms L Dalby28th June 2019

Alan Hardie and John Brearley, CEO and Chair of Trustees, today met with Damian Hinds as part of a roundtable discussion to advise the Education Secretary how the government’s recent initiative, Opportunity North East, was impacting on schools.

The Education Secretary has invested £24M to support improvements in raising the achievement and aspirations of young people in secondary education.

Duke’s Secondary School has been designated as a One Vision School as part of the Opportunity North East programme.

More information to follow

CEO appointed for the Trust

By Ms L Dalby11th January 2019

CEO appointment at Northumberland Church of England Academy Trust

Northumberland Church of England Academy Trust is pleased to announce the appointment of Alan Hardie as its new Chief Executive Officer from April 22nd.

Alan, a National Leader of Education, has been acting as part-time interim CEO since February 2018, overseeing the conversion from an all-through school to three separate schools within the Multi-Academy Trust and supporting school improvement.

Commenting on his appointment, Alan said: “I’m delighted to be given the opportunity to be CEO on a full-time basis, as I am confident that the Trust has a very bright future. We have talented, hard-working staff and students who deserve the opportunity to be successful. I hope that the changes we’ve made since February are evidence that we are making significant improvements in response to the 2017 OFSTED report and I intend to accelerate the pace of improvement when I’m in the role full-time.

“My commitment to making a difference means that I’m leaving an outstanding school where I’ve spent the last 13 years in order to move to NCEA. The reason is that I believe we can make a huge difference to the life chances of our students and can be a beacon of success for the local community. We can achieve this through hard work, high quality teaching and learning, creating opportunities for our students and raising aspirations. I believe wholeheartedly in the transformational power of education and will ensure that we have high expectations for all of our students”

John Brearley, Chair of Governors, said, speaking on behalf of the full governing body: “We are absolutely delighted to be able to welcome Alan onboard as CEO of the Trust. We have got to know Alan well over the ten months he has been our interim CEO. His commitment to improving the life chances of the pupils in our communities is absolute and matches our firm resolve to continue to make the improvements over the coming months and years that will deliver that. His experience and background is directly relevant to the challenges we face and we know that together we can face the future with real confidence.”

Parent/carer communication survey

By Ms L Dalby5th November 2018

To complete our survey (click here)

We are very keen to improve the way that we communicate with Parents and Carers at Northumberland Church of England Academy Trust. We would appreciate if you would complete our survey, which should take less than five minutes. Your answers will be used to review our communications strategy and improve the effectiveness of home-school communications.

The survey will be open until 12.00pm on Friday 16th November