‘From strength to strength’

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OVER the last two years Archway Learning Trust has gone from strength to strength. Its four secondary schools, Bluecoat Beechdale, Bluecoat Aspley, Bluecoat Wollaton and Nottingham Emmanuel School are all sitting on Ofsted ‘good’ designations or better. More on our most recent Ofsted inspections below.

In February 2017 Beechdale saw its first ‘good’ designation after many years and this was achieved from an inadequate judgement through less than three years of sponsorship. Emmanuel was welcomed into the trust in January of this year and is already a major contributor to the life and activities of the trust, beating all other schools in a recent MAT Olympics.

Archway believes in the ‘transformational power of education to change lives for all.’ Nowhere is this more evident than in the recent Ofsted inspections that took place last May for Wollaton and Aspley.

I am delighted to report that both inspections went extremely well and both schools have come out of the inspections incredibly strongly. Bluecoat Aspley received an outstanding judgement for leadership and development as well as for student welfare, guidance and development, with a good judgement overall. Bluecoat Wollaton obtained a stunning outstanding judgement in every category. It is not surprising then that both schools now find themselves full to the brim and we have had to hold over 70 appeals for Bluecoat Aspley Academy

places in Year 7.

I am delighted to report that both inspections went extremely well and both schools have come out of the inspections incredibly strongly. Bluecoat Aspley received an outstanding judgement for leadership and development as well as for student welfare, guidance and development, with a good judgement overall. Bluecoat Wollaton obtained a stunning outstanding judgement in every category. It is not surprising then that both schools now find themselves full to the brim and we have had to hold over 70 appeals for places in Year 7.

I do hope that as Year 6 Open Evenings come up in September parents will consider the great educational experience that being a member of the Bluecoat ‘family’ can provide. It has been a great year for Bluecoat, but next year promises to be even better. Why not join us on that journey?