Outwood Grange Academies Trust.
Quite simply, we want to be known for putting Students First: Raising Standards and Transforming Lives.
#OutwoodFamily
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Congratulations to Dr Phil Smith OBE, Exec Principal of the Outwood Southern Region who has been honoured in the
#QueensBirthdayHonours
for services to Education.😀
#OutwoodFamily
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Brilliant to see
@OutwoodPortland
principal, Godsway Dzoboku, on
@BBCBreakfast
this morning discussing the safety measures put in place to keep staff and students safe back in school.
#OutwoodFamily
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We're delighted to announce that Lee Wilson has been appointed CEO
His dedication, experience and vision have been evident throughout his 11 years with the Trust and we are confident that he will lead our organisation with the same level of excellence.
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Delighted that we have 940 more children starting in our secondary schls on Monday than in the same schls this time last yr. Parents are choosing Outwood Academies in record numbers - preferencing them as first choice, LAs asking us to exceed PAN... in once special measures schls
The
#OutwoodFamily
💜 believe it is our civic responsibility to do all we can to help anyone and everyone we can during this time of national emergency.
We will provide updates across social media and on our website as soon as we can.
#CSTCivicTrusts
To all Outwood staff and students, thank you very much for yet another unprecedented year of success across the Trust. Have a restful summer and enjoy time with your friends and families.
On behalf of the Trust Board and myself, thank you and have a restful break.
#proudceo
Please find below the full statement we provided the Guardian with for the story it has run this morning on exclusions.
You can find a link to the Ofsted summary evaluation referenced on our homepage: .
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SHE DID IT! 🥳 🤩🙌
Well done to Georgie! A true superstar! 😃
Everyone at the
#OutwoodFamily
💜 is so proud of her!
Watch the
@OutwoodNewbold
star perform here:
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Good morning all
@OGATrust
on GCSE results day. Much to celebrate. As we’ve spent all year saying Do Well, rather than Good Luck, because luck has nothing to do with it, we can say today...
#DIDwell
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At the end of an incredible week,
@martyneoliver
has a quick message for the
#OutwoodFamily
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Keep up the great work everyone.
Read Martyn's words below.
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We are delighted that the chair of our board, David Earnshaw, has been recognised in the New Year’s Honours and been granted a CBE for his services to education.He considers that this award is recognition of the efforts of all governors within the OGAT & wishes to thank them all.
We are proud of our track record of raising standards in 31
#academies
Record results, record numbers of children, including disadvantaged children, educated in Outstanding/Good schools which were previously special measures or requiring improvement
2 Section 5 inspections in 2 weeks before Feb Half term. Both schools previously special measures now 1 Good & 1 Outstanding .
@OutwoodShafton
.
@OutwoodBydales
We are definitely raising standards & transforming lives.
We want to assure everyone that we have worked hard on our preparation for this moment and plans are in place to ensure our students continue to get the best education possible. Please visit for more info: .
#CSTCivicTrusts
#OutwoodFamily
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As we approach the end of the year, we want to say a huge thank you to all the
#OutwoodFamily
for their incredible determination and dedication to overcome the challenges of 2020.
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#HappyNewYear
#Hello2021
The end of
#SATsweek
is here.
Well done to all the amazing Y6 children, we are so proud of you for working hard and giving your best. You are all stars.
Thank you to all the staff involved as well, you went above and beyond.
#OutwoodFamily
Tomorrow our academies will open to provide essential childcare for a limited number of children, those who are vulnerable & whose parents are critical to the Covid-19 response
We are proud to do this. Please if you are able to keep your child at home, do so.
#StayHomeSaveLives
Across the
#OutwoodFamily
💜, students have been respectfully taking part in Remembrance Events this morning.
Snapshot below of the two-minute silence being perfectly observed at
@OGACADEMY
.
#RemembranceDay
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As the
#OutwoodFamily
of schools begins to break-up for summer, we just wanted to say stay safe and a have a great summer holiday! 😀💜
See you in September.
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Huge congratulations to
@OAEasingwold
for being named by the Sunday Times as one of the best schools in the country! 😀
Find out where they ranked here
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🚨💜 Great News! 💜🚨
Ofsted has praised
@OutwoodAdwick
in their most recent report, where the academy was rated 'Good' in all areas! 🥳
Fantastic work from everyone involved! 🏆
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#OutwoodFamily
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Absolutely thrilled to announce that the
#OutwoodFamily
has been honoured with a
@TeachingAwards
Silver Award for Impact through Partnership for our commitment to changing the lives of the children we work with every day 😀
#ClassroomHeroes
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A few top tips for
#OutwoodFamily
💜 students and staff for dealing with the ongoing situation in this video (& a chance to see a cartoon version of
@martyneoliver
!)
Learning resources:
Home activities:
#StayHomeStaySafe
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As the half term break begins or approaches for academies across the
#OutwoodFamily
, we want to take a moment to celebrate the hard work that has gone in to ensuring we could have classrooms filled with learning again 😀
Thank you, everyone.
"We all remember that teacher in school who said one thing that we’ll remember until the day we die… maybe I could be that person for someone."
Could you be an
#OutwoodInfluencer
like Connor? Join the family! 🤩
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#OutwoodFamily
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Great news, Easingwold School converted to Outwood Academy Easingwold on the 1st April, 2018. Exciting times: plans to develop a safe & fit for purpose learning environment & to continue to develop great teaching & learning for the benefit of all children in the area.
#proudceo
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What a day.
We are so proud of the
#OutwoodFamily
. All sites kept open for critical workers' children & vulnerable children.
Was evident how effective the
@educationgovuk
advice has been too. Great to see so many parents following it.
#CSTCivicTrusts
1/2 After a brilliant day celebrating students who have done well at all levels & abilities in a wide variety of subjects we are pleased to share that the trust ave results from across more than 3000 16yos is a very impressive 54% getting both GCSE En and Ma at a 5+ and 72% at 4+
Brill. results in all 21 OGAT secondary academies - some highlights... Easingwold huge increase both EM at 5+ at 67% and 4+ at 86%, Bydales 5+ 77% and 4+ 89%, Newbold 5+ 59% and 4+ 74%, Valley 5+ 70% and 4+ 81%. Very
#proudceo
of these and all academies in the Trust
#DIDwell
Can’t wait to welcome & work with all new staff across OGAT who start on Monday, inc 115 NQTs! Talented & well qualified staff working in all our academies inc Doncaster & Barnsley despite the news reported about teacher recruitment today. Thanks to our brilliant
@OutwoodIE
team
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At the end of a challenging week, we want to share some of the many positive words that have been shared about the brilliant work that the
#OutwoodFamily
has done this week.
We are so proud of the hard work of the students and staff! Thank you for your support.
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Some very exciting news...
The
#OutwoodFamily
Director of Early Years, the brilliant Jackie Gray, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the Pearson National Teaching Awards.
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Well done, Jackie!
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Congratulations to
@OAEasingwold
!
✅ The school has been rated 'Outstanding' by Ofsted following its latest inspection! 😀🏆
Well done to all! 🙌
Read more about it here:
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#OutwoodFamily
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Delighted that under 2017 MAT performance tables,
@OGATrust
is: Primary, 1st in writing, 5th in maths and 23rd in reading out of 153 MATs. Secondary, 6th for progress and 6th for performance of disadvantaged out of 62 MATs
#raisingstandards
#transforminglives
#proudceo
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Well done to everyone at
@OPA_LG
, which has been rated 'Outstanding' in ALL areas by Ofsted!
You can read some of the highlights from the glowing report on our website! 👇
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#OutwoodFamily
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Great news. 😃 Well done to all the staff and children involved. 🌟🌟🌟
Keep going with our vision; putting children first, raising standards and transforming lives! 👍
#OutwoodFamily
We are pleased to inform you that in our recent Ofsted inspection
@OPA_LL
received Outstanding in all areas
Please see the full Ofsted report on the school website. The judgements recognise the contributions of the whole academy community. Thank you for your continued support.
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Our CEO,
@martyneoliver
, has been commenting on today's fantastic news that our application for a 900-place free school in
#Middlesbrough
has been approved.
Read all his comments here 👉.
The
#OutwoodFamily
is growing 😃💜
Bringing communities together through music 🎷and celebrating the joy in learning is what makes Martyn Oliver from
@OGATrust
the most proud 📯
#academies
#music
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Proud to share that the Outwood Primary Academies Team have been nominated for a Silver Award in the Impact through Partnership category at the
@TeachingAwards
😀
More info on this great news 👉
#ClassroomHeroes
#OutwoodFamily
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Superb day celebrating A Level results and most importantly destinations of students across OGAT Post 16... apprenticeships, employment and HE... 5 students going to Oxbridge, others to more
@RussellGroup
unis to be doctors, vets, aerospace engineers. We are all proud of you
They kicked against the system at first but the care and attention we gave worked... the student 3yrs later gets GCSEs of 2 9s, 3 8s, 3 7s and an A* and A. Now off to FE to A Levels and will become a solicitor
#studentsfirst
#raisingstandards
#transforminglives
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💜 Welcome Back 💜
We are so happy to welcome back the
#OutwoodFamily
to our academies.
We are so proud of the incredible effort and tireless work of our brilliant colleagues to ensure all guidance is followed and all safety measures are in place. 😀
#BacktoSchool
⭐🏆⭐ WINNERS! ⭐🏆⭐
Wow!
@OutwoodShafton
has been named one of only eight National Inclusion Champions in the UK!
Feedback from
@iqmaward
stated that the winners had ‘created welcoming schools where diversity is cherished and celebrated’ 🤩🙌
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Stunning Primary performance tonight
@yorkbarbican
from
@OGATArts
Fantastic! Very proud of all who took part. Roll on Secondary performance tomorrow night !
#proudCEO
Delighted that today the following academies have officially joined our Trust:
@FreestonAcademy
,
@HemsworthACA
and
@havercroft_acad
. They will now be known as, Outwood Academy Freeston, Outwood Academy Hemsworth and Outwood Primary Academy Newstead Green.
#proudceo
Today,
#OutwoodFamily
staff & students will pay their respects in remembrance of those who gave so much in the service of peace.
All academies will observe the 2-minute silence, with some students taking part in laying wreaths in their communities
#RemembranceDay
#LestWeForget
WOW!
@outwoodripon
is the joint 7th highest maths department in England for progress! What a result... it’s also the highest in North Yorks. Very
#proudceo
🚨💜 Great News! 💜🚨
Ofsted has praised the 'rapid improvements' at
@OJA_Brumby
, which has been graded as ‘Good’ in all areas, with a grading of ‘Outstanding’ for its leadership and management.🥳
Fantastic work! 🏆
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#OutwoodFamily
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🤩WOW!
@OutwoodPortland
has raised over £4,000 for
@TeenageCancer
! 🤩
A 5k run raised the funds in the name of former student, Lulu Blundell, bringing her 'patient fund' total to over £75,000 raised! Absolutely incredible!
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#OutwoodFamily
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#Charity
The power of a deeply collaborative MAT is seen today when the whole Trust is on INSET and teams across the region are working together... fantastic CPD and Intra-departmental working
#proudceo
And that concludes a stunning two nights of top quality performances from over 800 children across all 31 academies
@yorkbarbican
Fantastic skills on show. We are all so proud
#proudceo
Well - what an amazing 2 days. Fabulous colleagues who are doing great things in education. We are definitely Team Outwood & we have lots to be proud of. Thank you for your contributions, commitment & company.
#OGAT2018
#proud
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Fantastic work from everyone at
@oahaslandhall
, which has been graded as 'Good' in all areas by Ofsted in its first inspection since joining the
#OutwoodFamily
💜
What an excellent way to end the year!
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We are delighted that the doors of the new building at
@OPA_KHG
opened to students and staff today. 🙌💜
Let us know your first impressions of the building and facilities are! 😃
#OutwoodFamily
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We are delighted to announce that Lee Wilson has been appointed Interim CEO at OGAT.
Lee brings an immeasurable amount of experience in leadership, school improvement and community engagement with him to the role.
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@wilson_ld
#OutwoodFamily
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As we approach the end of the year, we want to say a huge thank you to all the
#OutwoodFamily
for their incredible determination and dedication during 2022!
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#HappyNewYear
#Hello2023
We're delighted to be a part of the School-Led Development Trust.
The
@NatInstTeaching
will be run by schools for schools. Participants will have an experience that's school-based & programme design & delivery benefitting from the input of current practitioners.
#trainteachlead
Incredible number of applications for some of our vacancies... just shows what those who have actually been to our schools see and then think about what we are doing. Keep your eye on our vacancy section of our website if you want join them.
#greatopportunities
Today
#OutwoodFamily
staff and students will pay their respects in remembrance of those who gave so much in the service of peace.
All academies will observe the 2 minute silence, with some students taking part in laying wreaths in their communities
#RemembranceDay
#LestWeForget
The
@OPA_LL
Ofsted report is now live following the inspection earlier this year. You can read it here: .
#education
😀 We've summed it up below, just in case if you don't have time to read it 😀
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The start of the new academic year is getting closer and we are very excited!
We are excited to welcome the
#OutwoodFamily
students and staff back to our academies 😀
If you want to learn more about the
#OutwoodFamily
💜 then visit 😀