• Are you an enthusiastic and mature reader?
• Do you enjoy talking about what you are reading?
• Are you interested in meeting authors and getting your books autographed?
• If so, we would you like to help select this year’s winner of The North East Book Award

We have roughly 10 weeks to read and discuss all 5 shortlisted books before voting! Obviously, there’s more to say – and disagree about – as the weeks progress and more people have read more of the books!  As we read, we post reviews and comments on the NEBA website, which is closely monitored by the shortlisted authors. Extracts are used for giant promotional posters that the authors like to take home as souvenirs. (You can see some outside the library.)

When all participating schools have voted, we attend an evening prize giving at The Centre for Life.  We talk to the authors, get our books signed and generally have a good time.  The ceremony will be held in June.

Visit the NEBA website for more information – http://northeastbookaward.wordpress.com/

Click ‘continue reading’ to find out more about our meetings and which books are involved.

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As the new housing developments in Morpeth begin to take shape, we are anticipating greater demand for places within the schools of the Learning Trust and across the Morpeth Partnership.  We are working closely with our partnership schools and with Northumberland County Council to ensure a school place for all who live in the catchment area.

The Board of Directors is clear that it is our responsibility to educate students who live in the catchment or move into the catchment area, and those who are already in  partnership schools from an early age. Whilst this will provide some challenges in the next few years, we are confident that through effective partnership working we will be able to meet that aspiration.

The recent admissions consultation for entry in September 2018 to Chantry, Newminster and King Edward’s is closed.  The proposed change from our previous policy was the criteria for  the tie breaker.

There were two stages to the consultation, and a total of 42 responses were received.  Of the responses,  24 were in favour of the amendment, 12 were against, 2 partly agreed and a further 4 made comments only.  Thank you to all who contributed to the consultation.  The revised policy is available here, and the Polices page of the website.

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We have two new webpages dedicated to SATs.

SATs Information provides information on the tests themselves, including when they take place.

SATs Support give information, ideas and resources on helping your child prepare at home.

Here is the presentation from the information evening held on 15 February.

Please accept our apologies, but we are continuing to have problems with the Cashless Catering system balances that are showing on accounts. We are trying to resolve this issue as soon as possible but please be reassured that no child will be refused a lunch.

Thank you for your ongoing support.

Year 7 students & staff took part in e-safety workshops as a satellite event of Safer Internet Day 2017. Students and staff fed back about how thought provoking the workshop was & how it had effectively enhanced their knowledge, skills & understanding of how to stay safe online.

We plan on running another parents session in collaboration with the SWGfL next year.