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Westgate Hill Primary Academy receives “Outstanding” judgment from Ofsted
Westgate Hill Primary Academy, a member of Laidlaw Schools Trust, has received an "Outstanding" judgment from Ofsted on every category of assessment. In only four years, the leaders, teachers and support staff at Westgate Hill have transformed the school through their...
£3.2m Laidlaw Teaching and Leadership Centre Opened at Sedgefield Community College
The Laidlaw Teaching and Leadership Centre officially opened at Sedgefield Community College, a Laidlaw Schools Trust academy. The £3.2m two-storey building, designed by ADP Architecture, will serve as a learning hub for PGCE teacher trainees, and provide additional...
Excelsior Academy Becomes First School in the Region to Offer the COVID Vaccine to Pupils Aged 12-15
Pupils aged 12-15 at Newcastle-upon-Tyne’s Excelsior Academy, a member of the Laidlaw Schools Trust, have become the first in the North East region to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. On Wednesday 22nd of September, between 100 and 200 secondary pupils at Excelsior...
Laidlaw Schools Trust academies celebrate GCSE success
Year 11 students at Academy 360, Excelsior Academy and Sedgefield Community College have celebrated success as they received their GCSE and Level 2 results after a year of uncertainty and challenges due to the pandemic. Students have dealt with multiple lockdowns and...
Results success and a vaccination pop-up centre at Excelsior Academy
As students celebrated their success after a challenging two years of sixth form, they had the opportunity to receive a Covid vaccine from a pop-up vaccination centre at Excelsior College. As students came in to collect results, the NHS provided a pop-up...
Thomas Walling secures ‘Good’ Ofsted judgement
Thomas Walling Primary Academy, a member of the Laidlaw Schools Trust, has been judged as ‘Good’ following the previous judgement of ‘Inadequate’ in 2019. The school, which is in Blakelaw, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was described as ‘warm and welcoming’ by Inspectors, who...
Sedgefield Community College named Secondary school of the year
Sedgefield Community College, a member of Laidlaw Schools Trust, has been awarded Secondary School of the Year in the Tes Schools Awards 2021. Secondary school of the year is awarded to schools ‘that have had an exceptional performance in the previous 12 months’,...
Sedgefield Community College wins Silver National Teaching Award
Sedgefield Community College is one of three secondary schools in the country to receive the Silver Award for Making a Difference - Secondary School of the Year. The school was recognised for their outstanding commitment to transforming the lives of the children they...
Sedgefield Community College announced as ‘behaviour hub’ lead school
Sedgefield Community College, part of Laidlaw Schools Trust, is one of 22 which has been selected to work with partner schools to help improve behaviour, as part of a £10 Million Behaviour Hub Programme from the Department for Education. The programme will be...
North East school trust welcomes new CEO
Laidlaw Schools Trust, which runs seven academies across the region, is delighted to welcome newly appointed Chief Executive Officer, Ian Simpson. Mr Simpson was previously Executive Principal at Oasis Community Learning working across several Academies across both...