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City Academy’s Orlando Takes The All-Round Gold In Notts Open 2019
5.11.2019
Orlando, a Year 10 student from City Academy, competed in the Notts Gymnastic Open on the 19th and 2...
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Rockwood Academy celebrates GCSE Results 2019
22.08.2019
Students at Rockwood Academy are today celebrating a marked improvement in their Maths and English c...
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GCSE Results Day 2019 Information
21.08.2019
Thursday 22nd August 2019 is GCSE Results Day 2019. We’re looking forward to celebrating our s...
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Holocaust Survivor Harry Olmer visits Echo Eternal Network School
23.07.2019
On Thursday 18 July, a delegation including Harry Olmer BEM, a holocaust survivor, Deputy Lord Mayor...
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Rockwood Academy Cadets visit CCF Central Camp
9.07.2019
Rockwood Academy’s Combined Cadet Force students visited Crowborough Training Camp in East Sussex ...
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Olympic Medalist Anyika Onuora visits Jewellery Quarter Academy
8.07.2019
World, Commonwealth, European and Olympic medalist and sprinter Anyika Onuora visited Jewellery Quar...
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Rockwood Academy visit Black Country Museum
3.07.2019
Rockwood Academy’s Year 7 students visited the Black Country Museum on Monday 1st July 2019 as...
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CORE Schools visit University of Oxford’s Keble College
25.06.2019
On Wednesday 12th June 2019, a group of inspiring and passionate high-attaining Year 10 students fro...
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Rockwood Academy hosts The Great Get Together 2019
21.06.2019
15 schools from Birmingham and Coventry celebrated the Great Get Together at Rockwood Academy on Fri...
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Echo Eternal’s Angel Echo takes up residency at Birmingham Cathedral
23.05.2019
The work of 64 primary school children to remember the story of a Holocaust survivor will go on disp...
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Arena Academy student donates hair and raises over £600 for Cancer Research UK
14.05.2019
A year 10 student from Arena Academy has been putting CORE Education Trust’s CORE values of Collab...
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CORE Education Trust hosts inaugural Delivering A CORE Education Conference
10.05.2019
On Monday 29th April, CORE Education Trust hosted the inaugural Delivering A CORE Education Conferen...
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Rockwood Academy girls celebrate International Women’s Day with STEM Activities
5.04.2019
On Friday 8th March 2019, female science students from Rockwood Academy took part in science, techno...
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British Science Week 2019 Activities at Rockwood Academy
4.04.2019
During the week of the 11th-15th March 2019, Rockwood Academy students celebrated British Science We...
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Arena Academy girls take part in STEM day
1.04.2019
On Wednesday 27th March 2019, Year 8 girls from Arena Academy took part in Greenlight For Girls g4g ...
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Central Academy Students visit Matthew Boulton College for STEM Careers Day
19.03.2019
On Tuesday 12th March 2019, students from Year 9 visited Matthew Boulton College for their annual Bi...
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Rockwood Academy students pledge local change during WE Day at Wembley Arena
12.03.2019
On Thursday 7th March 2019, students from Rockwood Academy joined fellow members of the WE Movement ...
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City Academy students meet Faye White MBE during Game Of Our Own training camp
6.03.2019
In the UK, data published by the NHS shows that only 20% of girls aged 5-15 meet the recommended amo...
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Arena Academy’s young entrepreneur has tea with the Lord Mayor
27.02.2019
A Year 7 student from Arena Academy recently had tea with the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Cllr Yvonne ...
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Nansen Primary School meets Army Pharmacist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital
25.02.2019
On Thursday 14th February 2019, 10 Year 3 girls from Nansen Primary School visited Queen Elizabeth H...
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Rockwood Academy students’ work published in writing competition
19.02.2019
Following Rockwood Academy students’ success in the Young Writers’ Poetry Escape competition, st...
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Arena Academy students raise over £1000 in sponsored sleepout for Birmingham’s homeless situation
18.02.2019
On Friday 15th February, a group of Year 10 students from Arena Academy were accompanied by staff to...
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CORE Sporting Champions – Central Academy’s John-Joseph
14.02.2019
CORE Sporting Champions are students who promote the core values of collaboration, respect, and exce...
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Rockwood Academy is getting girls into STEM
12.02.2019
New data published by the Department of Education shows that school girls in England are substantial...
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Arena Academy’s Lachlan qualifies for Midlands Championships
11.02.2019
Lachlan, a year 7 student from Arena Academy recently competed in the regional Stafford County Champ...
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Headteacher update
8.02.2019
Please find below a link to a letter from the CORE Education Trust CEO Mr Adrian Packer CBE H...
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Arena Academy students complete KS3 Dissertation Challenge
4.02.2019
Year 7 and Year 8 students participated in a Key Stage 3 Dissertation Challenge. Following the subm...
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Rockwood Academy celebrates Young Writers Poetry Escape competition winners
23.01.2019
On Tuesday 15th January, 175 students from Rockwood Academy gathered at the school to celebrate thei...
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Central Academy students train with Wasps RFC and COB Rockets
19.12.2018
In our mission to provide our students with a high-quality educational experience, we strive to brin...
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Rockwood Academy’s Winter Festival and Arabic Language Day Activities
Rockwood Academy students and staff have been practising our CORE values of Collaboration, Opportuni...
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Echo Eternal releases sixth film from Rockwood Academy
12.12.2018
Students from Rockwood Academy began working with independent Screen Dance Director and Creative Pro...
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Rockwood Academy Cadets share experiences with the Mayor of the West Midlands
30.11.2018
Students from Rockwood Academy’s met with Andy Street, the Mayor of the West Midlands, to discuss ...
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Echo Eternal releases fifth film from Nansen Primary School
In the summer of 2018, students from Nansen Primary School began working with Secret City Arts artis...
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Central Academy students bring Business Studies and Geography to life with UrbanPlan workshop
28.11.2018
On the 14th November, Year 10/11 students from Central Academy took the opportunity to expand their ...
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Nansen Primary School introduce No Outsiders: Equality Act resources to parents
23.11.2018
This week (19th November-23rd November 2018) at Nansen Primary School, staff have been welcoming par...
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Nansen Primary School experience The Bug Man
14.11.2018
Year 2 students from Nansen Primary School became fully-fledged wildlife explorers when they experie...
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Rockwood Academy students celebrate Remembrance Week
12.11.2018
During the week of the 5th to the 9th November 2018, students from Rockwood Academy engaged in a num...
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Rockwood Academy students take Geography out of the Classroom and into Snowdonia
6.11.2018
Using the opportunity to take Geography out of the classroom and into the real world, forty-six Year...
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CORE Education Trust accredited as 100th Living Wage Employer in the West Midlands
The accreditation was announced during the Living Wage Foundation’s West Midlands event that took ...
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Jewellery Quarter Academy to open the Jewellery Quarter’s Christmas Lights Switch-On
31.10.2018
The Jewellery Quarter Academy Choir will be representing the school at the Jewellery Quarter Christm...
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Future Leaders Programme visits Rockwood Academy on Study Tour
25.10.2018
On Friday 12th October, Rockwood Academy played host to education charity Ambition School Leadership...
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Rockwood Academy raise £470 for Macmillan Cancer Support
22.10.2018
On Monday 1st October, Rockwood Academy played host to a Macmillan Coffee Morning to raise funds for...
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CORE Sporting Champions: Ijah
19.10.2018
CORE Sporting Champions are students who promote the core values of collaboration, respect, and exce...
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Nansen Primary School take part in ActionAid’s Big Me 2018
15.10.2018
On Thursday 11th October, Nansen Primary School took part in its second ‘Big Me’ day, a nationwi...
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City Academy Students perform at Princes Trust Awards Evening
12.10.2018
After impressing everyone at the Princes Trust Mosaic Regional Networking event back in July this ye...
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Arena Academy Celebrate Black History Month
5.10.2018
To celebrate Black History month, Arena Academy have hosted a series of ambitious events between the...
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Jewellery Quarter Academy Students visit McCann Birmingham
On Friday 28th September, students from Jewellery Quarter Academy took the opportunity to collaborat...
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Rockwood Academy Students visit Royal Shakespeare Company
2.10.2018
Celebrating CORE Education Trust’s CORE value of Excellence, students from Rockwood Academy visite...
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CORE students take part in Villa Park Community Project
21.09.2018
CORE Education Trust students have been practising the CORE value of Collaboration this week, teamin...
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Prime Minister praises Echo Eternal
18.09.2018
Prime Minister Theresa May was the guest speaker at the UJIAs annual dinner on Monday 17th Se...
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Naseby School’s 50th Anniversary Reunion at Rockwood Academy
12.09.2018
Students past and present practiced our CORE values of collaboration, opportunity, respect, and exce...
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Rockwood Trip to the British Open Wheelchair Championships
23.07.2018
Six Year 10 students finished the academic year 2017/18 with a trip to the British Open Wheelchair C...
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Rockwood STEM Trip to Sandhurst
On the 24th May, a group of Year 10 Separate Science students were taken on a careers showcase at th...
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Excellence really did come home to Arena Academy!
16.07.2018
We were delighted that the two-times Paralympian, Louise Hunt, visited Arena Academy to work with so...
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A Host of Opportunities for Students at Jewellery Quarter Academy
9.07.2018
At Jewellery Quarter Academy we have had a whole host of #Opportunities for our students. We are kee...
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City Academy Birmingham Hosts The Great Get Together
2.07.2018
On Friday 22nd June, over 70 students from thirteen different schools across Birmingham got together...
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City Academy Birmingham – Rally Against Racism
Citizenship students at City Academy Birmingham recently attended the Rally Against Racism in Birmin...
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City Academy At: Birmingham School Games Super Sixes Athletics
26.06.2018
Thursday 21st June was a beautiful day at Alexander Stadium, our students had the opportunity to be...
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Birmingham schools Get Together on Jo Cox’s birthday
22.06.2018
Students from CORE Education Trust are forming a new Civic Alliance out of their Great Get Together ...
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Judy’s a Big Hit With Our Girls
21.06.2018
Students from CORE Schools had a tennis treat today as Judy Murray led an exclusive training session...
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We Are Getting Together
20.06.2018
“Echo Eternal- Now” is a supplementary element to the UKHMF education project, “Ec...
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UNICEF Silver Accreditation Awarded To Nansen Primary School
18.06.2018
We are delighted to announce that Nansen Primary School has met the standard for UNICEF UK’S Right...
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Rockwood Academy Students Enjoy a Wealth of Sporting Activities
11.06.2018
Rockwood Academy students have enjoyed a wealth of sporting activities during this academic year and...
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Arena Academy’s Inaugural Open Mic Night
5.06.2018
“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent” Victor Hu...
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Jewellery Quarter Academy Enjoy Tennis Coaching From Paralympian Louise Hunt
21.05.2018
Louise Hunt has competed in both the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, representing Great B...
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A Busy January at Nansen Primary School
2.02.2018
There is always something exciting going on at Nansen Primary School, and this January has been no d...
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Sports Leaders
30.01.2018
With Kyle Edmund flying the flag for British tennis ‘down under’, City Academy students have bee...
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‘The Addams Family – Young @ Part’
26.01.2018
City Academy students demonstrated their performing, creative and technical talents at The Birmingha...
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Secondary school league tables reveal Rockwood Academy is one of the top 3 schools in Birmingham for GCSE progress
England’s secondary school league tables published today confirm Rockwood Academy’s is one of th...
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Rebrokerage of Perry Beeches Academies Announced
11.01.2018
Today (Wednesday 10th January) Perry Beeches Academy Trust (PBAT) has announced the rebrokerage of i...
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CORE’s Commonwealth Countdown
9.01.2018
Birmingham has been confirmed as the host city for the 2022 Commonwealth Games and we were delighted...
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Hundreds of students “en garde” for world record
27.09.2017
A total of 300 children from Nansen Primary School and Rockwood Academy joined forces today (Wedn...
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CORE Education Trust recognised in national governance awards
6.09.2017
Pictured are (from left) CORE Education Trust CEO Adrian Packer CBE, Kris Griffin, Jo Tyler, Dr Stev...
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Nansen Primary School and UNICEF
24.07.2017
Throughout the school year 2016/17, children from over 100 schools and representing the full range o...
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School of Tennis at CORE Schools
19.07.2017
Discovery Education have been visiting Nansen Primary School and Rockwood Academy in Birmingham. The...
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CORE Education Trust CEO awarded CBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours
16.06.2017
An education chief who has been at the heart of developing and leading some of the most pioneering a...
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Rockwood Academy joins forces with charity Homeless Heroes to help Birmingham’s homeless
20.12.2016
Rockwood Academy, run by CORE Education Trust, has begun an ongoing partnership with Homeless Heroes...
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Nansen Primary School cook retires after 30 years
19.12.2016
The head cook at Nansen Primary School has finally hung up her apron – 30 years after joining the ...
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CORE Education Trust is short-listed for ‘turnaround’ award
31.10.2016
A TRUST which runs two schools that have undergone a phenomenal transformation has been short-listed...
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Rockwood Academy named in top 20 per cent of schools nationally for pupil progress
3.06.2016
A school in Birmingham is celebrating after being named among the best in the country for pupil prog...
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Parent Governor Vacancy for Nansen Primary School
26.05.2016
Dear Parent(s)/Carer(s), Nansen Primary School has a vacancy for the role of Parent Governor. To app...
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Nansen and Rockwood celebrate as Ofsted rates them ‘good’
14.04.2016
Nansen Primary and Rockwood Academy are celebrating after they have each been removed from special m...
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Rockwood Academy and Nansen Primary among Britain’s first ‘Schools of Tennis’
16.03.2016
Rockwood Academy and Nansen Primary have scored a grand slam after being hand-picked to take part in...
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Nansen Pupils Courtside at Davis Cup Tennis
2.03.2016
Eleven Nansen pupils were invited to the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham to watch the Great Britain ...
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Cath Rindl appointed new headteacher at Nansen Primary School
26.02.2016
Cath Rindl is to be the new permanent head teacher of Nansen Primary School, it was announced today....
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Rockwood students pay an inspiring visit to Birmingham Business School
11.02.2016
On Thursday 4 February, students from Rockwood Academy visited the University of Birmingham to find...
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Nansen: Latest Monitoring Inspection Report
5.01.2016
Following the fifth Ofsted monitoring inspection at Nansen Primary School on 9-10 December 2015, I a...
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Rockwood: Latest Monitoring Inspection Report
14.12.2015
Encouraging news from Ofsted Following the fifth Ofsted monitoring inspection at Rockwood Academy on...
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Enterprising students demonstrate business acumen that rocks
3.12.2015
Delicious homemade cakes and personalised computer hardware are just some of the business ideas deve...
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We will remember them
11.11.2015
Children at Rockwood Academy and Nansen Primary School have come together to mark Remembrance in 201...
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Students achieve top GCSE grades
3.09.2015
Students and staff at Park View Academy were celebrating today (Thurs, 20 August) after achieving a ...
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CORE Education Trust Response to latest Ofsted Report
12.08.2015
As you will know, we are one year on from the publication of the Section 5 Ofsted Inspections that l...
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