One of our Trust-wide initiatives to help our pupils flourish, is the LIFE Ambassadors Programme which brings together representatives in Years 5 & 7 from 12 of our LIFE Education Trust (UK) schools. The 2026 Ambassador Programme launched this week with an event was held at Fordham Primary School.

It was a pleasure to be joined by Iona Jackson, MD of Edurio, at our Executive Leadership Team meeting yesterday. Iona shared some fascinating insights into better understanding feedback and how to assess the listening maturity of our organisation. #educationleadership #everyoneflourishes

SAVE THE DATE - Mon 15 June - Thu 18 June 2026! We are delighted to announce the Havering Festival of Education is back for 2026. Clear your diaries and join us for some extensive, purposeful CPD opportunities for everyone in education. #HFestEd #TeacherCPD #FreeCPD

LIFE CEO Julian Dutnall & CPO Peter Whitelock are delighted to be speaking for the 4th time at the ASCL Trust Leaders Executive Programme focusing on people. Julian will speak about culture, motivation, teams & coaching and Peter will speak about D,E&I, belonging & effective HR practice. #education

What a great day we had yesterday with 2 great welcome events for our newest edition to the Trust, Spring Meadow Primary & the official opening of our brand new nursery, Mudlarks, at Langenhoe Primary! Thank you to LIFE Chair Louise Douglas & Mayor of Colchester, Michael Lilley.

Delighted that LIFE primary school, Fordham, has received an excellent SIAMS inspection report. Inspectors recognised "Pupils & adults alike flourish both socially & academically in a community built on support & hope." Read full report here: allsaints-fordham.essex.sch.uk/wp-content/u...

Delighted that LIFE CPO, Peter Whitelock has been invited to speak at Disrupt HR's Cambridge event tomorrow. The event for bold thinkers, HR innovators, and tech trailblazers will come together to challenge the status quo and reimagine the future of work. #innovation #people #everyoneflourishes

Proud to see our schools taking part in Armistice Day commemorations today. "A hero remembered is never truly gone". #Lestweforget #Honoringthebrave #Theygaveeverythingforoureverything

A thought provoking blog by our CEO, Julian Dutnall exploring how metaphors can be applied to organisations, allowing us to describe complex systems, relationships, and cultures in ways that simple charts or descriptions cannot. lifeeducationtrust.com/how-metaphor... #everyoneflourishes

We are thrilled to announce that Spring Meadow Primary School in Harwich has now officially joined LIFE Education Trust. We welcome all Spring Meadow pupils, parents/carers, colleagues and governors. #everyoneflourishes #multiacademytrust #aTrustYouCanTrust #primaryschool #essexschools

Yesterday we launched 'Headship Excellence', a course developed by LIFE Education Trust, The Learning Partnership Trust & DSAMAT to develop headship expertise. 25 school leaders from 5 different MATs came together for a great first session. #educationleadership #cpd #headteachers #flourishing

Great to hear from Sir Martyn Oliver, Chief Inspector of Ofsted, this morning at day two of the Confederation of School Trusts Annual Conference. It's been a fantastic event so far with a real sense of expectancy and interest. #everyonefluorishes #flourishing #educationleadership #MultiAcademyTrust

We are so excited to be at the Confederation of School Trusts annual conference in Birmingham for the next two days, with our CEO, Julian Dutnall due to speak about flourishing shortly, joined at the conference by colleagues, as well as LIFE Mascot Zoe Bear who had a great trip up on the train!

It's almost time for the CST Annual Conference and we're delighted that our LIFE Education Trust (UK) CEO Julian Dutnall will be speaking this Thursday on the subject of flourishing, alongside colleagues Leanne Bridgwood from Windsor Academy Trust and Iona Jackson from conference partner Edurio.

An excellent day at our Annual Governance Conference. Thanks to all our governors & colleagues who attended this great learning & networking event, with presentations from Trust leaders, recognition awards for the hard work our governors carry out for our schools, & a lovely celebratory lunch!

Delighted to announce 2 of our LIFE primary schools, Langenhoe & Dame Tipping, have been recognised in the 2025 Edurio Awards. Both schools are TOP IN THIER REGION & in the TOP 10 performing schools IN THE COUNTRY for pupil choice! Well done everyone involved in achieving this. #schoolawards

Now that the new academic year is in full swing, it seemed like a great time to continue our 'Meet the Team' series. Introducing: Rebecca Beach - Trust People Manager Find out all about Rebecca here: lifeeducationtrust.com/our-team/ Look out for more 'Meet the Team' posts coming soon.

LIFE CFOO, Tamsin Owens and Finance & Payroll Manager, Gretel Talwar, had a great day at Fintech in Education today, networking and talking about how to use AI better in the education sector, and speaking to suppliers about what we actually need as an industry. #techineducation #everyoneflourishes

We are excited for @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social in March 2026. Take a look below at the books your book token could buy #WBD

A fantastic day at LIFE Education Trust! We were delighted to welcome Professor Alex Hill, to our first Executive Team meeting of the year where he shared fascinating insights. Then we welcomed our newest LIFE school, Dr Walker's, to the Trust officially, with a welcome party for colleagues.

Join us this Thursday for our Open Evening for prospective students and parents. There will be the opportunity to tour the school, speak to students & teachers, & to attend the Headteacher’s talk. Headteacher talks at 5:15pm & 6:15pm. We look forward to seeing you there! Find out more: fbaok.co.uk

Today is the end of our first full week back to school and what a busy week it has been! Our school community is ready for an exciting academic year #CVambition

Frances Bardsley School @fba_official And we are back and so is our weekly newsletter secure.smore.com/n/m4k9r #greatthingshappenhere

Following Dr Walkers CofE Primary School joining the Trust last week, we are delighted to announce the launch of their brand new website www.drwalkers.co.uk. Take a look to find out more about this new LIFE school. #everyoneflourishes #aTrustYouCanTrust #essexschools #churchschools #primaryschools

Excited that our CEO Julian Dutnall and Director of People & Curriculum Development Lekha Sharma will be speaking at the ResearchEd National Conference this year. They will be sharing their thinking on uniting people, purpose and performance in service of measured and lasting school improvement.

We are thrilled to announce that Dr Walker's CofE Primary School in Fyfield has now officially joined LIFE Education Trust. Welcome to all Dr Walker's pupils, parents/carers, colleagues and governors , we look forward to working with you all. #everyoneflourishes #multiacademytrust #chruchschool

We were delighted to welcome Jaques Pretorius, CEO/Executive Director of the Anglican Board of Education for Southern Africa (ABESA) to the Trust yesterday. With his wealth of experience in education, we’re excited that our partnership is growing. #education #churchschools #everyoneflourishes

The Frances Bardsley Academy, is seeking to appoint a passionate & inspiring Head of Year to join a talented and supportive Pastoral Team. This is a non-teaching role so being a qualified teacher is not a prerequisite. Find out more & apply here: mynewterm.com/jobs/138326/...

Jessica achieved 3 A* and is heading off to study Medicine at Exeter University #alevels2025 #greatthingshappenhere

Our Head Girl Ire is off studying Social Policy at Cardiff University #Alevels2025 #greatthingshappenhere

Our BTEC students have also achieved fantastic results in Health & Social Care. A huge congratulations all our students. Your hard work, resilience, and ambition have truly paid off. Here’s to the next chapter. #alevels2025 #greatthingshappenhere

Several students are beginning exciting apprenticeships with leading companies such as Balfour Beatt. We are very proud of our results with 78% of grades at A levels/ BTEC being equivalent to A*-C, & close to 20% of grades at A*-A. #alevels2025

We have 2 students enrolled into Medicine & 1 into Oxford. Many have secured places at top universities including Warwick, Exeter, Bristol in a range of courses from Physics & Astrophysics to Fashion Marketing & Law. #alevels2025

We are incredibly proud of our amazing Y13 students & their outstanding achievements this year. A large number have accepted their first-choice university offers with many of our students taking places at prestigious universities all over the UK. #alevels2025

Last Friday was the deadline for Year 7 students to submit their entries to be considered for the NATRE Spirited Arts competition and we’ve had some really lovely entries. #greatthingshappenhere

Have you read our final newsletter for this academic year ? secure.smore.com/n/jmu9d #greatthingshappenhere

We've finally reached the last few days of term. With many schools across the country finishing today including some at LIFE Education Trust, we wanted to send our best wishes to everyone in the education sector for a lovely summer ahead. #everyoneflourishes #summerholidays #endofterm #schoolsout

Great to have LIFE Executive Head, David Turrell, representing the Trust at the Children's Commissioner's Roundtable at Cambridge University yesterday for a strategic discussion about the key challenges and priorities in the education system. #everyoneflourishes #educationleadership #education

In January, we launched a Trust initiative A MILLION PAGES, challenging everyone in the Trust to collectively read 1,000,000 by the end of 2025 to help improve pupils’ vocabulary & literacy skills. Announcing that we’ve smashed the target! lifeeducationtrust.com/a-million-pages-reading-challenge/

The 2nd of our LIFE Primary Celebration Events last night - more fantastic performances from talented pupils at 4 of our Colchester schools & our Affiliated Primary Spring Meadow in Harwich, plus presentations of more well deserved awards to our flourishing children. Thank you to everyone who came.

Great evening at the 1st LIFE Primary Celebration Event last night featuring fantastic performances from talented pupils across 6 Havering & Mid Essex primaries, plus the presentation of very well deserved awards to some of our flourishing children. Thanks to everyone who came. #everyoneflourishes

We are delighted with the 2025 SATS results achieved by pupils across the Trust with an overall average pass rate 70%, well above National Average, and with 10% of pupils achieving greater depth. We thank our dedicated primary colleagues and wish the year 6 pupils every success for the future.

We're recruiting! We have several governor roles on offer at two of our Colchester schools - Fordham and Holy Trinity Primaries. Find out more below or get in touch: holytrinityeightashgreen.co.uk/contact allsaints-fordham.essex.sch.uk/contact/ #governor #schoolgovernor #schoolleadership

Delighted our CEO Julian Dutnall has been invited to speak at this year's CST Annual Conference in Oct which will explore, through the theme of flourishing, how schools can move from good to great to deliver excellence, inclusion & equity for all children & the adults that support them.

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We are delighted to announce the exciting news that the DfE have granted an Academy Order for Spring Meadow Primary School & Schoolhouse Nursery in Harwich this week with a view to them joining the Trust later in the year. #multiacademytrust #education #schools #flouishing #lifeeducationtrust