Thanks to housebuilders, Barratt Homes, who have donated a range of new books to Oakley Vale Primary School in recognition of Anti Bullying Week.

Remembrance Day was particularly significant for Thomas Clarkson Academy's Assistant Principal, Mr Siracusano, who served with the Royal Engineers and the Royal Army Physical Training Corps before he entered the teaching profession.

Bestselling author Dan Freedman spoke to Year 8 students at Brooke Weston Academy via a Zoom meeting meaning students could hear about his books and career, despite lockdown restrictions.

Year 13 student Max Hamilton, from Thomas Clarkson Academy was chosen as this year’s winner of TCA’s National Poetry Day competition thanks to his evocative verse.

Students and staff across our schools marked Remembrance Day 2020 with socially distanced activities, poems, assemblies and periods of silence.

A Year 7 student, from Thomas Clarkson Academy, whose dad was killed while serving in Afghanistan was interviewed on Good Morning Britain about her family’s charity which supports bereaved Armed Forces children.