Andy Sprakes
In the Autumn Term of 2024, I had the privilege and pleasure to work alongside Aime Shaw and her beautiful class at Green Top Primary School. The purpose of my visits were twofold: firstly, to highlight the outstanding work Aime…
Andy Sprakes
Last week, Gwyn and I had the privilege of attending the 2024 EL Conference in Atlanta, USA with five colleagues from across our Trust. The highlight of the conference was a keynote speech by our great friend, mentor and inspiration…
Andy Sprakes
At XP Trust we collaborate together to create our learning expeditions. On every other Staff Day, we all work out of one of our sites so that we can share collective ideas and collaborate to create and powerful learning expeditions…
Andy Sprakes
In July 2024 we launched 'XP Live' by hosting our first Festival of Arts and Culture. Last night, we followed this up with our first in a series of events entitled Thursday Night Live. The gig gave the opportunity for…
Andy Sprakes
One of our great friends and mentors, Ron Berger, once said to us that ‘staff culture can never outpace student culture.’ With this firmly at the forefront of our minds we set out last week on our bi-annual outdoor staff…
Andy Sprakes
It is a privilege to work at XP Trust but I don't reflect enough on the wonderful things I see and experience every day as I work alongside students, teachers, colleagues and other stakeholders in, and across, our Trust. As…
Andy Sprakes
On Tuesday 26 April the Communications Team had a day away to reflect on the great work that the Comms Crew do for our Trust and consider how we can make this work even better. We started with a crew…
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