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  • Celebrate XP… support a charity!

    Announcing Our New Publication: ‘Celebrating Ten Years of Expeditions at XP’ A new publication, ‘Celebrating Ten Years of Learning Expeditions at XP’, written by our co-founder, Andy Sprakes, is now available. The book highlights an extensive and broad selection of the beautiful work created by our young people and staff from across our Trust. It…

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  • Sharing our Stories: 08/09/2023

    Beautiful Work This Week – Double Edition! #C30Aberdovey – Our Reflections Last week our new Year 7s were the 9th cohort of students from XP to head off to the Aberdovey Outward Bound centre to answer the guiding question ‘What does it mean to be Crew?’. These are their reflections after just three days of…

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  • C30 Aberdovey Outward Bound – we have arrived!

    Our new Year 7s (C30) have arrived safely in Aberdovey for their Outward Bound experience – we arrived at around 1pm and have been getting stuck into activities already! For further updates on our adventures, please follow #C30Aberdovey on Twitter – we’ll be posting there for the rest of the trip! #WeAreCrew

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  • Sharing our Stories: 21/07/2023

    Beautiful Work This Week G29: From The Ground Up – launch at Seven Stories! G29 Students at XP Gateshead launched their book ‘From The Ground Up’ which answered the guiding question ‘What do the communities of North East England owe to the miners?’ at Seven Stories in Newcastle! They also celebrated all of their beautiful…

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