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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: 12/06/2026

    Beautiful work this week Here’s a selection of beautiful work from across the XP Trust! To read about other stories from across the XP Trust, visit xptrust.org. Top of the Blogs Crew Walton Wildlife Park @ Green Top Handwriting champion of the week @ Plover Expedition – Science @ Carcroft School Beautiful work from Harry…

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  • OFSTED: Congratulations Green Top! ⭐️💃🏻🎉

    Congratulations to Kelly Overson, the Green Top Staff Crew and their awesome children for a fantastic set of outcomes from last week’s OFTSED Inspection. Whilst the grades can’t be shared outside of our organisation – the provisional grades are very positive with some impressive ratings. The energy, dedication, and sheer hard work put in by…

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  • A Settled and Productive Afternoon at XP East

    This afternoon I have had a great time! I managed to visit all year groups who were in session at XP East and see how settled our starts to afternoon sessions are. In the STEM and HUMs lessons I visited , the focus was immediate. Students wasted no time opening up their books or logging…

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