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XP. School News

  • 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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  • Crew Peake – Stewardship Heroes!

    This morning, Crew Peake demonstrated incredible activism and community spirit by tackling a litter pick around the school grounds and car park… even though it was freezing! Their hard work is a brilliant example of stewardship in action. Stewardship is all about students and staff taking responsibility for our surroundings and actively working to protect…

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  • Weekly Facilities Update

    Between the 10/11/2025 and 14/11/2025 the facilities team completed 16 jobs from the repairs and requests log 5 Repairs at XPD 2 Repairs & 2 Requests at Green Top 4 Repairs & 1 Request at Plover 2 Request at Norton

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  • Comms in Norton

    Last week, the Comms team spent time based at our Norton Campus. It was a great opportunity to connect with staff, explore what’s been happening across school, and curate some fantastic student work to share more widely. We also spent time looking ahead to next term’s Expeditions – gathering ideas, listening to staff, and starting…

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  • Poetry Superstars in E29 Pioneer! 🌟

    In Y10, we’ve been discussing the importance of revising early and so we’ve been building active recall and revision into our lessons to make sure we don’t forget the poems we studied back in Year 9. These students came out top of the class in their recall, showing fantastic knowledge, focus, and enthusiasm for the…

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