Today marks the beginning of Children’s Mental Health Week.

A £24million investment will drive up school standards in the North East by giving extra training to teachers, improving key secondary schools in the region, developing young people’s access to employers and universities and bolstering links between primary and secondary schools.  

Children from Outwood Primary Academy have taken part in ‘The Great Debate’ as part of their Year 6 ‘Be a good British and International Citizen’ Diploma work.

This week we sit down with Sheik Begum, English teacher at Outwood Academy Foxhills to discuss her incredible journey so far and what life was like growing up.

Children at a primary academy in Ripon have met with local MP, the Rt. Hon. Julian Smith, after the MP for Skipton and Ripon visited the academy.

Students from the Outwood Family were given a computer masterclass by a global technology leader for the second time.

This time around we sat down with Vicky Deighton from Outwood Academy Easingwold. Vicky talks us through an eerie, but funny, break in at the academy, her sense of pride at her department’s success and the changes that have occurred at Outwood Academy Easingwold since she began working there.

Children at a local primary academy have been learning about how to keep themselves and others safe as part of their work.

A choir from a primary academy based in Wakefield has performed at Sheffield Arena as part of a concert to inspire children to discover their love for music.

As we begin the new year, we are introducing a new feature; The Journey of an NQT! We will sit down for a candid chat with NQTs across the Outwood Family to find out about their teaching journey so far. This time we sit down with Daniell Evans, PE teacher at Outwood Academy Acklam.