Members of the Outwood Family are celebrating their great success at the FIRST UK Tech Challenge.

An academies trust has saved over half a million plastic bottles from landfill thanks to its uniform being made from recycled bottles by its uniform supplier, Trutex.

This week we sit down with Samantha Wilson, English teacher at Outwood Academy Newbold to discuss her teaching journey so far.

A secondary academy in Worksop has helped the community after running a successful food collection drive to help those affected by the recent flooding.

A primary academy in North Yorkshire is leading the way when it comes to inclusion and has received a donation from a local group as a reward.

This time around we sat down with Hayley Rudd from Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth. Hayley talks us through her initial feelings when she joined the Outwood Family, before sharing her favourite and funniest moments with us.

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.