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CEO’s Blog – 24th March 2023

CEO's Blog - 24th March 2023 Our Organisation... The weeks are flying by and we're nearly at the end of the Spring term, so here's a snapshot of life at every one of our schools and settings. We're growing all the time, but our offer remains the best in special...

CEO’s Blog – 17th March 2023 – ‘Thank You!’

CEO's Blog - 17th March 2023  'Thank You!'   Well, if you've been following the updates on social media this week, you might just have noticed that almost 100 of our young people have been lucky enough to travel to Disneyland Paris. A trip that started on Monday...

CEO’s Blog (10th March 2023)

CEO's Blog (10th March 2023)   It was International Women's Day this week, and it was great to see our schools and settings marking the occasion with their activities and learning opportunities. Of course, we shouldn't only celebrate our women and girls for just...

We are looking for our next CEO…

We are looking for our next CEO... It's probably been the worst kept secret for a while, but I'm writing my blog this week to let everyone know that we are actively looking for the next CEO of the New Bridge Multi Academy Group and MAT. After many years working as...

CEO’s Blog – Student Voice (24th February 2023)

CEO's Blog - Student Voice (24th February 2023)   A few weeks ago, before the half term break, I said I would be reporting on how we listen to the Student Voice across our MAT and wider Group. Well, this week, I'm able to do just that, as some of our schools and...

Graham We’ve had a busy week with a number of visitors to our Group.

We often get colleagues coming to look at our practice and this week there appears to have been a particular focus on our employment and post 19 provisions.

We welcomed a group from Bury who wanted to visit our ‘Bridging the Gap’ project at the Royal Oldham Hospital. It was brilliant to see the young people at work in their placements across the hospital. Our visitors were lucky that their visit also coincided with Callum’s Mum picking him up, as they able to talk to her and get her views on the project. It was wonderful to hear from her just how much of a difference it has made for Callum.

Another group from Leeds and York visited our Future Finders internship project at the new Oldham Leisure Centre. It was absolutely superb to see the young people so involved in their placements. They are very much a part of the centre now and the feedback we have had from the leisure centre clients is first class. One of the managers came over to tell me that the day before they had had a visit from a large multi-national builder who had commented on the number of people with additional needs that were employed or volunteering at the centre. After a conversation with Max (who is also known as ‘Mr Motivator’ and can be incredibly persuasive) they felt that they would like to become involved with our Group and the Future Finders project – Daniel will pursue the lead. Our strategy is slowly starting to make a real difference.

Staying with the positive theme of increasing opportunities for our young people, we now have the keys for Medtia Square and our premises team have been busy preparing the building. We are looking forward to sharing some pictures with you in the next couple of weeks once we have finished the adaptations. Families of the young people who will be using the centre initially have been invited to an open day on 23rd February.

Our Facebook and website pages seem to have gone into overdrive this week. Hopefully you have seen news of sporting events, a pirate play, our Year 13 residential to Calvert Trust, past students who are working with Dark Horse Theatre, polar bears, a sponsored swim and even a pancake war(!) along with many links that lead to you Mahdlo and POINT (Parents of Oldham in Touch). We are trying hard to keep you all up to date and share some of the amazing work that our young people do every day across the Group. We hope you enjoy hearing what we get up to!

I’m in Newcastle today talking about our buildings and curriculum – I certainly won’t be short of things to say!

Have a great half term,

Graham

Location

New Bridge Multi Academy Trust
Roman Road
Hollinwood
Oldham
OL8 3PH

School Hours

M-F: 8am – 4pm
Weekends: Closed

Phone & Email

0161 870 9386

info@newbridgegroup.org