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• 16 June 2025 Stowmarket plans gain support Councillors have given support for the plans to expand the capacity of Stowmarket High School with a new building and outdoor area.
• 11 June 2025 AVA students meet the Prime Minister Members of the Alde Valley Academy student council met Sir Keir Starmer as he visited Suffolk New College to announce the go-ahead for government funding of Sizewell C.
• 30 May 2025 New Post-16 college for Leiston announced We are delighted to see the announcement of funding for a new Post-16 provision in Leiston, funded by Sizewell C.
• 22 May 2025 ECT conference on 'curiosity' We held our first full day conference for ECTs on the theme of curiosity. Presentations focused on curious learning, leading and environments. We asked them to consider what engaged them to learn and how could we get more of that 'spirit' into the classroom. Once we had considered what it was that engaged us, we looked at environments and how to make the best use of displays to encourage learning and celebration.
• 16 May 2025 U13 Girls are county champions again! The under-13 girls performed brilliantly in the county football championship, winning 4-2 against Chantry Academy.
• 15 May 2025 VE Day Each of our schools commemorated VE Day, taking time to reflect on the events of the past. They thought about those who lost their lives, the significance of the event in history and what it means to society today.
• 27 March 2025 Gold Artsmark Award for Snape Primary Well done to the staff and students at Snape Primary School for achieve gold in the Artsmark Award scheme. This is an amazing achievement which recognises the significant commitment to 'The Arts' within their extended curriculum.
• 27 March 2025 Stowmarket rocks: another amazing school production! Craig Morrison, Chief Executive, writes:
• 10 March 2025 Craig Morrison graduates in first cohort of CEO programme
• 4 March 2025 Inspectors find learners 'flourish' at Snape Snape receives glowing Ofsted report
• 27 January 2025 Northgate Good in all areas
• 21 January 2025 Plans to expand Stowmarket High School Exciting plans to expand Stowmarket High from 900 to 1200 places are now out for consultation, until 27th January 2025.
• 19 December 2024 Roman Hill celebrates huge improvements Roman Hill Primary School in Lowestoft has been recognised by Ofsted for huge improvements made
• 18 December 2024 Kingfisher welcomes new CFO Kingfisher Schools Trust is delighted to welcome David Watling as the new Chief Financial Officer.
• 13 December 2024 Christmas at Snape Primary School
• 8 November 2024 New Head for Southtown Kingfisher Schools Trust is delighted to welcome Mr Ben Newstead as the new Headteacher at Southtown Primary School, Great Yarmouth.
• 21 October 2024 Alde Valley students form youth council
• 14 October 2024 Kingfisher Best Practice Network We have just hosted our first KBPN network meeting. The KBPN is a new initiative whereby personnel within the trust act as system leaders, developing a self-sustaining model of school improvement.
• 10 October 2024 Academy Councils We were thrilled to launch the new governance model this September. What were known as School Committees are now called Academy Councils and have a renewed focus on improving community links and ensuring excellence within our schools.
• 5 September 2024 Snape Custard Stall - Folk East
• 23 August 2024 Kingfisher schools celebrate GCSE success Students across the Kingfisher secondary schools in Suffolk celebrated GCSE success this week.
• 12 July 2024 Stowmarket to Wimbledon! Stowmarket High School was lucky enough to win a small number of tickets in the Wimbledon ballot. A group of Year 10 PE students were treated to an excellent yet tense day of tennis on Court 2, watching both underdogs winning! Students enjoyed buying souvenirs of their experience and, of course, eating strawberries and cream!
• 12 July 2024 Science Talk at Northgate At Northgate Primary School, an evening science talk was held for Year 5 and 6 pupils and their parents. It was all about astronomy and hosted by Dr. Matthew Bothwell.
• 8 July 2024 Introduction to sailing for Snape students! Year 5 and 6 students from Snape Primary School had an introduction to sailing. Thank you to the Aldeburgh Yacht Club for subsidising this event!
• 5 July 2024 Roman Hill are County Panathlon Winners! Congratulations to the team at Roman Hill who won the Suffolk county Panathlon event.
• 9 May 2024 AVA Awards Evening Students from Alde Valley Academy were celebrated last week for their achievements.
• 2 May 2024 Sarah Hartshorn welcomed as new Headteacher of Sir John Leman Kingfisher Schools Trust has welcomed Sarah Hartshorn as the new Headteacher of Sir John Leman High School and 6th Form College.
• 29 April 2024 Kingfisher Schools Trust welcomes positive monitoring inspections A positive monitoring inspection report for Stowmarket High School is published today: please click here to read the report.
• 25 March 2024 Science Fayre at Snape Students in Eagle Class researched their own investigation in school and at home before presenting them to their families and peers at the fayre. The children were really enthusiastic about their investigations and keen to explain the science behind them!
• 20 March 2024 Craig Morrison part of inaugural trust CEO programme
• 20 March 2024 Lucie Hernandez confirmed as Head at Stowmarket High Kingfisher Schools Trust are delighted to announce the appointment of Lucie Hernandez as substantive Headteacher at Stowmarket High School, following two successful terms as Interim Head.
• 13 March 2024 Northgate Artwork Students undertook a school-wide project on designing a bird and, of course, they chose to draw a kingfisher. From Nursery through to Year 6, the work was of an exceptional standard. It was great to have the artwork presented as a gallery in the school hall for all to see.
• 8 March 2024 World Book Day Our schools celebrated World Book Day with an amazing array of activities. Children from Southtown recreated their own fancy dress onto wooden spoons whilst children attending Snape created matchbox stories. Roman Hill had author visits and invited parents to join them in a number of lovely book-related tasks. In our secondary settings, it was great to see students and staff dressing up, receiving their free books and enjoying the day.
• 21 December 2023 Trust-wide conference On 6th October, colleagues from all trust schools participated in a joint training day. Staff were given training on Rosenshine’s Principles, had the opportunity to explore barriers to learning and, most importantly, learned more about the trust’s renewed vision and values. The first staff survey was also launched! It was a great day for all involved.
• 21 December 2023 British Values in action At Kingfisher Schools Trust, we believe all staff, pupils and family members should promote the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs. Throughout the year, children and young people have taken part in so many different activities promoting citizenship, diversity and inclusion. They have acted as role models to others, spoken to politicians and faith leaders, acted charitably and always with respect. That’s why we are so proud of Kingfisher students.
• 21 December 2023 Attendance Attendance has significantly improved at Roman Hill due to a range of new strategies implemented last term. Walking buses, attendance monitors, rigorous and relentless data tracking and accountability measures have all helped to make Roman Hill a beacon of great practice.
• 13 November 2023 Welcome to our new website! Welcome to our new website

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