Today Chapel St opened Atherton Community School – Manchester’s first ever Free School. Principal Elizabeth Haddock and her team welcomed the founding Year 7 students and they celebrated their first assembly together with staff. Starting with Year 7 this September, the school is also preparing to open a brand new Sixth Form for Atherton in [...]
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Department for Education gives go ahead for Chapel St’s primary Free School application in Oxford
An application to create a brand new primary school in Oxford continues to progress, with the Department for Education agreeing that the proposal can now proceed to implementation stage. ‘Tyndale Community School’ is a new primary school proposal that has been submitted to the Department for Education as part of the government’s Free School programme. [...]
Atherton Community School – Open Evenings Planned
Following the Department for Education’s recent announcement of plans for a new Free School in Atherton, Chapel St and the founding governors of Atherton Community School are planning a series of Open Evenings for the local community in the weeks ahead. Parents, carers and community members are being invited along to hear more about the [...]
New School Announced
The trustees of Chapel St and founding board of governors are delighted to announce that the Secretary of State for Education, the Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, has agreed that the application to open Atherton Community School in September 2012 should move to the next stage. Over the last year, hundreds of local residents and [...]
Chapel St wins Community Oriented Primary Care Pilot in Blackburn
Chapel St has recently won a project to work for Healthy Happy Communities in the Mill Hill area of Blackburn. Chapel St will be working with Mill Hill residents, community groups, Blackburn with Darwen Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Cornerstone Healthcare to support to a GP practice (the Bentham Road Medical Centre) in the delivery of a [...]
Baroness Maeve Sherlock Announced as Chair of Chapel St
Baroness Sherlock has been announced the Chair of the Chapel St Group. Maeve Sherlock is a life peer who was formerly the Chief Executive of the British Refugee Council and a special advisor to the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown MP where her brief covered child poverty and welfare reform. Maeve has been [...]
Atherton Community Views Pivotal For New Secondary School
Chapel St is working with a group applying to establish a brand new secondary school in Atherton. We are committed to placing the opinions and ideas of the local community at the heart of the plans. Last year Atherton parents and community members formed a consortium with Chapel St. After consulting with local parents, educationalists [...]
‘Learning Through Play’ – Chapel St Family Hub delivers parenting workshop
‘Learning should be fun whether you’re 5 or 55,’ shared Early Years Specialist Liz Rook tonight at the Chapel St Family Hub. Running a workshop on ‘Learning Through Play’, Liz presented her ideas and insights in the vital role that parents can play in their child’s development. Liz encouraged parents to enable children to pursue [...]
Chapel St and the Atherton Community Consortium move to business case stage for a Free School in Atherton, Lancashire
Over the past months Chapel St has been working with Community Leaders to propose a new community school. Following an invitation from the Secretary of State for Education Chapel St are developing a final business case and implementation plan to launch our first community school. This school will be situated in Atherton, Lancashire and will be [...]
Chapel St opens its first Family Hub in Roehampton
This week, Chapel St opened it’s first Family Hub in Roehampton. Delivering day nursery and extra family services, we are excited to be welcoming the first children and families to our centre. Through the Family Hub, Chapel St is working to develop a new model of education for families. As well as running a day [...]