Back in September of last year, Chapel St announced that it had been asked to work with Cornerstone Healthcare to deliver a project aimed at strengthening community relationships between local people and local organisations and clubs. Project lead, Gary Bishop co-ordinated a process of identifying, meeting and profiling 52 local organisations at work in the [...]
Chapel St opens Manchester’s first Free School
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 [...]
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. [...]
Staff Tea at the House of Lords
A great afternoon was had by all, as different team members from the Chapel St community gathered together for tea and cakes at the House of Lords in June. The tea was designed to bring both Chapel St staff and volunteers together, from their different locations, to share project news and ideas. Hosted by Baroness [...]
Manchester’s first ever Free School is signed and sealed
This week, the Chapel St initiative – ‘Atherton Community School’ – reached the last key milestone in the preparation phase, with the government signing the school’s final funding agreement. As part of the government’s Free School programme, Atherton Community School has been in set up phase in preparation for opening this September and this funding [...]
Job Opportunity: Project Director of ‘Happy Healthy Fulham’
Want to make a massive impact on community health for vulnerable and isolated people in Fulham? Chapel St are recruiting for a dynamic, energetic and experienced Project Director to implement, launch and lead an exciting new project making change happen in community health. Happy Healthy Fulham is a social enterprise initiative being developed by Chapel [...]
Chapel St working for a ‘Happy Healthy Fulham’
Chapel St are creating a new project to operate alongside the Cassidy Medical Centre and Health Hub in Fulham. The ‘Happy Healthy Fulham’ initiative will be funded through a grant made through the Big Lottery Fund’s ‘Reaching Communities’ committee. The project’s aim is to improve health and wellbeing for the elderly, vulnerable adults, teenagers and [...]
Chapel St’s First School Site Approved
Atherton Community School has now received confirmation from Wigan Council that the preferred sites for our new school have been approved. Following a cabinet meeting by Wigan Council, the Local Authority have agreed to the lease of both Atherton Town Hall to be used as a temporary site for the first year of the school’s [...]
Chapel St added to list of Academy Sponsors
Chapel St has recently received confirmation that the Schools Commissioner at the Department for Education considers Chapel St to be an appropriate organisation to sponsor an academy. It is the Office of the School Commissioner’s role to consider which sponsors will provide the best possible solution for a particular school(s), and Ministers make a final [...]
Chapel St publishes our latest Annual Review
The Chapel St team are now in full swing for 2012. We’re preparing to open our first Free School in Atherton this September, bidding to open new schools in 2013 and continuing to develop the work of our Family Hub in Roehampton and our Health Hub in Fulham. As we look forward to all that [...]