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De Havilland Primary School welcomes Baroness Barran Posted on: 1/12/2021

De Havilland Primary School welcomes Baroness Barran

It’s not often a Baroness comes to Hatfield, on Tuesday 30th November De Havilland Primary School was delighted to receive a visit from the Under-Secretary of State for the School System, Baroness Barran. The Baroness toured the school with Sarah King the Headteacher and met children and staff. Sarah King and Baroness Barran discussed the changes to De Havilland’s Building Futures curriculum. The curriculum has been rejuvenated and transformed so that it caters to De Havilland’s children’s needs. It enables the children to become confirmed in core skills like reading, writing and maths but also to explore topics that they might not experience in their everyday lives. The new topics this year explore frozen kingdoms and allow the children to meet inspirational individuals, showing the children a wider world and engaging them with it.  The Baroness was particularly interested in the mental health of children and staff. On the tour she visited The Hanger which is a nurture provision for children to learn in a calm and safe environment and to unpick challenging behaviours to support talking about emotions and to actively support their own wellbeing. The space is part home and part classroom where the children learn and eat together as a family, for some this has helped the transition from homeschooling to school based education. Sarah King said: “I was delighted to share with Baroness Barran the improvement journey our school has been on since joining Danes Educational Trust. In particular the development of our wonderful learning environment and teaching and learning opportunities for all our children.” Following the tour there was time to discuss and the support De Havilland have received since joining Danes Educational Trust, a multi academy trust in October 2020.  The Baroness said the visit was an absolute joy and she invited the children from De Havilland to visit her in Parliament and the House of Lords.
Susan Poole been designated as a National Leader of Governance by the Department for Education. Posted on: 24/11/2021

Susan Poole been designated as a National Leader of Governance by the Department for Education.

Having been through a rigorous application process, Susan Poole, our Head of Governance and Policy, has been designated as a National Leader of Governance by the Department for Education.     The National Leader of Governance programme has been reformed in line with the Department’s recognitionof governance as ‘key to sustained school improvement’.   Susan has worked in academy governance for over 10 years. She has established two multi academy trusts and two single academy trusts as part of the Free School programme. She is currently a Member of an academy trust and has held several roles including Chair.    Her role at Danes Educational Trust since she joined us in early 2019 has been to provide support and guidance to our Trust on all aspects of governance.
DET Trust Learning Lead for Science (Physics) publishes first book Posted on: 22/10/2021

DET Trust Learning Lead for Science (Physics) publishes first book

Amriss Assaye is a nationally accredited Senior STEM facilitator, Specialist Leader of Education (SLE) and Trust Learning Lead for Science (Physics) at Danes Educational Trust. His book Teaching and Learning Physics imparts all the experience and best practice of his many years teaching in the UK. The book is mainly focused on practical solutions, rather than teaching theories; it includes materials developed in various contexts and on training courses, and is in line with latest teaching strategies and learning styles in Physics. It should inspire all PGCE students, graduate teacher trainees, science teachers and HODs in secondary schools and colleges. You can purchase a hard copy of Teaching and Learning Physics from Waterstones online shop and the Kindle version on Amazon.
Launch of DET Learner Voice Council Posted on: 20/10/2021

Launch of DET Learner Voice Council

On Wednesday 13th October Danes Educational Trust held our first DET Learner Voice Council Induction Day at Onslow St Audrey’s, Hatfield  The event bought together over 60 students from our secondary schools including Onslow St Audrey’s, Croxley Danes School, St Clement Danes School, Chancellor’s School and Elstree Screen Arts for the launch of the DET Learner Voice Council.  The LVC will provide learners the opportunity to take part discussion and decision making at all levels.  They will work with students and staff alike, conducting cutting edge research exploring what teaching and learning has the biggest impact in helping them learn.  The induction day featured workshops on teambuilding, teaching and learning, growth mindset and constructive conversations.  We were lucky enough to have exceptional practitioners Charley Clarke, Nicola Spencer, Joelle Casotti, Callum Finn and Dr. Martijn Van der Spoel joining us on the day along with our brilliant team of LVC facilitators. If you would like further details about the work we are doing in schools, please do get in touch with Nikki Railton, DET Leader of Purpose.