News

Approval of the Merger and Expansion of The Link Schools

Our proposal to the DfE to formally merge The Link Primary and The Link Secondary Schools to become one entity and to introduce a satellite site to educate additional children has been approved and will take effect from September 2022. The …
11th May 2022

AVA welcomes local MP Sarah Jones

Local MP, Sarah Jones visited Addington Valley Academy to see students and staff in their new school building and there was plenty to get involved with. Students, Brendan and Shaun were ready to welcome our visitor and presented her with …
3rd May 2022

New PRIDE Academy

The Young People’s Academy has moved into it’s fantastic new purpose-built site and the school has been rebranded as The PRIDE Academy to reflect the school’s PRIDE values or Perseverance, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Empathy. All pupils and their families …
26th April 2022

Technology Award Win

Congratulations to staff and students from Bedelsford School and Orchard Hill College whose collaboration with Kingston University’s Ubitech project has won two awards in the Kingston Borough Business Awards 2021. The project won both of the categories that they were …
23rd March 2022

Red Nose Day

A number of schools from across the trust took part in fun activities to mark this year’s Red Nose Day and raise money for the Comic Relief Charity.   At Addington Valley Academy the therapists organised Attention Autism Activities using …
23rd March 2022

Ofsted grade The Link Secondary School ‘Good’

The Link Secondary School was inspected by Ofsted in January 2022. We are pleased to announce that they have been graded ‘Good’ overall and ‘Outstanding’ for ‘Behaviour and attitudes’. Here are some of the report highlights: “Pupils really like coming …
18th March 2022

Link Schools Merger and Expansion Consultation

A consultation on the proposal to merge The Link Primary and The Link Secondary Schools to become one entity and create an additional satellite site to educate additional children with special education needs will run from 25th February to Friday …
2nd March 2022

Much Ado at Bedelsford

Well done to the budding thespians from Bedelsford School who had the opportunity to perform their interpretation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing at the Rose Theatre as part of Coram’s Shakespeare Schools Foundation (SSF). The secondary pupils took to …
11th February 2022

Celebrating Apprentices

It is National Apprenticeship Week and we are thrilled to be celebrating the achievements of all our apprentices across OHC&AT. Meet a few of the apprentices working across the Trust. Louis joined the Trust last year and is already an …
7th February 2022

Brantridge to Expand

The proposal to expand Brantridge School to provide additional places for up to 80 secondary pupils, has been given the go ahead. This means that pupils currently in Year 6 will be able to stay on at the school in …
1st February 2022

Include Magazine 2021

Our annual publication, Include magazine is now available to read online. It features articles from our Leadership Team and stories from across the schools and college centres. Please click below to read a digital copy of Include. If you would …
10th January 2022

Pupils’ Big Takeover

Well done to the Year 11 pupils at Nightingale Community Academy who took part in this year’s Big Take Over which puts young people into decision-making challenges and encourages staff at the council to hear their views. The pupils, who …
21st December 2021