PROSPERE NEWS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER
HALF TERM 6
2022 - 2023
Dear members of our Trust community, We would like to thank all of our staff for all their hard work which has made a significant contribution to the high quality of education on offer for our children over this last year. Our staff make an enormous difference to the lives of our children and young people every single day, and we are proud, privileged, and grateful to work alongside such dedicated hard-working and generous professionals. We also extend our thanks to parents, carers and families who support our school teams, by working together we enable our young people to succeed. We would also like to thank our Members, Trustees and Governors for the tremendous work they do, and wisdom they provide, in supporting and challenging our schools. Special thanks in particular go to two Governors who have retired from their roles as Local Governing Body Chairs – Rebecca Howard at Chorlton High School and Mark Brookfield at CHS South. Their dedication to the roles and schools has made a significant difference to children’s lives. We wish you all a lovely summer! Hopefully the rain will stop at some point and we look forward to the start of the new academic year. Linda Jones, Chief Executive Officer Dave Bell, Executive Headteacher Andy Park, Executive Headteacher
TRAINING TO TEACH
This half term we said good luck and goodbye to our fantastic secondary PGCE cohort. They have worked across our four secondary mainstream schools, CHS, CHS South, MEA and MEA Central, for both placements, allowing them contrasting experiences to become fully equipped for their ECT year. We had 15 trainees, across all curriculum areas and all have secured ECT roles for September. We want to thank them for their hard work with all our students, their commitment throughout this academic year, their creativity and their drive to progress into the wonderful teachers they have become. We wish them the best of luck as they continue onto their ECT year, some within the Trust and across Greater Manchester. We would like to thank the mentors that worked with them and have some feedback from the cohort: “The structure of the course and the members of staff in the Trust that I have met along the way have made this experience one that I will never forget. I couldn’t have asked for better provision.” Temi “In a rather full-on year, the support I have received through the School Direct route has made my training year not only a success, but truly enjoyable. I couldn’t recommend this route enough!” Ella “The extra support from School Direct CPD and the stability of knowing I’ll be within a set group of schools has really improved my experience in teacher training.” Ethan ITT students on the primary route returned to Piper Hill to celebrate qualifying for QTS with PGCE. It has been wonderful to see students reconnecting and celebrating together after what has been an incredibly rewarding year. We are proud to report that 100% of students passed, even more impressively, 100% of students have jobs starting in September. In other news, we also celebrated the retirement of our link University lecturer Anne Gager. Anne has been a phenomenal asset to Teach Manchester and is retiring after 45 successful years in education. We wish you and the students every success in your future adventures.