Kat Edwards

New (academic) Year Resolutions… 1. Take lunch at least 3 days a week 2. Walk at least 10,000 steps a day 3. Use a notebook - rather than random scraps of paper which end up messed up in my bag!!

Well done to all staff at BEST who heard they had passed their NPQH yesterday. Well deserved! To name but a few @AmyRMorris1 @AJS3110 Jo boniface and @KatEdwardsHT

Today is #NationalOfferDay for secondary and upper schools. To the hundreds of students who have a September place @SamWhitAcademy and @CastleNewnham - welcome* to the #BestFamily! (* if you're already at a BEST school, we're delighted you're continuing your journey with us!)

Our BEST Primary English Conference is taking place this summer. The day will feature reading and writing workshops, plus a keynote speech by the award-winning @authoradam 📅 Friday 27 June 🏫 Pix Brook Academy 💰 £30 See poster for more details ⬇️ @BEST_Edu_and_SI

Our Chief Operating Officer is retiring at the end of this academic year and the recruitment process to appoint his successor has started. For more information contact @lizhaydhr @SatisEducation on 07706 333575 or Liz@satiseducation.co.uk - or visit joinbest.co.uk

One of my favourite days 🎭 @RoyalDerngate @CastleNewnham

This is excellent news! The timing is unfortunate (mild word choice) as providers have designed training programmes and many mentors are mid-way through however the actually mentoring that can take place in these 20 hours will be far more beneficial 🙌🏼

This week sees the start of our Primary Open Events for Reception 2025 admissions. If you would like to book onto the tours, please visit the website for further information. Hurry, spaces are limited. castlenewnham.school/page/?title=Re… @BedsSchTrust @KatEdwardsHT @MrLSkeel

Introducing the BRAND NEW Castle Newnham prospectus! Please visit the link below to see an online version. Hard copies are available at Open Events and the school office. castlenewnham.school/prospectus

From this moment forward, anytime I hear anyone say ‘I can’t do that’, I’m going to show them a video of Chris McCausland dance on Strictly! #inspirational #StrictlyComeDancing

@InsightHQ @MissHBaxter

🎉 The new cohort attendance report is now available in your Reports menu🎉 See our new help guide for details: kb.insighttracking.com/article/ith1xj… We're also running two webinars on how to use the new attendance reporting. Tuesday 1st October, 4pm Register: @d5d4c351-5881-4fd2-a04a-df9b4e1949b3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">events.teams.microsoft.com/event/13d7263b… Wednesday 2nd October, 4pm Register: @d5d4c351-5881-4fd2-a04a-df9b4e1949b3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dd0a4156…

@Suzannecronin6 Did you buy a tractor?!

All college shopping done...countdown to #MoultonCollege #agriculture #farmlife is well under way...we only went to buy overalls!

…he really is excited! We’re all looking forward to our joint assembly for Y6 and Y11 where we will share this exciting opportunity #COREvalues

@BraysSchool1 @MrLSkeel staff value badge idea???

During today’s INSET training we issued long service award badges to staff in increments of 5 years. We even had someone someone receive a 30 years service award and our longest serving member received 35 years! #Braysbelonging #Recruitmentandretention #Valued

@Positivteacha @MrLSkeel love these!!

@ChrisLennonPR @CastleNewnham @MrLSkeel Thank you to you and the rest of the team for supporting with such a smooth transition! I hope you all felt the positivity in the room this morning!

Fabulous to be able to officially welcome @CastleNewnham into the #BestFamily today! Lots of hard work by lots of wonderful colleagues over the last 10 or so months to get here - well done everyone (with a special cap doth to @MrLSkeel for the awesome comms support! 🙌)

First day of term and @castlenewnham are now officially part of @BedsSchTrust #samestorynewchapter

Post-retirement musings from the boss 💪🏼 Looking forward to more of the same over the coming months and years 💙💛

Very proud of all of the hard work the children and staff have put in throughout the year to achieve such great outcomes, setting them up for the next phase of their education!! 💙💛

@lifeatthenest I’m Head of Primary in an all-through which also takes in a number of Y7s from other feeders - have previously led on transition. Happy to help!

Any secondary or maybe even primary SLT out there who might be able to help me out with something regarding Y6/7 transition that’s going to keep me awake this weekend?