We are proud to launch Anglian Learning’s ‘Teaching for Creativity’ playbook! 🎉
This practical guide is the result of a three-year journey through the Creativity Collaboratives programme, supported by @aceagrams and the @freelandsfoundation .
Since 2021, our colleagues have been exploring how to embed teaching for creativity at the core of classroom practice, cultivating the conditions for pupils to think originally, imaginatively, and inquisitively.
Through hands-on experimentation with approaches to teaching for creativity across our schools, we have developed a playbook designed to share leadership tips, spark curiosity, ignite ideas, and support meaningful learning experiences.
A heartfelt thank you to all the incredible staff and pupils whose energy, ideas and commitment helped bring this project to life 👏
To celebrate the playbook’s launch, we will be sharing the impact of our findings, starting with our secondary schools. Stay tuned for further updates!
👉 Read the full playbook via the link in our bio.
#TeachingForCreativity #CreativityCollaboratives #Classroom #Empowerment #TransformingTogether
🍀Wishing the very best of luck to all pupils who start their GCSE and A-Level exams this week .
It is time to show what you can do. Stay calm, stay focused, and believe in yourself!
#GCSEs #ALevels #ExamSeason
Wishing all our staff, pupils and their families a relaxing and restful Easter break. 🐣
A special thank you to all our staff for their hard work and dedication throughout this Spring term. 👏✨
Enjoy the well-deserved break 🌷
#Easter #SchoolHoliday #EasterBreak #SchoolCommunity
Anglian Learning’s Creative Writing Challenge 2026 is underway ✍️✨
KS3 pupils from across our secondary schools have embraced the challenge of combining characters from completely different worlds, reimagining their favourite stories to create something entirely original.
From clever historical nods to imaginative, fantastical settings, the creativity on display is truly inspiring. 🌍📚
🏆 The top entries from each school will go head-to-head in a grand finale, judged by our Director of Education, with fantastic prizes up for grabs! Who will be crowned this year’s winners? Stay tuned! 👀
#GetCreative #LoveBooks #TransformingTogether #Reading
Stronger Leadership Through Collaboration 📚👥
Tuesday was our third Trust Leadership Group meeting of the year, for headteachers and the shared services leadership team.
We were privileged to hear from our Deputy Principals, Dom Fullman of Bottisham Village College and Karim Marsaoui of The Netherhall School The Netherhall School, sharing their experiences of the excellent East100 leadership programme led by Jon Hutchinson.
The day also provided opportunities for strategic long-term planning in response to the recent White Paper📄and for headteacher peer coaching 🤝
Thanks also to @staplefordgranaryartsculture for a wonderful community venue, surrounded by their Ladybird Books exhibition!
#leadership #coaching #East100 #inclusion #MATleadership #trustleadership #investinginpeople
🎨✨ Primary Platform 26 ✨🎨
Primary Platform 26 was Anglian Learning’s first Trust-wide primary art exhibition, a celebration of creativity, talent and belonging across our schools.
Over the weekend of 7 & 8 March, incredible artwork created by pupils from our fourteen primary schools was showcased at the Marven Centre, Sawston 🖼️
We also welcomed pupils and their families to a special private view, a wonderful evening celebrating creativity and belonging.
A huge thank you to our amazing art teachers and everyone who made this exhibition possible. 🌟
We are so proud of our young artists!
To learn more click the link in our bio. ⬆️
#PrimaryPlatform26 #BelongingByDesign #Creativity #SchoolArt
This week is #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek
We are proud to launch series 2 of our free mental health and wellbeing webinars, Mental Health: It’s Not All In The Mind’ in collaboration with @foundation_ypmh : foundation For Young People's Mental Health
Series 2 explains the link between food, nutrition and mental wellbeing, offering practical strategies for supporting yourself and young people.
These webinars support Anglian Learning’s Belonging by Design strategy – our commitment to creating schools and communities where every pupil feels they genuinely belong.
You can view the webinars in our bio👉 /25ym955n
This week is #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek 💛 The focus of Children’s Mental Health week is “This is my Place”, recognising that a sense of belonging in friendships, in school, and in communities plays a vital role in our mental health and wellbeing. Anglian Learning’s Belonging by Design strategy centres around our commitment to creating schools and communities where every pupil feels they genuinely belong.
Find out more by clicking the link in our bio.
COMING SOON: 🎨Primary Platform 26
We are excited to introduce Primary Platform 26, Anglian Learning’s first Trust wide primary art exhibition, celebrating creativity and Belonging across all 14 of our primary schools. From Reception to Year 6, pupils have explored what it means to feel included, valued, and connected, and their thoughtful, creative responses bring these ideas to life. 🙌
📅Join us as we celebrate their imagination, expression and emerging artistic talents at:
Marven Centre, Sawston Village College
7–8 March 2026 between 10 am to 3 pm
Featuring a special showcase from our Inspire25 Tin Forest project.
More details to follow — we cannot wait to share our pupils’ inspiring work with you!
#PrimaryPlatform26 #belongingbydesign #PrimaryArts
📚✨ This is the Year of Reading! ✨📚
This year, Anglian Learning is promoting the National Literacy Trust Year of Reading.
We are developing a culture of reading across our schools, where reading runs through the curriculum and where the worlds opened up by reading are accessible to all.
What is the first book on your list? 📖
#YearOfReading #TransformingTogether #JoyOfBooks
We were delighted to welcome back John Kane of Kanevolve Limited on day two of our annual leadership programme for middle leaders 🌟
Focused on coaching, mentoring, and strategic leadership, this initiative brings together colleagues from our primary and secondary schools, @anglianleisure and operational teams to build a coaching culture across Anglian Learning.
Many thanks to John, who continues to share his expertise to help strengthen our leadership.
#Leadership #TransformingTogether #Aspiration
📌REMINDER: Primary school's application deadline this week
For Anglian Learning's primary schools based in Cambridgeshire, Essex and Suffolk, their local authorities' online portals to apply for a child's primary school (reception) place will take applications up until Thursday 15 January.
#Schools #PrimarySchool #Cambs #Essex #Suffolk
