Two Verwood schools have joined Wimborne Academy Trust (WAT), making it one of the biggest multi-academy trusts in Dorset.<\/p>\n
In what has been described as a \u2018powerful partnership of schools\u2019 the additions of Verwood and Hillside first schools has seen the Trust grow to 11 schools.<\/p>\n
It also means three of Verwood\u2019s four first and middle schools, including Verwood Nursery, are now WAT members after Emmanuel CE Middle School joined the Trust last year.<\/p>\n
CEO of Wimborne Academy Trust, Liz West, said: \u201cWe are absolutely delighted to welcome Verwood and Hillside first schools to our Trust.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe vision and ethos of both schools fit very much with ours \u2013 we\u2019re based in the local community, serving the local community.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving two excellent schools join us really strengthens our team and we have in place a powerful partnership of schools all working together to provide the best possible education for our children.\u201d<\/p>\n
With the addition of Verwood and Hillside, WAT now has more than 3,300 pupils and 500 staff.<\/p>\n
In addition to the three Verwood schools, the Trust is also home to Allenbourn Middle and St Michael\u2019s CE Middle schools in Wimborne, Lockyer\u2019s Middle School in Corfe Mullen, Merley First School, St John\u2019s CE, Colehill, and Hayeswood first schools in Wimborne and Witchampton CE First School.<\/p>\n
Hillside First School headteacher, Jeremy Harrison, said: \u201cWe\u2019ve just celebrated our 50th anniversary and with such a milestone it\u2019s not just about looking back but also looking forward.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo ensure Hillside is here for another 50 years we wanted to join a bigger multi-academy trust and WAT, being local and successful, was the perfect fit.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe look forward to accessing the excellent pool of talent that Wimborne Academy Trust offers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adam Parsons, headteacher at Verwood First, added: \u201cWe have been really impressed with the excellent work WAT has done at our close neighbours Emmanuel CE Middle School and now we\u2019re excited to be part of that same team.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlmost all of our pupils and Hillside\u2019s pupils go on to Emmanuel and our already close ties with the middle school will be further strengthened.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not only about providing the best possible education for our present children but also the future children of Verwood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Photo:<\/em><\/p>\n HILLSIDE AND VERWOOD FIRST SCHOOLS JOIN WIMBORNE ACADEMY TRUST\u2019S FAMILY OF FIRST AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS. BOTH HILLSIDE AND VERWOOD FEED INTO EMMANUEL CE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PUPILS FROM ALL THREE SCHOOLS ARE PICTURED WITH TRUST CEO LIZ WEST, VERWOOD HEADTEACHER ADAM PARSONS, EMMANUEL EXECUTIVE HEADTEACHER RON JENKINSON AND HILLSIDE HEADTEACHER JEREMY HARRISON.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two Verwood schools have joined Wimborne Academy Trust (WAT), making it one of the biggest multi-academy trusts in Dorset. In what has been described as a \u2018powerful partnership of schools\u2019…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[13,14,15],"class_list":["post-7978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-verwood","tag-emmanuel-ce-middle-school","tag-verwood-first-school","tag-wimborne-academy-trust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}