CAT newsletter - July 2014

Growing our academy family

Kingsham and Fernhurst primary schools join CAT in September 2014

Community votes for Frogmore

Local support wins Frogmore Junior

School £3,000 for new library resources

The Lloyds Bank Community Fund supports local community

organisations - including schools - that make a positive

difference at the heart of their community.

Frogmore Juniors' Headteacher Mrs Sarah Thorpe said, 'We

are particularly keen to boost interest in reading and now we

have new Kindles and library shelving systems for books, we

can encourage parents and community members to come in

to school to read with the children.'

Applications for the 2014 Fund have closed but look out for

Kingsham Primary School in Chichester and Fernhurst

Primary School near Haslemere will be CAT's first academies

in West Sussex and both open in September.

Kingsham's Chair of Governors Mr Colin Simmons said, 'The

ethos of CAT closely matches the high expectations and

aspirations that the Governors have for Kingsham Primary

School and we look forward to working closely with the

Academy Trust.'

Dr Chris Taylor, Chair of Governors at Fernhurst Primary

School, said: 'Our vote was unanimous and fully supported by

the Headteacher and staff. This is an opportunity to have

greater control over our future and it is exciting to be taking

this step with a University academy sponsor to support us.'

CAT has also been selected as Academy Sponsor for a newbuild

primary school for 630 pupils in Aldershot. Scheduled to

open in 2016, this exciting new academy will be part of the

Aldershot Urban Extension development.

Headteacher Mrs Sarah Thorpe with Frogmore

Junior School pupils in the library.