A new education partnership to put stories and literature at the heart of learning is being set up in York. Ebor Academy Trust, which operates 18 schools across the city, Selby, the East Riding and the Humber and on the Yorkshire Coast, is teaming up with Just Imagine, an international consultancy specialising in developing outstanding...Read More

Rachel Williamson, a Year 3 teacher at Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy, was among 100 teachers from across the country who attended 10 Downing Street for a reception to celebrate their hard work, talent and commitment to giving every child an excellent education. Mrs Williamson met the Prime Minister, Theresa May, and Education Secretary Damian Hinds...Read More

York-based Ebor Academy Trust is celebrating its coming of age with 18 schools now on board. Hob Moor Oaks special school and Hob Moor Community Primary Academy formally joined on 1 May. Ebor was established in 2013 when Robert Wilkinson Primary School was asked to help Haxby Road Primary. Both schools becoming academies was the...Read More

Children at Haxby Road Primary Academy have put out the Spanish flag to say “Hola” to a group of 17 pupils and three teachers from a school near Valencia. The trip was organised as part of an eTwinning project by Mrs Nieves Sadullah, Spanish teacher at Haxby Road as well as at Brotherton and Byram...Read More

One of York’s biggest primary schools is celebrating its 300th anniversary. Today is known as Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy, in Strensall, the school was first established as the legacy of local yeoman farmer Robert Wilkinson in 1718. Now it has over 600 pupils aged 3-11 and is the founding school of the Ebor Academy Trust, which...Read More

Lakeside is the latest school in York to convert to academy status and join Ebor Academy Trust. Children came back to school after the Easter holidays to new signage as it became Ebor’s 16th academy on 1 April. All pupils were presented with a poetry book and a commemorative bookmark. Headteacher Debbie Cousins said: “Ebor...Read More

A York-based charity which enables children in a rural part of India to access a quality education in well-equipped schools, is to benefit from ongoing support from one of the city’s biggest multi-academy trusts. Ebor Academy Trust, itself based in York, has named Project Mala as their Trust charity, as their work resonates with one...Read More

Three schools within Ebor Academy Trust have received £2,000 in grants for musical instruments and improving young people’s access to music education. The funds from the EMI Music Sound Foundation are being used to expand the opportunities available to children in their extra-curricular and enrichment music lessons and clubs. Haxby Road Primary Academy has used their grant to...Read More

Teachers from schools across York-based Ebor Academy Trust have been visiting schools in Finland and in Plymouth as part of an initiative to develop creativity across the primary school curriculum. Finland has a reputation for innovative, creative education and the Plymouth School of Creative Arts focuses on ‘make, discover perform’ learning. The Ebor teachers, part...Read More

Children from a Selby primary school have had a taste of working in the music industry thanks to a collaborative project with Selby College. Twenty-two children from Staynor Hall Primary Academy spent a day with the Music department at Selby College, recording and editing their own CD.  The Year 4 and 5 children chose their...Read More