High profile endorsements from leading figures in the arts have been announced by the Creative Arts Academy, the new specialist primary school for York. To be run by Ebor Academy Trust, the new school won central government backing and funding last summer. It will be among the few specialist creative arts primary schools in the...Read More

Tadcaster East Community Primary School governors have voted to become an academy and join the growing York based Ebor Academy Trust. In a statement, joint chairs of governors Vicki Marsden and Nicola Sawyer said: “Our decision followed a thorough public consultation and many months of research into potentially suitable multi-academy trusts and subsequent meetings with staff...Read More

Tockwith is the latest North Yorkshire school to convert to academy status and join Ebor Academy Trust. Officially joining on 1 November, Tockwith is now Ebor’s 15th academy. Headteacher Justin Reeve said: “We are delighted to be part of this growing organisation. Ebor has strength and expertise that will benefit both the children and our staff....Read More

A dedicated room focusing on children’s wellbeing has opened at a local primary school this week. The Hub, a new addition at Camblesforth Community Primary Academy, is a place where staff, parents and children can work together, bringing to life the school’s belief that wellbeing, self-esteem, self-belief, aspiration and understanding the values of a community,...Read More

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Haxby Road Primary Academy’s deputy headteacher, Laura Woodward, has been appointed Head of School from September. The promotion comes after the current head, Zoe Lightfoot, announced last month that she would be moving to Hempland. Miss Woodward has been at Haxby Road for four years, joining as assistant head as part of the change team...Read More

  York’s Lord Mayor has made a return visit to her old school – for the first time in over 50 years. Councillor Barbara Boyc e was Barbara Naylor when she posed with her friends for a class photo in the main hall at Haxby Road Primary School in the early 1960s. Today, swapping her...Read More