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The Olympus Academy Trust Update: November 2016 Introducing the Trust’s support services: Having introduced the Trust’s Headteachers and Executive Headteachers in previous updates, I would like to introduce 2 key leaders this month who are responsible for ensuring that our support services function effectively across 7 schools: Julia Anwar is our Head of Business Operations and has worked within the Trust and previously at Bradley Stoke Community School for nearly 10 years. Julia oversees our finances, which includes an annual budget of approximately £20 million, and has a team of staff working with her to ensure that we benefit from efficiency and combined purchasing power across 7 schools and also that we are legally compliant in all that we do at all times. Julia oversees the budgets for the Trust and the schools as well as managing procurement for significant contracts such as catering and cleaning and managing projects such as the new primary phase building and the installation of solar panels at Bradley Stoke Community School. In contrast, Jodi Hallett has joined us as our Head of Human Resources in the last month from a background in industry rather than education but brings a wealth of experience. Our staff (approximately 550 people) account for the largest portion of our budget and are the people who will ensure that our learners make the progress they need to whilst in our schools. Jodi will oversee employment contracts, recruitment and appointment of staff as well as performance management and support. This is a vital role if we are to fulfil our aspiration of being an employer of choice in the local area. Both Julia and Jodi have teams of staff with whom they work to be able to carry out their responsibilities. Each of the secondary schools has a Business Manager and a lead member of staff for personnel because of the size of the schools whereas we have a shared lead role for finance and a shared lead role for personnel between groups of our primary schools to ensure that they can have the specialist input and support they need for these areas. The purpose of working in the way that we do with central services provided by the Trust is to free Headteachers and their senior staff to focus on teaching and learning in their schools rather than be distracted by overseeing all the support functions. A challenge we face is having the capacity in place to support schools as they join the Trust with the recent addition of our 3 new member schools as an example of needing more staff and expertise quickly! Consultation about The Olympus Academy Trust Admissions Policy: We are currently consulting about proposed changes to the Trust’s admissions policy for 2018, principally a change to the over-subscription criteria. Please have a look at the details: OAT Admission Policy Consultation Information and respond if you would like to. The deadline for on time applications for secondary school places for next September has now passed but you can apply for places in Reception for September 2017 until 15 th January 2017 – you need to apply to the local authority in which you live which for most Olympus Academy Trust families will be South Gloucestershire Council – details can be found here. Thanks and best wishes, Dave Baker CEO, The Olympus Academy Trust @MrDaveBaker @olympustrust www.olympustrust.co.uk 2
Headteacher Awards Amazing effort in Science independent home learning Josie Boyd Asking pertinent, thoughtful, engaged and mature questions Yasmin Hassine Being consistently helpful, polite, engaged and supportive in English Jay Daniels & Anna Williamson Being supportive to another student Lauren Cummings, Aaliyah Granger, Tyrell Miles & Josh Mills Being the first boy in Year 7 to achieve a Pixl Edge point Jake Heathcote Being the first girl in Year 7 to achieve a Pixl Edge point Marianna Baker Being very ‘growth mindset’ about learning in a new language Bianca Gornea Brilliant effort in Geography lessons and an excellent presentation on your resilience role model Thomas Greville, Harvey Jones, Bethan Morris, Emilia Stone & Abi Thyer Excellent effort in your English exam Luke Arnold, Maddie Bailey, George Beaven, Austin Coles, Emma Curry, Matt Dickens, Jessica Frazer, Sophie Harris, Lacey Hill, Denisa Racaceanu & Laura Thyer Excellent effort in English IHL Luke Arnold, Emma Curry, Robert Davis, Jack Harris, Aaron Lewis, Sheyla Morgan, Emily Phelps, Aditya Putravu, Denisa Racaceanu, Jaden Sims & Anna Williamson Excellent engagement and use of keywords in Science Sam Lewis, Dilshan Perera & Lucy Rumley Exceptional effort in English throughout Term 1 Madelyn Butt, Lauren Frost, Emmeline Higginson, Fahmidah Mehedi & Caitlyn Rice Fantastically creative dystopian writing in English Natalie Williams Great work in History Bradley Thomas Great Science IHL Ben Collis, Sasha Forsey, Livia Hartmann, Oli Jenkins & Adam Nolan Great work setting up the Computing Coding Club Hayden Thomas, Harvey Wong & Callum Taylor Increasingly able to work independently in English Ethan Burgess Making the right choices Cam Brown, Austin Coles, Christy Connors, Jacques Dondoua, Ethan Elliott, Ramel Jarrett, Hannah Knapp, Evie Mills, Amelia O'Hara, Kyal Perrett, Billy Price, Jessica Thatcher, Brooke Thomas & Daidai Whyte Making positive choices John Seymour Outstanding contribution to his Maths lessons Vincent Summerhayes Outstanding effort and brilliant work in Geography and i-learn lessons Katie-Mae Wheeler Outstanding IHL in English David Boyes Sustained and engaging creative writing in English Ryan Thompson Very thoughtful and mature personal writing in English Keiran Miles 3
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