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This year, the UK Safer Internet Centre are holding Safer Internet Day on Tuesday 9th February and Acorn Education and Care will proudly be supporting the event to raise awareness of the safe, responsible and positive use of digital technology for children and young people within our care and across our schools. This year’s theme […]
Three specialist outdoor classrooms called the ‘Woodlands’ have been developed at Crookhey Hall School in response to growing demand for individualised learning and specialist support. The newly remodelled timber-clad outdoor classrooms, nestled amongst the woods on the school’s 15-acre site provide a calm environment to reduce anxiety, help build self-esteem and inspire pupils to fulfil […]
Wetheringsett Manor School, part of Acorn Education and Care, is a new specialist school that has recently opened in Stowmarket, Suffolk, to support young people with social, emotional and mental health needs between the ages of 11-18 years old. The school, in Grade II listed former rectory Wetheringsett Manor, is set in beautiful grounds and […]
Luke Taylor, Manager at Ramsey House, has been shortlisted for a Great British Care Award! The Care Home Registered Manager award recognises a manager who has a clear vision in developing person-centred care, demonstrates a high level of expertise with exceptional skills managing a home and supports the whole team in meeting the individual needs […]
Outcomes First Group have been shortlisted for an Education Investor Award in the category ‘Private Education Group of the Year’. The Education Investor Awards are presented to organisations that have made an outstanding contribution to education in 2019-20, with a view to promoting excellence and recognising innovation in the private education sector. The award shortlisting, […]
Villa Farm has been shortlisted for The Children’s Home Team Award, which recognises a team who are able to demonstrate a shared vision and goals, whilst demonstrating dedication and going above and beyond to provide the best possible care, as well as recognising each team member for their knowledge, skills and expertise. Retaining an Outstanding […]
Oliver McIntyre, a special needs teacher at Hillcrest Shifnal School, has been given a silver award for outstanding new teacher of the year in The Pearson National Teaching Awards. The 25-year-old overcame his own challenges at school and was inspired by his teachers to begin a teaching career, and to use his own experiences to […]
Acorn Digital Learning have been shortlisted as a finalist for the LaingBuisson Awards, in the category ‘Children’s Services Award’. Acorn Digital Learning is dedicated to transforming children’s lives by providing high-quality and innovative real-time online teaching for young people who require an alternative learning environment as they may be without access to a school setting, […]
In what has been a challenging year, GCSE results day is a great opportunity to reflect on the work and achievement of all our students, and all the many other ways, big and small, where young people have made huge progress whilst in one of our schools. This year, across all our schools, 235 students […]
To support the vulnerable children, young people and adults in our care during the Covid-19 pandemic, Outcomes First Group has coordinated a series of important initiatives during the past few months to ensure that the people we support continue to receive the highest education and consistency of care possible. Our achievements to-date across care, education […]