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XP. School News

  • Celebrate XP… support a charity!

    Announcing Our New Publication: ‘Celebrating Ten Years of Expeditions at XP’ A new publication, ‘Celebrating Ten Years of Learning Expeditions at XP’, written by our co-founder, Andy Sprakes, is now available. The book highlights an extensive and broad selection of the beautiful work created by our young people and staff from across our Trust. It…

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  • XP Trust User Guides

    XP Trust User Guides that have recently been approved by the Exec team and Heads which will be rolled out across schools shortly are: XP Trust Intimate Care Protocol Calculators at XP Secondary School These are accessible through SMaps

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  • Appreciation for Kathryn Burns

    Massive shout out to Kathryn Burns who Leads on Careers across the Trust for her nomination for the BUILDING FUTURE SKILLS AWARD. Great to see your name up there and well deserved!

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  • Transition at XPG

    XP Gateshead welcomed 50 new students into school on 1 and 2 July for their transition days which included crew, Steam Maths and Science, Spanish, Human and PE sessions. Our new students also enjoyed lunchtime clubs facilitated by XPG older students from Y7,8 and 9 and were supported in all sessions by Y7 and Y8…

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  • Transition at XPD

    XP Doncaster welcomed our 100 new students into school this week. We have had 3 amazing transition days, including crew building challenges, a typical day at XP, ending with a presentation of learning for our new parents by their children to support setting our high expectations. We followed this with a teaser of our Outward…

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