Calday is first 'Trust School' in Wirral (From Wirral Globe)
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Calday is first 'Trust School' in Wirral
10:44am Thursday 22nd January 2009 in Search By Globe correspondent
Calday headmaster Mr Andrew Hall and Professor Kelvin Everest
Calday Grange Grammar School has become the first Trust School in Wirral.
The school was awarded the status of "Early Adopter" by the Department for Children, Schools and Families in 2007 and the school governors voted to adopt The Calday Grange Trust from January 1, 2009.
A statement from the school said Calday Grange Trust will enable the school to establish long-term, sustainable relationships with its partner organisations, which include the University of Liverpool, Unilever and Maestro Services.
It said the benefits of the Trust will include "enhancing the education experience of all students" and it is anticipated that this will result in further raising achievement and improving the well-being and aspirations of students.
As two of the largest local employers, University of Liverpool and Unilever will support the school’s role within its local, national and global communities through a range of means, a key objective being to better prepare young people for work within these communities.
The new partner organisations will work within the Trust to enhance the school’s specialist areas of technology and languages, bringing greater opportunities to the students and those other communities already benefiting from this work.
The school has achieved "Confucius Classroom" status in Chinese and already engages with local, national and international Chinese communities as well as passing on its expertise to other schools, and it now welcomes the opportunity to expand its networks for communication.
Mr Andrew Hall, Headmaster at Calday, SAID: "the establishment of the Trust will provide opportunities for developing new and innovative approaches to learning, promoting high aspirations and expectations for all and enhancing our dynamic and challenging curriculum.
"The decision to become a Trust School will make a positive contribution to the diversity of school provision within Wirral."
