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The obvious highlight of this year for the Scholars’ Education Trust has been the three visits we have received from Ofsted, which have led to all schools in the trust being graded as good or better. The initial visit was in March to Robert Barclay Academy, where Ced de la Croix and his team completed the journey they have been on since joining the trust and achieved the good judgment that they so richly deserved. Over the two days, inspectors met with staff, students, governors and representatives of the trust and also surveyed parents’ views. The final report states that ‘Pupils feel part of a family’ and that ‘They know that their teachers have high expectations for their behaviour and learning’. We are very proud of all the hard work that has gone into this report and the way it recognises the progress the RBA community has made since they became an academy and joined the Trust in 2016.Only a few weeks later came the long-awaited re-inspection of Sir John Lawes School, a mere 15 years after their last Ofsted visit. With under 20% of previously outstanding schools retaining that grading when inspected under the new framework, Phil Newbery and his team had a high bar to clear, but in the end they did so with ease. Inspectors found that ‘Leaders have systematically put in place a school of exceptional quality,’ and that‘Pupils at the school are scholars, leaders and mentors.’ When Sir John Lawes took the first steps towards forming what is now the Scholars’ Education Trust i

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