News

• Tuesday 11 November 2025 Remembrance Day - 11 November 2025 To commemorate Armistice Day,
• Wednesday 24 September 2025 Term Dates 2026-27 Orion Education Term Dates published for 2026-27
• Tuesday 23 September 2025 Orion Little Stars Scotts Park Nursery to Host Open Day Families in the local community are warmly invited to the Little Stars Scotts Park Nursery Open Day on Monday 29th September, from 8:30am to 3:00pm.
• Tuesday 16 September 2025 Orion Little Stars - Now Open at Orion Ravensworth! Orion Little Stars Now Open!
• Friday 5 September 2025 CEO Welcome September 2025 Welcome letter from CEO September 2025
• Friday 5 September 2025 Summer Estates Improvement Projects 2025 While students and staff enjoyed a well-deserved break over the summer, we have been busy making significant improvements across our estates. The Trust continues to invest year on year to provide the best possible facilities for our students, staff, and visitors.
• Thursday 21 August 2025 Strong GCSE Outcomes across Orion Schools Orion schools; Coopers, Ravensbourne, Spires and Eden Park have had a bumper year at GCSE this year. Progress and attainment rose sharply across all schools with Orion Coopers, Ravensbourne and Orion Eden Park posting some of the best results in their history.
• Wednesday 16 July 2025 Parent and Carer Summer Letter 2025 Parent and Carer letter from the CEO July 2025
• Tuesday 24 June 2025 Orion Education Sports Event Orion Education hosts first cross trust Secondary Sports Day
• Tuesday 17 June 2025 Orion Education: Building Capacity Through Trust Wide Coaching Olivia Page, Director of Professional Development has recently written a paper for the CST (Confederation of School Trusts) to highlight the importance of professional development, and our trust-wide instructional coaching strategy.
• Monday 19 May 2025 Change to Easter Term Dates for Spires Academy (2026) Revised Easter Holiday Dates for Spires Academy 2026
• Thursday 3 April 2025 Orion Education achieves Workplace Wellbeing Charter Accreditation We are proud to announce that Orion Education has been awarded the Workplace Wellbeing Charter Accreditation, recognising our ongoing commitment to the health and wellbeing of our employees. Workplace wellbeing is a fundamental priority for us, and this accreditation reflects our dedication to fostering a positive, supportive, and healthy work environment.
• Wednesday 2 April 2025 ORION EDUCATION APPROVED BY DfE TO OPEN THREE NEW SCHOOL BASED DAY NURSERIES We are delighted to announce that three Orion primary schools have been approved to open day nurseries as part of the new government’s drive to make nursey education more available to families.
• Friday 28 March 2025 Blenheim Primary School Maintains Good Ofsted Rating We are delighted to publish the most recent Ofsted report for Blenheim Primary School. The strength of the report reflects the hard work that pupils, teachers and leaders have put into the school. It's a delight to read and reflects the considerable progress that the school has made. We don't do what we do for these reports, but congratulations to everyone involved.
• Wednesday 26 March 2025 Annual Impact Report 2023-24 Our Annual Impact Report for 2023-24 is now available, browse the report and hear from our CEO on our progress and vision for the future.
• Friday 14 March 2025 Appointment of New Trustees to Orion Education Board Orion Education is excited to announce the appointment of two new Trustees to the Board.
• Thursday 27 February 2025 Appointment of New Primary Executive Principal Ravensworth Primary School announces appointment of new Executive Principal
• Friday 6 December 2024 Change to Term Dates 2025 - 26 Please note that there has been a change to the Inset Day in October 2025 which will now take place on Friday 10 October.
• Thursday 5 December 2024 Train to Teach with Orion Education Join our 1 year School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) Programme in partnership with Teach First and gain Qualified Teacher Status and a PGCE.
• Monday 25 November 2024 New Social Media Accounts
• Monday 25 November 2024 Orion All Staff Trust Conference 2024 In October, we hosted the Orion Education All Staff Trust Conference, a day filled with inspiration, celebration, and unity. View the highlights of the day here.
• Monday 25 November 2024 Orion Young Voices Choir In October, our all-staff trust conference was graced with an incredible collaboration between the legendary Heather Small MBE and our talented Orion Young Voices Choir. Together, they delivered a powerful rendition of Heather’s iconic anthem, Proud, leaving the audience inspired and uplifted.
• Thursday 19 September 2024 Fair School Admissions Award Orion Education has been awarded for its commitment to Fair School Admissions across its schools.
• Friday 13 September 2024 Term Dates 25-26 Term dates for our network of schools for 2025-26 are now confirmed.
• Monday 9 September 2024 Parent and Carer Autumn Newsletter - September 2024 Welcome back to Orion Education, and the new academic year. Our Autumn Newsletter is packed full of information about our summer building work, an introduction to new leaders and an update on IT and catering.
• Friday 30 August 2024 Orion Education Brand Launch We launched our new name and logo on Wednesday 28 August. The attached video highlights our mission and vision. Our values of Trust, Kindness and Endeavour remain the same.
• Wednesday 28 August 2024 Press Release - Orion Education Education in the 21st Century to change it's name to Orion Education as of 28 August 2024
• Monday 22 July 2024 Summer 2024 End of Term Letter to Parents/Carers Letter from the CEO to parents and carers, July 2024
• Thursday 18 July 2024 Cyber Incident CYBER INCIDENT UPDATE
• Wednesday 10 July 2024 Danielle Lee appointed new Head of SEND and Inclusion We are delighted to announce Debbie Lee has been appointed as the new Head of Inclusion across the Trust.
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