I am delighted to welcome you to The Howard Academy Trust website. The Howard Academy Trust started in Autumn 2015 and continues to grow. Our overarching aim and vision is for our member schools to deliver an outstanding education for children and young people.
We aim to create a close knit family of Good and Outstanding schools through partnership, challenge, accountability and support within a cooperative framework, whilst ensuring that
schools within the Trust will retain their unique and individual character. We are truly inclusive and aim to establish the highest expectations for young people and all those who work with them.
7 schools
4242 pupils
567 staff
246 teachers
The Howard School is a thriving school with a reputation for providing the highest quality educational opportunities for all students.
Temple Mill is a single form entry school with its own onsite Nursery. There are 8 classes in school, from Nursery to Year 6, with have over 200 pupils on roll.
Deanwood is a community primary school serving the full primary age range from 4 to 11. At present there are 200 children on roll, organised into seven classes, across the school.
Miers Court is a two form entry Primary, proud of their reputation as a friendly and caring place where children are encouraged to be the very best they can in all aspects of school life.
Thames View is a two-form entry school, and with our Nursery, educate 480 children in a friendly and caring environment.
Waterfront UTC is a University Technical College, offering a fantastic, unrivalled opportunity for any young person, aged 13-19, wishing to pursue a career in the Construction and Engineering sector.
The Abbey School is a non-selective secondary school in the town of Faversham in Kent, United Kingdom.
As a Trust, we currently comprise of Kent secondary and primary schools in Rainham, Gillingham, Strood and Faversham.
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You may have noticed a new advertising board on the perimeter of Waterfront UTC, in partnership with Alight Media. Look...
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We were pleased to attend the University of Kent Spring Careers Fair on 19th March 2024 to talk to students about starti...
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Now that the school year has drawn to a close, we would like to take a moment to look back at the past 12 months at The...
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On Friday 7th July, we held our annual Staff Conference for all members of staff across our academies. This year, d...
On 19 January we held our first THAT Governance Conference. The conference brought together Members, Directors, Local Academy Board Members, Headteachers and members of the Trust Senior Leadership Team. The theme of this year's conference was "Securing Impact". https://t.co/C8ZrQc802l
As we look forward to another exciting year at THAT, why not take the opportunity to remind yourself of all the fantastic events that took place last year? A full run down of our events and achievements can be found in this newsletter from Term 6: https://t.co/YqjGsu2qzd
A warm welcome back to our staff and students, as they kick off a brand new school year this week! We look forward to spending another fantastic year at THAT with you all. https://t.co/4Xrp3U47uX
Now that the school year has drawn to a close, we would like to take a moment to look back at the past 12 months at The Howard Academy Trust. As always, we thank our staff for their hard work throughout the year, and hope that everyone is having an enjoyable and restful summer. https://t.co/NiRrqknG8y
The annual THAT Staff Awards return for a third year, and we need YOUR nominations! Nominate a member of staff today at: bit.ly/thatawards24 The THAT Staff Awards are an opportunity to recognise staff across our Trust academies that go above and beyond. The awards celebrate categories such as Teacher of the Year, School Spirit, Wellbeing, and Lifetime Achievement. This year, there are additional awards recognising Team of the Year, and splitting Support Staff of the Year into two individual Primary and Secondary categories. Our entire Trust community can nominate! We encourage you to take a couple of minutes to submit as many nominations as you like, to help us celebrate our colleagues – please include as much detail as possible! -------------------------------------------------- The THAT Staff Awards have once again been fully funded by our sponsors. Many thanks to: Gold Sponsors: Independent Catering, Byford Roofing Silver Sponsors: Landscape Services, abm catering, Anthony Collins, Ricoh UK, CJD Electrical Bronze Sponsors: Peel Waters, ArcelorMittal, Veolia UK Individual Award Sponsors: Kent Teaching Solutions, Tel Group, Kent Counselling For Schools, Bates Office, IMP Software, Kent Boiler Maintenance, Kent-Teach, Novatech, Optimus Education, MEMS Power Generation, Staff Care Services, SchoolHire ECT Sponsor: BLS Ltd Small Supplier Sponsors: Historic Dockyard Chatham, Rms Services, Taylor Wimpey
Considering getting into teaching? Teaching offers a job satisfaction in a highly supportive environment that few will experience. The visible progress that you enable pupils to achieve is guaranteed to give you a true sense of pride and purpose. Find current job vacancies, or register your interest in teaching with THAT, at www.thatrust.org.uk/careers
You may have noticed a new advertising board on the perimeter of Waterfront UTC, in partnership with Alight Media. Look out for our adverts, where we will be spotlighting career opportunities within our Trust schools, celebrating school success, and advertising other opportunities within the Trust, such as hiring our premises.
We were pleased to attend the University of Kent Spring Careers Fair on 19th March 2024 to talk to students about starting their teaching career with THAT, and how we support Early Career Teachers to flourish in a supportive culture. We look forward to further conversations with the candidates around the current opportunities available with THAT!
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40 students take a 5-day visit to Iceland
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We are in the top 4 non selective schools for performance for boys across Medway and Kent.
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Well done to all students who received their Service Ties this week!
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Today we hosted 17 students and 2 staff from a school in The Netherlands.
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Institution of Civil Engineers CityZen project is back at Waterfront UTC!
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