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.
6 schools
3089 pupils
374 staff
145 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.
As a Trust, we currently comprise of Medway secondary and primary schools in Rainham, Gillingham and Strood.
22/05/13 00:00:0013 May 2022
THAT officially launch their first annual Staff Awards!
22/03/11 00:00:0011 Mar 2022
Baroness Barran and Kelly Tolhurst Waterfront UTC this morning.
22/01/21 08:55:3821 Jan 2022
The Howard School celebrate a successful Ofsted visit!
22/01/14 00:00:0014 Jan 2022
Our Term 2 Newsletter is here!
Introducing the THAT Staff Awards! This is our chance to recognise some of the excellent staff across our academies, and our staff, parents and students are invited to nominate someone! You can find out about the categories, and submit a nomination at: https://t.co/XDJi8mlsQN https://t.co/03LNQQSxIj
Thank you to @ArborEdu for asking me to do a piece in their latest publciation on Creating a Cohesive Trust. Click the link below the read the article on what we have done at @thatrustkent to reset our vision & values as an organisation with our staff. https://t.co/Aty0bv7nWf https://t.co/lsjjdz2RLX
A fantastic morning at Waterfront UTC. A huge thank you to all of our employer partners for attending! https://t.co/juY6lkipCy
Our KickStarters have been hard at work in their placements across the Trust over the past few months. They have all worked incredibly hard so far and continue to do fantastic work, providing valuable support to their respective teams. https://t.co/PD0QtxVB5R
22/04/11 14:26:0211 Apr 2022
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22/03/15 09:21:3215 Mar 2022
We would like to thank you all for your generosity.
22/03/15 09:31:3015 Mar 2022
Our students take over the social media to keep everyone updated about our World Book Day events.
22/03/15 09:33:3915 Mar 2022
Students took part in the school's first ever House Bowling Event.
22/03/15 09:35:4315 Mar 2022
22/04/28 12:49:4628 Apr 2022
Netball fun!
22/04/22 16:10:5622 Apr 2022
Earth Week at Temple Mill has been a busy one!
22/04/11 14:08:5911 Apr 2022
Year 6 take a trip to the Royal Engineers Museum!
22/03/22 12:58:2822 Mar 2022
Your donated items are travelling to Ukraine today!
22/03/10 22:02:0410 Mar 2022
Fantastic support for Year 4's collection.
22/03/10 22:01:2110 Mar 2022
Today saw everyone come to school dressed as 'adjectives'.
22/04/11 14:01:1011 Apr 2022
Hawthorn Class won the Walk to School Challenge!
22/03/15 09:10:0815 Mar 2022
22/03/15 09:03:1515 Mar 2022
We're grateful for our very generous parents!
22/03/15 09:01:0215 Mar 2022
22/03/15 08:59:0215 Mar 2022
Congratulations to all the children who received awards!
21/11/11 15:53:5611 Nov 2021
22/04/11 14:22:5211 Apr 2022
Spider-Man paid pupils a visit as part of the Avenger Training Academy!
22/04/11 14:21:0811 Apr 2022
22/03/15 08:49:1215 Mar 2022
We celebrate World Book Day 2022.
22/03/15 08:45:4015 Mar 2022
Children across the school have been planting bulbs all around the school grounds!
22/01/21 15:47:0621 Jan 2022
We are officially "Good"!
22/03/15 08:43:2715 Mar 2022
We held three harvest festival assemblies and received so many contributions!
22/04/11 14:06:0011 Apr 2022
22/03/15 08:32:5615 Mar 2022
We recently held our Enterprise Afternoon, which was an opportunity for children in Years 1-6 to develop their business expertise!
22/03/15 08:30:5815 Mar 2022
Local businesses have provided us with funding to help us develop our litter picking stations.
22/03/15 08:26:1815 Mar 2022
The children each wrote their own personal climate change pledge.
21/11/11 12:55:2711 Nov 2021
21/11/08 14:26:378 Nov 2021
22/05/20 09:08:5520 May 2022
Fantastic weather provided the background for our student's DofE Expedition!
22/04/11 14:36:2111 Apr 2022
22/04/11 14:34:1211 Apr 2022
22/04/11 14:32:5011 Apr 2022
22/03/14 09:10:5114 Mar 2022
The Baroness Barran MBE and Kelly Tolhurst visited the school this morning.
22/03/15 09:37:5015 Mar 2022
The THAT Staff Awards are our chance to recognise some of the excellent staff across our academies that go above and beyond to support their students, colleagues and community. We are accepting nominations from staff, students, AND their parents/carers.
For more information, head to thatrust.org.uk/staffawards