One of the most improved secondary schools in the country!Smestow is officially one of the most improved secondary schools in the country!I am delighted that we can now officially celebrate our wonderful GCSE exam results from lastSummer as the performance tables have now been published by the Department [...]
Introduction to SMART Response System. Created by Matrix Academy Trust alongside West Midlands Police. Matrix Academy Trust is committed to ensuring the safety and security of every pupil, staff member, and visitor across its schools. To achieve this, we have implemented the SMART Response system—a structured, efficient, [...]
Despite the GCSE results nationally being brought back in line with pre-Covid levels, we are delighted that so many Matrix pupils have smashed their targets and achieved superlative outcomes. Results overall have improved significantly in several of our schools, including those who have recently joined our trust. [...]
"We had lots of books donated to the library when I first started, some from my own friends and family, some from staff, even a pupil parent I know outside of school who is a reviewer for a publisher. Any books that are suitable for the school [...]
How to make your English curriculum fully inclusive - and why it’s so important that we all do so! Our Director of School Improvement, David Lowbridge-Ellis MBE, has contributed his insights into what makes a great English curriculum to a new series of videos published by Pearson. [...]
Our Director of School Improvement, David Lowbridge-Ellis MBE, is one of 9 UK experts joining Doug Lemov and his Teach Like A Champion team on a DfE-funded Windsor Academy Trust project to develop metacognition and self-regulation improvements to 40 schools across Walsall and Sandwell (both are Priority Education [...]
