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Brooke Weston Trust’s CEO, Dr Andrew Campbell, visited Corby Technical School as part of his ongoing tour of all the BWT schools. He spoke to students and staff about all aspects of the school and visited a range of classrooms.

Brooke Weston Trust’s CEO, Dr Andrew Campbell, visited Corby Technical School as part of his ongoing tour of all the BWT schools. He spoke to students and staff about all aspects of the school and visited a range of classrooms.

Students Abigail Harding, Hana Harris, Caitlin Roughton, Abbie Alfano, Tamiska Riddell and Principal Angela Reynolds welcomed Dr Campbell to the school. They discussed the benefits of being a small school and its plans to grow, as well as the GCSE options available to students as part of a technical school.  The students also outlined the opportunities available to them, such as residential trips and the CREST award, which is aimed at developing the analytical and problem solving skills of students in Year 8 for STEM subjects.

Dr Campbell then met with facilities staff to discuss the expansion of the school. Jodie Kidner, the school’s first ever librarian, who has recently been appointed, discussed the provision going forward as well as the after school clubs she has put in place.

He was introduced to Emma Toye, the School’s Attendance and Welfare Officer, who has led the recent work to improve mental health. She held an awareness week and helped the school to become the first secondary school in the county to receive the Bronze TaMHS (Targeted Mental Health in Schools) award. They are now hoping to try and achieve gold next year.

Dr Campbell then visited a variety of classrooms where he saw the diverse range of projects the art and design department have been working on. The Year 8 students showed him the maze puzzles they are making from wood and he looked at Year 11’s final year projects. In Year 10 art, he saw students’ still life drawings, which combined nature and technology.

In Year 10 German, students showed Dr Campbell how they use computer programmes to learn vocabulary and looked at the language albums they had created as part of a recent self- led cross-curriculum project, in which they created visual albums that people could use to find out more about Germany, Switzerland or Austria.

He then spent time in computer science, where he learnt about problem solving and programming. In science, students looked at weathering of rocks and carried out practical experiments. Finally, Dr Campbell met with middle leaders to discuss the exciting plans for the new sixth form.

Afterwards he said: ‘This was a really instructive tour and gave a valuable insight into the newest of our secondary schools with its ambitious expansion plans already well underway to offer outstanding Sixth Form provision from September. Thanks to everyone that made the tour so informative and enjoyable.’