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The news below was published on the previous LPLT website during 2021 - 22
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A NEW LARGER LOCAL ACADEMY TRUST– WORKING IN CLOSER PARTNERSHIP
Posted on: April 26th - 2022
Further to earlier communications and consultation, we can confirm that the trustees of both Langley Park Learning Trust and Impact Multi Academy Trust have agreed to the merger of our two existing trusts to form a new, larger trust from September 2022. This provides an exciting opportunity for our schools, our staff and the students and families within the local community we serve.
The new trust will comprise:
Clare House Primary School
Hawes Down Primary School
Hayes School
Langley Park School for Boys
Langley Park School for Girls
Langley Park Primary School
Ravens Wood School
We continue to believe:
- Our children and young people will achieve and experience even more as part of a larger family of schools.
- Our staff will benefit from greater opportunities for collaboration and personal and professional development within a larger trust.
- Combining our experience, expertise and resources will enable an even better range of services, will support sustainability to our schools, and also maintain and advance educational excellence.
The individual schools will, of course, retain their unique identity and character whilst the opportunities for increased collaboration will help our schools move forward for the benefit of all our pupils and students. We will keep all informed and look forward to launching our new trust in the new school year, building on the traditions, success and reputation of our existing schools and trusts.
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DECISION - LPLT CONSULTATION ON ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS FOR 2023/24
Posted on: January 19th - 2022
Following on from the 6-week consultation between 1st October 2021 and 12th November 2021, the Board of Trustees at Langley Park Learning Trust has now considered all responses received and has determined the final policies for admission to Langley Park School for Boys and Langley Park School for Girls in 2023/24.
All relevant documentation including the decision notice and the final policies can be found here in the ‘Closed Consultations’ section of the LPLT Consultations page.
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DECISION - LPLT CONSULTATION ON ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS FOR 2023/24
Posted on: January 19th - 2022
Following on from the 6-week consultation between 1st October 2021 and 12th November 2021, the Board of Trustees at Langley Park Learning Trust has now considered all responses received and has determined the final policies for admission to Langley Park School for Boys and Langley Park School for Girls in 2023/24.
All relevant documentation including the decision notice and the final policies can be found here in the ‘Closed Consultations’ section of the LPLT Consultations page.
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UPDATE - POTENTIAL MERGER WITH ANOTHER LOCAL MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Posted on: November 12th - 2021
Langley Park Learning Trust ran a consultation on the proposal to merge with Impact Multi Academy Trust from Friday 17th September to Friday 15th October 2021.
As part of this consultation, our schools wrote to all parents/carers to bring the proposal to their attention. We also wrote to local elected representatives, other local schools and our local authority. Finally we held a consultation meeting with our staff and their union representatives.
LPLT received 14 responses, of which two were joint responses to LPLT and Impact. A small number of staff and union representatives attended the consultation meeting.
Overall, the responses received were positive. The main issue raised was whether this proposal would lead to the creation of new feeder schools. This is definitely not the intention of either Trust, and we went back to everybody who raised this issue to confirm that was the case.
Other issues raised were:
- Issues around staff terms and conditions.
- Maintaining existing positive cultures of all schools in the newly formed Trust.
Since the closure of the consultation our proposal has also received an in principle agreement from the Department for Education’s Regional Schools Commissioner.
The Trust will now be considering all consultation responses received, as well as conducting our own due diligence. We will also continue to work with Impact on exploring next steps. We remain clear that we will only go ahead if Trustees are confident that doing so will improve the standard of education for children.
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LPLT CONSULTATION ON ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS OCTOBER 2021
Posted on: October 1st - 2021
Langley Park Learning Trust is consulting on proposed changes to the admissions arrangements for the secondary schools in Langley Park Learning Trust (Langley Park School for Boys, Langley Park School for Girls), to take effect from the 2023 year of entry.
The consultation is in relation to:
- A proposal to give priority in admissions for the two Langley Park Secondary Schools (Langley Park School for Boys and Langley Park School for Girls) solely to Year 7 pupils who started at Langley Park Primary School before, and have been continuously on roll since, 31st August 2018.
- A proposal to increase the PAN (Published Admission Number*) at both Langley Park School for Boys and Langley Park School for Girls for the Year 7 cohorts that start at the two secondary schools in September 2023 and September 2024.
- Following questions from local parents, the Trust proposes to add wording that makes clear that mixed sex twins, triplets and siblings of a higher multiple birth (e.g. quadruplets) should have the same priority as single sex twins, triplets and siblings of a higher multiple birth, and as other siblings, when considering priority for places at Langley Park School for Girls and Langley Park School for Boys.
All the relevant documentation can be found here:
LPLT Consultation Notice October 2021
LPSB Proposed Admission Policy for 2023-24
LPGS Proposed Admission Policy for 2023-24
Category 4 Form (Children attending LPPS)
Please note that the existing Supplementary Information Forms for children of staff remain unchanged and can be found here and here.
The consultation period is Friday 1st October 2021 to Friday 12th November 2021 inclusive, and the Trust wishes to receive as many responses from consultees as possible.
Please complete the LPLT Admissions Consultation Online Response Form here. If you are unable to complete the form online please e mail info@lplt.org.uk for a copy of the form that you can return by email, or by post.
PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE READ THE CONSULTATION NOTICE BEFORE COMPLETING YOUR RESPONSE.
The deadline for submitting a response is midnight on Friday 12th November 2021.
* PAN - the number of pupils that the school can admit into the relevant year group.
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CONSULTATION - POTENTIAL MERGER WITH ANOTHER LOCAL MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Posted on: September 17th - 2021
Langley Park Learning Trust is working together with a neighbouring trust, Impact Multi Academy Trust, to explore potentially establishing a new Trust, to grow and improve what we offer to our schools. We are consulting on these proposals between Friday 17th September and Friday 15th October.
The rationale behind the decision to consider joining together to form a new Trust includes:
- The two Trusts have much in common, share the same values and culture and are committed to building the new trust on these foundations.
- Both Trusts are relatively small. LPLT has 5 schools (3 primary schools and 2 secondary schools) and Impact has 2 secondary schools. All seven schools are successful and popular, and both Trusts highly value each individual school’s unique identity and character.
- The Department for Education is strongly advising smaller Trusts to grow, as they believe this increases effectiveness and sustainability.
- Our schools have benefited from working in partnership within their current smaller trusts, and already enjoy a close working relationship. However, combining our experience, expertise and resources would enable an even better range of services to our schools and sustain and advance educational excellence.
- Our children and young people would achieve and experience even more as part of a larger family of schools.
- Our staff would benefit from greater opportunities for collaboration and personal and professional development within a larger trust.
Impact consists of two local secondary schools: Hayes School and Ravens Wood School. Langley Park Learning Trust consists of five schools: Langley Park School for Boys, Langley Park School for Girls, Langley Park Primary School, Clare House Primary School and Hawes Down Primary School. All seven schools are in the London Borough of Bromley. If this went ahead then all staff would retain their terms and conditions of employment. The two trusts are exploring coming together, as equal partners, to create a new school trust with a new name, which provides both primary and secondary education.
We are now engaging with staff, parents and carers, as well as local schools and trusts, and holding a formal consultation process before considering next steps.
If you have any comments or questions then please get in touch with us via info@lplt.org.uk
