IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING CORONAVIRUS

All the schools within the Orchard Community Trust are following the National and Local guidance from the Government and have closed to reduce the spread of coronavirus.  Our Commitment is to provide care for Key worker and vulnerable children at each school, if your work is not critical in the response to coronavirus, then please keep your child at home.  Schools are also ensuring children who are eligible for Free School Meals are being catered for.

Please I advise that where possible ask members of your family to look after children, this will mean less risk to your families and to our staff in these critical times.

We are advising parents to monitor the website of the school their children attend for local updates.

Click here for information for parents and carers on the closure of educational settings 

Handwashing advice

The most important thing individuals can do to protect themselves is to wash their hands more often, for at least 20 seconds, with soap and water. Public Health England recommends that in addition to handwashing before eating, and after coughing and sneezing, everyone should also wash hands after using toilets and travelling on public transport.

Do not leave home if you or someone you live with has either:

• a high temperature
• a new, continuous cough

Click here to check the NHS website for more information if you have symptoms

Mr Rob Johnstone
Senior Executive Leader
Orchard Community Trust (MAT)

The Orchard Community Trust is a Stoke-on-Trent based Multi-Academy Trust (MAT). The Trust currently consists of 5 Primary Schools, 2 Special Schools and one Associate Special school. Our schools are diverse in their make-up and welcome children and young people from all backgrounds. Our Head Office is at Watermill School in Stoke-on-Trent.

The Orchard Community Trust is fully committed to improving the life chances of all children, wherever they may be. This moral obligation, our mission, does not end at the school gates, within our own Local Authorities, or even within our own country. Where we have the capacity to make a difference, we are morally bound to do so.

All schools in the Orchard Community Trust follow the Local Authority Admissions Policy and these are published on each schools’ individual website. To apply for a place at one of our Primary Academies,  please call the individual school office for further details and an application form or visit Stoke on Trent City Council Website where applications can be made online.