Odyssey Collaborative Trust

Our Year 6 pupils are taking part in their end-of-primary assessments this week.

This is just one small part of their wider journey through primary school, and we are so proud of the effort, curiosity and resilience they show every day.

They can feel confident in everything they have achieved so far and the progress they continue to make.

Thank you to our amazing staff and families for their ongoing support.

Wishing all our Year 6 pupils a calm and positive week

There’s no “one way” to become a teacher.

Some of the trainees on our school-based PGCE join us straight from university. Others come after years in a different career. And some, like the trainee in this video, are already working in schools and decide to take that next step.

Callum started as a supply TA and chose the school-based PGCE route to build his skills and confidence in the classroom.

Every journey into teaching is different, but they all start somewhere.

Beaufort Primary School

Take a look at his story below 👇

://youtu.be/7eRTDjAVB48

Callum PGCE Callum has worked as a Teaching Assistant for several years but has is now nearing the end of his PGCE and is about to become a qualified teacher. As someone...

Our trainee teachers are in our school classrooms four days a week, ensuring they have hands on experience when they graduate with their PGCE in July. Their routes into teaching are all different, from a graduate straight out of university, to a swimming instructor and a TA - if you're interested in a career in teaching, you can read more about their journey in the Derbyshire Times.

Changing career into teaching Frankie spent years as a swimming instructor after having her children while at university. Now she is ready to embark on a career as a primary school teacher after retraining. She tells her story.

Today is - a day to celebrate the amazing role our Early Years Teachers play in classrooms and settings. We want to thank all our amazing EYFS teachers for their enthusiasm, passion and creativity!

This is Grace from Oakwood Junior School. We wanted to celebrate her fantastic achievement of raising more than £200 for charity by walking 25 miles in just a week! She braved all weathers to complete the challenge and her kindness and resilience are a brilliant showcase of the school and Trust values. Well done Grace!

What great community spirit shown by Beaufort Primary School pupils! Well done all!

Well done to our Year 2 children on a fantastic litter pick around the school site yesterday as part of Derby City Council's Great British Spring Clean initiative.

Our schools had fantastic fun celebrating . At Asterdale Primary School, author Serena Patel visited to share and sign her books and talk to pupils. At Cherry Tree Hill Primary School staff got involved, dressing up as their favourite book characters and Portway Junior School Allestree, children dressed up not as books but words - including indecisive and biodiversity!

We're on our Trust training day today but yesterday we were delighted to welcome University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust in to Beaufort Primary School to deliver a really informative and thought-provoking session on diet, dental hygiene and body image to our Year 5/6 children. This is a topic the NHS has discovered is a big issue for children in these age groups with the rise of social media so we were incredibly proud of how well the children engaged with these sessions.