Futura Learning Partnership

🎉 Celebrating our Futura Values Awards 2026 winners! 🎉

Over the last few weeks, members of our Executive Team have visited schools and teams across the Trust to present our 2026 Futura Values Awards.

This year, we received an incredible 333 nominations, highlighting the dedication, talent and impact of colleagues who bring our ROCA values of Respect, Opportunity, Collaboration and Aspiration to life every day.

Congratulations to our winners:

⭐ Respect – Amanda Rockey, IT Services Area Team Leader
⭐ Opportunity – Claire Murray, Assistant Headteacher, Clevedon School
⭐ Collaboration – Stephen Webber, Headteacher, All Saints Primary School
⭐ Aspiration – Helen Caines, Assistant Headteacher, Yeo Moor Primary

We also celebrated an outstanding group of highly commended colleagues whose contributions make a real difference to pupils, colleagues and communities across Futura.

A special thank you to our supporters Eteach, Affinity Workforce Solutions and Neo People Management for helping us recognise and celebrate the incredible people who make Futura such a great place to learn and work.

With the summer holidays almost here we're taking a moment to celebrate and thank some incredible colleagues across our schools. 🏫

Last week, at our Leadership Forum we said goodbye to four of our fantastic headteachers:

Ro O’Reilly, St Nicholas Chantry Church of England Primary School
Paul Jeffery, Cheddar Grove Primary School
Liz Lester, Tickenham Primary School
Matthew Flannigan, Bridge Farm Primary School

Between them they're dedicated decades to our schools, leading with passion, kindness and an unwavering belief in every child's potential. Their leadership has shaped schools, inspired colleagues and changed the lives of currently young people. They leave with our heartfelt thanks and very best wishes for whatever comes next.

We're also saying farewell to a few teachers and teaching assistants. Every one of them has made a real difference to pupils, colleagues and our wider communities. We'll miss them enormously and are grateful for everything they've given over years.

To everyone moving on from our schools this summer - thank you! 🙏🏻 We wish you every happiness and success in your next chapter. 💕

Thanks to BBC Bristol for sharing news of our Kindness Day

Pupils in Bristol and Somerset complete 37,000 acts of kindness in a day Children at 26 schools donated to food banks, handed out motivational signs and picked up litter.

🎉 WE DID IT! 🎉 Kindness has officially made history.

Together, TeamFutura has broken the WORLD RECORD for the Most Random Acts of Kindness in a Day, smashing the target of 19,000 and reaching an incredible 37,106 acts of kindness! 💕

From our pupils and colleagues across the Trust to our Futura 100 pupils on a youth leadership trip in India, thousands of people came together with one shared purpose: to make the world a little brighter, kinder and more connected.

Every act counted and every smile mattered.

We’re incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved together and grateful to everyone who played their part in this unforgettable day.

Thank you for proving that kindness really can change the world. 🌎✨

Kindness counter
Yep! We’ve got our very own ‘kindness counter’ and have been tracking all the random acts of kindness, starting with a live assembly, led by Greig Trout, Director of Kindness and Workshop Facilitator at 52 Lives – School of Kindness, focusing on kindness and empathy and building excitement for the day ahead. Futura Learning Partnership

Thanks to BBC Bristol for talking to our CEO Gary Schlick about our exciting Kindness Day. If you'd like to know more about our world record attempt today, you can hear the interview here at 2h.55min in.

Andy Bennett on BBC Radio Bristol - Paris Troy sits in (05/07/2026) - BBC Sounds Join Paris for a mid-morning with plenty of laughs along the way.

Want to know more? Listen to our CEO Gary Schlick on BBC Radio Bristol - 2h 55 in

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002y9q7

💕 We're aiming to break a world record today! 💕

As part of Flourishing Futura Kindness Day, schools and colleagues across Futura will be carrying out random acts of kindness throughout the day.

The current world record is 19,000 acts of kindness in one day – and we're hoping to smash it!

From litter picking and food donations to helping others and spreading positivity, every act counts. If each of us does just two acts of kindness, we can achieve something amazing together.

Let's show what the Futura community can do when we come together for a common purpose and make kindness count! 💖

💕 We're aiming to break a world record today! 💕

As part of Flourishing Futura Kindness Day, schools and colleagues across Futura will be carrying out random acts of kindness throughout the day.

The current world record is 19,000 acts of kindness in one day – and we're hoping to smash it!

From litter picking and food donations to helping others and spreading positivity, every act counts. If each of us does just two acts of kindness, we can achieve something amazing together.

Let's show what the Futura community can do when we come together for a common purpose and make kindness count! 💖