Trust News

You can follow us on different social media platforms to keep updated with news from across our Trust!

Click here for our X page

Click here for our Facebook page
Click here for our Instagram page

Click here for our LinkedIn page

Click here for our YouTube channel

Index Archive

National PedTech Partnership Launch
24th Jun 2025

PedTech in action: System leaders nationwide join forces to ensure the future of digital technology in schools is equitable, balanced, and high impact Founding Partners of the National PedTech Partnership at the launch event on 19 June. Photography by Greg Bennett, Engaging Education. The National PedTech Partnership, an alliance of visionary education leaders, has unveiled an ambitious research and development programme focused on ensuring high impact and equitable teaching and learning, supported by contemporary digital tools. Representing approximately 3% of the national school system through 756 schools, 250,000 students and 22,000 staff, the National PedTech Partnership represents state and independent funded schools ranging from nursery through to sixth form, mainstream and special schools, and alternative provision.
Read More
Peareswood Primary Wins Bexley Eco Legacy Award 2025!
20th Jun 2025

Peareswood Primary Wins Bexley Eco Legacy Award 2025! We’re delighted to share that Peareswood Primary has been awarded the Bexley Eco Legacy Award 2025, with our fellow Woodland Academy Trust school, Lime Wood Primary , named as a proud runner-up! The awards ceremony took place at The Clearing in Lesnes Abbey Woods at the end of May, where the former Mayor of Bexley, Cllr Sue Gower MBE, presented the winners with a trophy and certificate. The Bexley Eco Legacy Award recognises schools that demonstrate a strong commitment to environmental action and sustainability.
Read More
Prestigious Award for Our Director of Education
18th Jun 2025

Our Director of Education, Julie Carson has been recognised with a Silver Award for Transformational Use of Digital Technology in this year's Pearson National Teaching Awards. Chosen from thousands of nominees, she will now be in with the chance of winning the highly desired Gold Award, which will be announced at a prestigious awards ceremony in London and on BBC One’s The One Show later this year. Having been in education for 30 years, 20 of which have been in senior leadership roles, Julie has led a pioneering Trust-wide strategy combining Universal Design for Learning, AI, and inclusive technology to improve outcomes, reduce barriers, and transform teaching and learning across their five primary schools. Julie is one of 94 deserving teachers, lecturers, leaders, support staff and institutions recognised as a silver winner in this year’s awards for the lasting impact they have on shaping the lives of young people.
Read More
We have been awarded the AI Quality Gold Mark!
15th May 2025

We’re proud to share that Woodland Academy Trust has been awarded Gold in the AI Quality Mark! After becoming the first multi-academy trust to achieve Silver status last year through the Good Future Foundation’s AI Quality Mark, we’re thrilled to now receive the Gold accreditation — a recognition of our ongoing commitment to embedding responsible and impactful AI use across our schools. The Good Future Foundation's AI Quality Mark, awarded in Bronze, Silver, and Gold categories, requires schools to demonstrate purposeful engagement with key aspects of AI integration. This rigorous process ensures that AI tools are implemented with clear intention and safety measures, aligning with each school’s mission to provide quality, innovative education.
Read More
We Are Woodland- Spring Edition
3rd Apr 2025

We’re excited to share the latest edition of We Are Woodland – our Spring Term newsletter, now available to read! This issue is a snapshot of a vibrant and purpose-driven term – and a big thank you goes to our staff, pupils, and communities who continue to shape and strengthen our collective journey. Click the link below to read the full edition. We-Are-Woodland-Spring-Edition-2025.pdf
Read More
Peareswood Primary are in the News!
30th Jan 2025

Peareswood Primary School is making headlines! A recent article by the News Shopper highlights the school as "a shining example of what can be achieved with strong leadership, dedicated staff, and a community that truly believes in its children." Check it out! https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/24891945.erith-peareswood-primary-school-children-love-learning/ #peareswoodprimaryschool #InTheNews
Read More
We are Woodland- December 2024 Edition
18th Dec 2024

Welcome to the 4th edition of our Trust 'We are Woodland' newsletter. Take a delve into this Autumn edition to find out what we have been up to across our Trust!
Read More
We Achieve the Good Future Foundation AI Quality Mark!
25th Oct 2024

Woodland Academy Trust Achieves the Good Future Foundation AI Quality Mark We are proud to announce our achievement as the first academy trust to be awarded the Good Future Foundation AI Quality Mark, recognising our commitment to structured, safe, and impactful use of AI tools across our schools. This significant accomplishment recognises our dedication to establishing a robust and structured approach for responsibly and effectively integrating AI into our educational environment. The Good Future Foundation's AI Quality Mark, awarded in Bronze, Silver, and Gold categories, requires schools to demonstrate purposeful engagement with key aspects of AI integration. This rigorous process ensures that AI tools are implemented with clear intention and safety measures, aligning with each school’s mission to provide quality, innovative education.
Read More
Willow Bank Pupil Achievements: Bexley Music Scholarship
7th Oct 2024

Willow Bank Primary are extremely proud to announce that two of their talented pupils, Kinfe and Nife, have been awarded prestigious four-year scholarships from Bexley Music! This incredible opportunity will allow them to further develop their instrumental skills and knowledge. Kinfe and Nife are multi-instrumentalists, already proficient in playing both the piano and trumpet. With their dedication and passion for music, we are confident that they will make the most of this chance to grow as musicians.
Read More
Woodland Academy Trust one of 23 MATs leading the way with pathfinding Artificial Intelligence report
19th Sep 2024

Woodland Academy Trust one of 23 MATs leading the way with pathfinding Artificial Intelligence report On 18 September 2024, a team of 23 Multi-Academy Trusts from across England published a pathfinding report setting out a 10 point guidance framework for those leading AI in schools, and a set of 29 practical recommendations for school system leaders. Woodland Academy Trust was part of a team of multi-academy trusts representing 413 schools, 250,000 students and 32,00 staff, with other MATs including Oasis Community Learning, Bourne Education Trust, LEO Academy Trust, United Learning, Woodland Academy Trust, David Ross Education Trust, E-ACT, Great Schools Trust, King Edward VI Foundation, L.E.A.D Academy Trust, Maritime Academy Trust, Prince Albert Community Trust, Rainbow Academy Trust, Robin Hood Multi Academy Trust, RGS Worcester Family of Schools, The Arthur Terry Academy Trust, Galileo Academy Trust and the Warwick Schools Foundation. Over the last academic year, the group worked together through a series of in-person workshops and virtual learning lunches, with contributions from Professor Rose Luckin, Baroness Martha Lane Fox, Professor Sugata Mitra, Professor Sanjay Sarma, Professor Miles Berry, Sir Anthony Seldon, Erika Twani, John Murphy, Dan Fitzpatrick, Dina Foster, David Weston, and Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith. Provocations touched upon considerations ranging from contemporary thinking about what it means to be a teacher in the AI age, through to the organisational leadership of schools and trusts.
Read More