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Rise Voices: A Night to Remember
Tue 30 Apr 2024On Monday 29th April, we held our biggest and best Rise Voices event.
We gathered 434 Year 4 pupils from across the 26 Rise schools together to sing in harmony at the Mattioli Arena.
The pupils did their schools and families proud as they sung a series of songs linked to books and the love of reading. Each school produced a short video to share their vision, values and celebrate the books that children were enjoying. This performance was the first as an ensemble because pupils had only rehearsed in their individual schools.
The audience of over 750 family and friends were suitably impressed with amazing work of their children. One grandparent said, ‘That was wonderful. I cannot believe that was the first time they had sung together. What a tremendous effort.’
Mark Cole CEO, ‘What a night. The pupils were fantastic. The school staff worked so hard both before and during the event. As a trust, we often bring staff together but we also treasure events like this where we can show children and their families what can be achieved when we come together as a family of schools’.
Rise would also like to thank Leicestershire Music Service, for their exceptional support, guidance and the live band and the sponsors who helped contribute to the event.
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Rise welcomes three new schools to the family.
Mon 01 Apr 2024We are delighted that Frisby C of E Primary School, St Paul's C of E Primary School (Woodhouse Eaves), and Measham C of E Primary School have joined the Trust.
These strong and ambitious schools are highly regarded in their communities and Rise are excited about what each school will bring to the growing family of schools. Rise will be a trust of 26 church and community schools across Leicester City, Leicestershire and Derbyshire.
Mark Cole, CEO commented “Although we have been working with these schools for some time now, we are thrilled to finally have Frisby, St Paul’s and Measham join our growing family of schools. It is of particular significance to us that these schools are all strong. For too long, joining an academy trust was seen as a decision that only vulnerable schools made or were forced to make. Each of these schools brings a genuine appetite to collaborate, want be part of something bigger and are ambitious for their pupils, staff and school communities. They are a perfect fit for Rise.”
Hannah Carter, Headteacher of Measham C Of E Primary school added “We are all excited to be joining Rise. The CPD and networking opportunities that my staff are accessing are fantastic. The Central team are very supportive, and we already feel like we are part of the Rise family.”
Lisa Gilchrist, Headteacher at St. Paul’s commented ‘We are delighted to have joined Rise. I have been working with other senior leaders in Rise and so have my subject leaders. The support the school received prior to joining, without doubt, contributed to our recent 'Outstanding' Ofsted judgement. We are very excited to have joined the Rise MAT family, which know will help our whole school community to further flourish and succeed.’
Charmaine Ainge added, “Since our Board reached the decision that Rise was our MAT of choice, we could not have felt more welcome or supported by them. There is always somebody at the end of the phone/email, either from the Central Team or the wider family of schools, who is willing to provide advice, guidance and/or the resources that the school needs in order to support our children and our staff. I am excited to see what the future holds for Frisby as part of the Rise family.”