News

• Tuesday 8 April 2025 Werneth Primary School Principal contributes to National Guidance Report Werneth Primary School principal Jonathan Bell has recently contributed to a new Guidance Report from the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
• Friday 28 February 2025 The Pinnacle Learning Trust has been nominated at this year's MAT Excellence awards The Pinnacle Learning Trust (PLT) is proud and delighted to share that it has been shortlisted for Wellbeing Trust of the year and CFO of the year at this year’s MAT Excellence awards.
• Tuesday 11 February 2025 Two PLT academies amongst the top 10 in England The Pinnacle Learning Trust is delighted to announce that two of its academies, Broadfield Primary School and Oldham Sixth Form College (OSFC), have been recognised as two of the top 10 performing schools in the Edurio Staff Choice Award.
• Monday 21 October 2024 Pinnacle Learning Trust celebrates being in the top 10 trusts in England The Pinnacle Learning Trust (PLT) is delighted to announce that it has been recognised as one of the top 10 performing trusts in the country for the Edurio Trust Value Award.
• Tuesday 14 May 2024 Five Pinnacle Learning Trust students saluted at Rotary Club awards ceremony The Pinnacle Learning Trust is proud of five of its students who have been recognised at the Rotary Club of Oldham's Student of the Year awards, held in the Oldham Council Chambers. Three of the students were from Oldham Sixth Form College and two more were from partner academy, Hathershaw College.
• Tuesday 30 April 2024 Effective retrieval in the classroom. Are we considering its impact on cognitive load? In this blog, Andy Barker, Tutor for A Level Sociology and Early career Teacher Induction Tutor at Oldham Sixth Form College, exemplifies the evidence around retrieval practice and cognitive load theory and discusses the potential lethal mutations if we oversimplify these concepts in the classroom.
• Wednesday 24 April 2024 Utilising the power of manipulatives to support progress in computing The 2014 primary curriculum brought about lots of changes including the shift from ICT to computing, and within that the emphasis on Computer Science. Ria Drabble, Deputy Director of Pinnacle Learning Research School and Year 6 teacher/?Computing Lead at Broadfield Primary School in Oldham, applies the evidence around using manipulatives in maths to the subject of computing.
• Wednesday 24 April 2024 Inaugural Trust Student & Pupil Eco Conference The Pinnacle Learning Trust was proud to hold its inaugural Trust Student & Pupil Eco Conference on 24 April 2024.
• Tuesday 23 April 2024 Transforming feedback in Design and Technology: Building a Culture of Reflection and Growth In this blog Sarah Dawson, Curriculum Leader for Design and Technology at Hathershaw College, champions strategic, student-focused feedback that fosters reflection, growth, and practical excellence.
• Monday 22 April 2024 Vital Vocabulary: putting research evidence to work Charlotte Caldwell, ELE and part of the English Development Team at Front Lawn Primary Academy, reflects on how using the evidence from the EEF helped develop the teaching of vocabulary across the school.
• Monday 22 April 2024 Implementation matters: leadership learning on NPQ programmes and putting evidence into practice in schools Two young leaders from Unity Schools Partnership reflect on how key learning drawn from studying the EEF implementation guidance within NPQs is impacting on their leadership practices in their school context.
• Tuesday 19 March 2024 How to ensure children who arrive from another school, or from abroad, with English as an additional language make rapid progress Werneth Primary School is an increasingly diverse school, based less than a mile from Oldham town centre.
• Tuesday 12 March 2024 Hung Up: why clarity and boundaries are crucial in managing mobile phone use in post-16 settings The recent Department for Education guidance on mobile phones in schools provides a good opportunity to reflect on approaches to mobile phone usage in post-16 settings. Whilst schools are able to take many options including an outright ban on mobiles, this is more complex when students move on to college education. Corbett (2018) is referenced in this article from Impact which stresses our responsibility to teach responsible use of such devices. Doug King, Vice Principal at Oldham Sixth Form College, explains how important it is to model high expectations to students and have consistency across all classrooms.
• Tuesday 12 March 2024 Empowering positive learning behaviours in a special school setting Claire Bones, Maths Curriculum Lead and Research Lead Practitioner at Hollinwood Academy in Oldham, demonstrates the need to consider a range of guidance reports and recommendations when developing learning behaviours, exemplifying this in a special school context.
• Tuesday 16 January 2024 The Pinnacle Learning Trust and Alexandra Park Junior School in new partnership Alexandra Park Junior School is to join The Pinnacle Learning Trust’s growing family of Oldham schools.
• Saturday 30 December 2023 CEO of The Pinnacle Learning Trust awarded OBE The Pinnacle Learning Trust (PLT) is delighted that Jayne Clarke has been awarded an OBE, in the New Year’s Honours List, for Services to Further Education.
• Sunday 21 May 2023 Fantastic fundraising efforts for Oldham Foodbank from staff at The Pinnacle Learning Trust Staff from the trust, comprising Oldham Sixth Form College, The Hathershaw College, Werneth Primary School and Broadfield Primary School joined forces to complete the 10K course in support of their chosen charity, Oldham Foodbank.
• Thursday 23 February 2023 Broadfield Primary School to join The Pinnacle Learning Trust Staff at Broadfield Primary School and The Pinnacle Learning Trust are celebrating their forthcoming partnership as Broadfield is set to join the successful local Trust from 1st April 2023.
• Tuesday 5 July 2022 OSFC Gains Research School Status Following a recent application and selection process, we are thrilled to confirm that Oldham Sixth Form College has been successful and will be designated as a Research School from September 2023.
• Sunday 22 May 2022 Trust Staff Complete Manchester 10K Staff from The Pinnacle Trust have completed the Great Manchester Run this Sunday (22nd May).
• Monday 16 May 2022 Welcome to our new website We hope that you find it easy to use and full of the information you require, whether you are a current or prospective parent or a member of the wider community.