12th November 2019 Re: Y7 Goal Setting & Development Day – 29th November 2019, 9.15am – 3.15pm Dear Parent I am writing to give you details of the ‘Goal Setting and Development Day’ for Year 7 students, which will be our first opportunity sit down together and talk in detail about your child’s goals … Read more
Kaitlyn in Year 7, felt inspired by the climate change talks given by our Year 10 students and the American exchange students during Brannel Challenge last week. She decided to write this beautiful poem the following day. Save our Planet The Earth needs us. We need to give our grace. We need to find … Read more
Last week, a group of Brannel students were given the opportunity to attend the North Cornwall Book Festival and meet Michael Morpurgo! The students had a workshop with three writers (John Boyne, Liz Kessler and Matt Windle) and were given opportunities to develop their own writing skills. The group of Brannel students got the chance … Read more
Molly from Year 9 has been recognised for her excellent creative writing skills after learning that her third original piece of writing is to be published by ‘Young Writers’. Mrs Hocking, Assistant Headteacher said ” Molly has worked so hard on her creative writing over the past few months and it is fantastic that this … Read more
Brannel School is committed to teaching young people to be environmentally literate and to develop their knowledge, skills, motivation and confidence to practice and promote sustainability in their community. On Friday 20th September, Brannel students declared a climate emergency as part of a massive global day of action. As part of its commitment to … Read more
Brannel School has successfully drawn down funding from the British Council to fund an exchange programme with the USA as part of its environmental learning offer. Six Year 10 students have been selected to represent Brannel. KED inspired schools hold similar beliefs and practices around the pedagogy of civic engagement. As part of the KED … Read more
This term, Brannel School was visited by an international team of education experts from Kunskapsskolan Education. Over the last two years Brannel has been working towards redeveloping curriculum provision to better meet the needs of its students. Brannel is a member of the Kunskapsskolan network and is introducing a new approach to teaching and learning … Read more
There were lots of smiles as the Class of 2019 from Brannel School celebrated their fantastic results! Overall the school’s results have risen for the fourth year in a row. The top performer at Brannel was Jacob Inch who is looking forward to starting Callywith College this month to study A-levels. Jacob was pleased to … Read more
MERGING TRUSTS APPOINT NEW CEO The Board of Directors and CEOs of Newquay Education Trust (NET) and Peninsula Learning Trust (PLT) are delighted to announce the appointment of a Chief Executive Officer for their new Trust, Cornwall Education Learning Trust (CELT). From September 2019, Lisa Mannall who currently works for the Department of Education as … Read more