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Welcoming Bishop Michael of Bath and Wells

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:34:21 GMT

Haselbury Plucknett C of E Primary School recently welcomed Bishop Michael of Bath and Wells to their school. Pupils had the chance to ask insightful questions, take part in Collective Worship, and share one of their favourite songs with him.

Sexey’s School GCSE Results 2025: Celebrating Excellence and Purpose

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:37:42 GMT

Today we celebrate another set of impressive GCSE results achieved by our students. Their hard work, intellectual curiosity, and commitment to learning have led to well-deserved success, and we are immensely proud of all they have achieved.

Haygrove Students shine in 2025 GCSE Results

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:28:23 GMT

Haygrove School, part of the Quantock Education Trust, is thrilled to announce another year of excellent GCSE results, a testament to the hard work and dedication of our students and staff. This year's results highlight the resilience and commitment of our students who have navigated unprecedented challenges with exceptional determination.

Sexey’s School A Level Results 2025: Celebrating Excellence and Purpose

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:55:44 GMT

Today Sexey's School, Bruton, celebrated the outstanding A Level results achieved by their students. Their hard work, intellectual curiosity, and commitment to learning have led to well-deserved success, and we are immensely proud of all they have achieved.

New site confirmed for Haygrove School

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 17:32:25 GMT

We are thrilled to announce that the Department for Education has been able to formally confirm Haygrove School’s move to the Queenswood Site this week, with the complete rebuilding of the school designated as a priority project aiming to be ready by September 2028. This marks a significant milestone for our school and the Quantock Education Trust, following an intense period of lobbying for improved facilities for our students and staff.

Spaxton C of E Primary School Celebrates ‘Good’ Ofsted Rating in All Areas

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:45:00 GMT

Spaxton Church of England Primary School, part of the Quantock Education Trust, is delighted to announce that it has been officially rated ‘Good’ in all areas by Ofsted in its latest inspection.

St Bartholomew's pupils share their thoughts on Community

Fri, 2 May 2025 10:12:09 GMT

Our pupils at St Bartholomew's C of E School in Crewkerne contributed to the Raising Young Voices blog and shared some interesting insights into communities and belonging.

The Entitled Sons Inspire Students with Powerful Message on Mental Health and Wellbeing

Wed, 2 Apr 2025 18:57:49 GMT

Last week, students at Sexey's School had the incredible opportunity to attend a live performance and talk from The Entitled Sons, an upcoming local band known not only for their music but also for their advocacy on mental health and wellbeing.

Celebrating Character Development at the Primary Festival of Dance

Wed, 2 Apr 2025 18:52:00 GMT

St Bartholomew's C of E Primary and Ashlands C of E Primary schools took part in the Primary Festival of Dance at the Westlands Entertainment Venue. Organized by Keri Hill Dance, this event has been a successful platform for showcasing the incredible efforts and achievements of local primary schools.

World Book Day Celebrations Across Schools

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:59:52 GMT

World Book Day 2025 was celebrated with great enthusiasm across the various schools within out Trust, each showcasing their unique approach to fostering a love for reading. From creative costumes and engaging activities to book-themed competitions and reading sessions, students and staff alike embraced the joy of literature. Here are some highlights from the celebration!

Sexey's School Named Happiest Secondary School in Somerset

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:44:49 GMT

Sexey's School, part of the Quantock Education Trust, is proud to announce its inclusion among the happiest secondary schools in England and Wales, as highlighted by The Sunday Times. This accolade highlights the school's unwavering commitment to providing a nurturing and supportive environment for its students.

Sexey's School welcomes new Headteacher, Steve Clayson

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 10:36:45 GMT

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Clayson as our new Headteacher. Steve, who brings over 27 years of experience in education, has officially begun his role at the school this term.

Sexey's School students pilot new ‘green’ skills programme with Team Repair

Thu, 6 Feb 2025 16:24:34 GMT

Boarding students at Sexey's School, Bruton, have been learning new ‘green’ skills thanks to Somerset Council and its waste collections contractor SUEZ recycling and recovery UK.

Haygrove School Achieves Excellent Ranking on Fairer Schools Index

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:07:50 GMT

Haygrove School, part of the Quantock Education Trust, is delighted to announce its remarkable achievement of being ranked the second highest performing school in Somerset on the Fairer Schools Index. This accolade places Haygrove within the top 25% of secondary schools nationally, a testament to the School's and Trust's commitment to providing a supportive and enriching educational environment for all its students.

Haygrove School welcomes Minister Morgan

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:15:46 GMT

We were delighted to welcome Minister Morgan, the Minister of Early Education, to Haygrove School, part of the Quantock Education Trust. During his visit, we discussed the closure of our main building and the rebuild project. This was a fantastic opportunity to highlight our commitment to excellence in education, despite the challenges we face.

Sexey’s Awarded the School of Character Quality Mark

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:16:27 GMT

Sexey’s School, part of the Quantock Education Trust are delighted to announce that they have been awarded the esteemed School of Character Quality Mark by The Association for Character Education (ACE). This award is a testament to the significant dedication and commitment demonstrated by the staff, pupils, and the entire school community in meeting the high standards of character education represented by this accolade.

Sexey’s School celebrates its continued ‘Good’ Ofsted rating for boarding

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:21:29 GMT

Following a recent Ofsted inspection, Sexey’s School in Bruton, part of the Quantock Education Trust, are delighted to again be awarded a ‘Good’ rating for its boarding provision.

The glowing report reaffirms the school’s social care grading of ‘Good’ and takes into account how well children and young people are helped and protected as well as the effectiveness of leaders and managers. The key findings identified a focus on creating an environment which provides care, nurture and support to boarders and the commitment by all staff to ensure that students feel safe.

Celebrations for GCSE students across the Quantock Education Trust

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:26:37 GMT

Congratulations to all of our students collecting their GCSE results today. There certainly were many reasons to celebrate. Chrysta Garnett, CEO of the Quantock Education Trust, shared, “I am incredibly proud of the outstanding GCSE results achieved across our Trust this year. The Quantock Education Trust is committed to nurturing every student's potential, and these results are a clear indication that our approach is working. I would like to congratulate all our students, their families, and our staff for their hard work and commitment. We look forward to continuing to support our students as they move on to the next stage of their educational journey."

Sexey’s Sixth Form A Level Results 2024

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:27:55 GMT

This year, Sexey's School are celebrating another strong set of results with their outgoing Year 13 students. With 71% of students progressing to university and/or Art College, 97% of those who applied for university and/or Art College have gained a place at their first or second choice university. 23% of the students are progressing to Apprenticeship and/or employment with training, with 6% taking a GAP Year before progressing to university in September 2025.

Ashlands C of E Primary School joins the Quantock Education Trust

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:29:24 GMT

We are delighted to announce that Ashlands C of E Primary School in Crewkerne has joined the Quantock Education Trust (QET) today. Ashlands are the final school to join as part of the Trust's most recent expansion, which also included St Batholomew’s C of E Primary School, Merriott Primary School and Haselbury Plucknett Church of England Primary School. These schools are the South Somerset 'QET Hub'.

Quantock Education Trust welcomes two new schools

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:30:56 GMT

Quantock Education Trust (QET) was delighted to welcome Merriott Primary School and Haselbury Plucknett Church of England Primary School to the Trust on 1st June 2024. Ashlands C Of E Primary School will also be joining shortly. These schools join St Bartholomew's C of E Primary School as part of the South Somerset 'QET Hub'.

Haygrove School committed to “unwavering focus on providing pupils with a high-quality education”

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:33:49 GMT

During Haygrove School’s most recent Ofsted inspection in April, the school, which is part of the Quantock Education Trust, achieved a ‘Good’ rating with ‘Outstanding’ for leadership and management. The inspectors shared many positive reflections about the school during their visit and in their report, in spite of the substantial disruption in the Autumn term with the unforeseen closure of the main building.

Welcoming St Bartholomew's C of E Primary School

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:35:38 GMT

Quantock Education Trust (QET) is delighted to welcome St Bartholomew's C of E Primary School on Wednesday 1^st May 2024, with Merriott Primary School, Haselbury Plucknett Church of England Primary School and Ashlands C Of E Primary School also joining shortly.

The Power of Collaboration – ‘Collective Effervescence’ at Quantock Education Trust

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:25:31 GMT

This Inset Day showcased the power of collaboration within the Quantock Education Trust, emphasising the importance of shared goals and a unified vision and culture for student success. Teaching and support staff joined together for the first hour for a Trust-wide session delivered by Chrysta Garnett, Sarah Joseph, Julie North & Malcolm Reeve on ‘Living our intended culture: QET Values, Character and Inclusion in action’. The launch session set the tone really well for the rest of the day to help schools celebrate their uniqueness, work with their school community, prioritising students’ aspirations, treating each other with respect, and promoting equity within our schools.

Update from Haygrove School

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:26:19 GMT

We have today shared an important update on the current contingency plan for the start of the term at Haygrove School.

Great news for Haygrove GCSE students

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:30:38 GMT

Year 11 students at Haygrove School have been receiving their GSCE results this morning at Haygrove School and students have a real reason to celebrate their hard work.

Well done to our GCSE students at Sexey's School

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:32:02 GMT

Congratulations to Year 11 at Sexey’s School who have shown great resilience in their GCSE’s navigating the last five years of secondary education, with two years affected by the pandemic, school closures and online learning. We are proud of how these young people have demonstrated the schools core values of Respect, Resilience, Empathy, Honesty, Courage, Forgiveness, Kindness and shown true determination in their GCSE exams.

Update for Haygrove School

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:47:39 GMT

Important update for Haygrove School

A Level Success for our Sexey's School Students

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:49:20 GMT

Congratulations to our Year 13 students at Sexey's School.

Coronation Events at the Quantock Education Trust

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:50:35 GMT

Our schools have been marking or planning to mark the Coronation Event in their own unique ways. Sexey’s School's Student Coronation Committee organised a variety of events including changing the school flag for the Union Jack, decorating the school with bunting, a Coronation cupcake sale and a delicious Coronation lunch in the KDR.

Haygrove School receive top marks for their Careers Programme

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:53:00 GMT

Haygrove School has been recognised for their Careers Programme led by Claire Morgan for achieving the highest marks available with 100% scores across the eight Gatsby benchmarks.

QET Professional Development Day February 2023 #qettingbettertogether

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:55:33 GMT

There were so many highlights and positive take aways from the Inset Day on Monday 20th February 2023. Support staff, primary teachers and secondary school teachers from across the trust all attended bespoke sessions delivering content aimed at supporting their roles, professional development and targeted areas for improvement.

Sexey’s School celebrate ‘Good’ Ofsted rating

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:57:40 GMT

We are delighted for the staff and students at Sexey’s School are celebrating after it was rated 'Good' in its latest full Ofsted inspection. The positive report raises the school’s education grading to ‘good’ in all five areas of the inspection framework and is the third ‘Good’ report the school has received following their Ofsted Social Care and SIAMS judgement.

Double celebrations for Quantock Education Trust Schools

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:59:23 GMT

Spaxton C of E Primary School and Sexey’s School, both part of the Quantock Education Trust (QET), are celebrating ‘Good’ outcomes in their latest SIAMS inspection reports. SIAMS stands for Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools and is the inspection process for Diocesan Church Schools. It focuses on the impact that the Christian ethos of the church school has on the children and young people who attend it.

QET Professional Development Day 2022 - Getting better, together

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:09:23 GMT

Thank you so much to all of our colleagues who attended the first Quantock Education Trust Professional Development Day since the end of the pandemic and since we became a family of four schools. Having colleagues coming together from across the QET to share ideas and experiences, as well as develop our professional practice in a really supportive and collaborative environment gave us the perfect opportunity to bring to life QET’s core CARE values – Community, Aspiration, Respect and Equity. It was a joy to see these values exemplified throughout the day.

Spaxton CofE Primary welcomes Archdeacon

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:10:18 GMT

This week, Spaxton CofE Primary School were delighted to welcome Archdeacon Simon to their school. They gave him a tour of their school along with Reverend Eleanor and Co-Chair of Governors, Andrew Watson. He enjoyed visiting the classes and the children asked lots of questions about his role as Archdeacon.

Sexey’s School wins award for young carer support

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:11:52 GMT

One of the Quantock Education Trust's Secondary School Sexey’s School has been given a Bronze award for their work to make sure students don’t miss out on a high quality education because they are young carers. The Young Carers in Schools programme helps primary and secondary schools improve outcomes for young carers and celebrates good practice through the Young Carers in Schools Award.

Online book of condolence

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:12:57 GMT

In memory of HM Queen Elizabeth II, our national figurehead and longest reigning monarch.

Storgursey Primary School children on BBC Points West

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:13:38 GMT

Well done to students from Storgursey Primary School who appeared on Points West last night. They were interviewed about their amazing scarecrows that they made to go on display during the Stogursey Arts Fest 2022

Success for GSCE students at Quantock Education Trust

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:15:31 GMT

Well done to our GCSE students!

Fabulous Harvest Festival

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:17:38 GMT

Staff and pupils from Stogursey Primary School gathered at St Andrews Church on Tuesday 5th October to celebrate Harvest Festival alongside family, friends and members of the local community.