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Trust adds school and board members
Real opportunity to have your say and let us know what is important
By councillor Simon Ward, leader, Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council
I’m delighted that our draft Strategic Plan 2020-2023 and accompanying survey are now live on our website,
www.suttoncoldfieldtowncouncil.gov.uk Royal Sutton Coldfield’s first strategic
On board: Katie Hale (second right) with ATLP CEO Richard Gill and board members Tim Sewell, Heather Morris and John Vickers
The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership (ATLP) has welcomed a new academy to its group – and appointed two new board members. Sutton Coldfield-based secondary academy
John Willmott School becomes the 13th member of the multi-academy trust. Meanwhile, Sutton Coldfield Chamber
president Katie Hale and former schools commissioner for London Sir Tim Brighouse have joined the ATLP Trust board as a member and trustee respectively. The ATLP has supported John Willmott on its
improvement journey, leading to the academy moving out of special measures last year. Headteacher Tracey Peters said: “This is the start of a new era and we are pleased to be
working with a group of academies with a strong record for continuous school improvement, who share our commitment to providing children and young children with opportunities to excel.” Katie Hale is a former ATLP student, having
attended the Coleshill School before completing her degree in Consumer Management from the University of Birmingham.” Katie said: “It’s wonderful to be among the
ATLP family and to be able to give something back to these schools and communities. Sir Tim Brighouse has enjoyed a
distinguished career in education, serving in a number of top roles including chief education officer of Birmingham for nine years.
Low emissions coffins available
A Sutton Coldfield funeral director is taken major steps to reduce the environmental impact of cremations. Ian Hazel Funerals has joined forces with
LifeArt Coffins, who claim to produce up to 87 per cent less greenhouse gas emissions than traditional chipboard coffins and require up to 80 per cent fewer trees to make. Cremation remains the most popular form of
funerals, with more than 480,000 people cremated in the UK in 2018. One of the pollutants in cremations is nitrogen
oxides, a collection of gases which have a global warming impact many times that of carbon
dioxide and are linked to poor air quality in towns and cities. A typical cremation using a chipboard coffin
reportedly emits more nitrogen oxides during the 75-minute process than driving a car from Land’s End to John O’Groats and back. Ian Hazel, MD, Ian Hazel Funerals said: “More
and more families are asking us about our eco- coffin range so we wanted to provide as much choice as possible. “With LifeArt, we’re able to provide our families
with a traditional wood finish or a personalisable coffin that causes only a fraction of the pollution from MDF or Particleboard coffins.”
plan was approved in July 2017 following the establishment of the Town Council in March 2016. While we’re very proud of what we have achieved since then, we have real ambitions to do much more for our Royal Town.
‘The priorities outlined in the draft Strategic Plan for 2020-2023 are what we know matter to the people who work and live here’
The consultation survey is a series of
questions based on our proposed priorities for the next four years and an opportunity for you to tell us which ones are most important to you. This should take no more than 10 minutes to complete and the deadline for all responses is Friday 11 October 2019. The priorities outlined in the draft
Strategic Plan for 2020-2023 are what we know matter to the people who work and live here. What we need now is to decide how best to meet those priorities which is why the results of the survey will be key in positively shaping the future of Royal Sutton Coldfield. Meanwhile, we continue to lead the
plans to regenerate Royal Sutton Coldfield’s town centre, remain committed to securing the future of our iconic Sutton Park and are continuing our discussions with Birmingham City Council about taking on, enhancing and having a greater influence over a range of services they provide.
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