News

• Friday 25 September 2026 The Mead Primary School Celebrates 25 Years! On Friday 25th September 2026, The Mead Primary School in Hilperton celebrated its 25th birthday with a wonderful day of celebrations, fun and memories.
• Tuesday 1 September 2026 Welcoming the next generation of teachers! A very warm welcome to the new cohort of trainee teachers joining the EQUA Mead Learning Trust SCITT programme, we’re delighted to have them on board.
• Friday 5 June 2026 Inclusive PE in action! At the beginning of this month, we welcomed 150 of our children and young people for a fantastic Inclusive PE event hosted by Bath Rugby foundation at Trowbridge RFC.
• Thursday 7 May 2026 More Than a Trust, We Are a Community What it truly means to be EQUA Mead At EQUA Mead Learning Trust, we often talk about our values — collaboration, ambition, and integrity — but to truly understand the heartbeat of our schools, you have to see it in action. That’s why we are delighted to share our brand-new film, “We Are EQUA Mead.”
• Friday 6 March 2026 EQUA Mead Trip Brings Learning to Life in London! Forty pupils from across the Trust set off bright and early for an exciting trip to London. With every school represented, the day provided a fantastic opportunity for children and young people to spend time together, strengthening friendships and celebrating the collaborative spirit that sits at the heart of EQUA Mead.
• Friday 30 January 2026 Friendship, Resilience and Pride: Equa Mead Pupils Attend Festival of Friends We are incredibly proud of our schools who recently attended the Festival of Friends in Winchester — a special event celebrating the strength, resilience, and unique experiences of being a military child.
• Monday 19 January 2026 Annual Trust Music Festival Brings Together Students Across All Schools More than 500 children and young people from across the Trust came together this week to take part in our annual music festival at the Civic Centre in Trowbridge.
• Wednesday 19 November 2025 EQUA Mead Poetry Slam 2025 The first Trust wide pupil enrichment event took place at Dauntsey Academy this week with an overarching theme of Equality and Diversity. All schools taking part should be hugely proud of the courage, talent and conduct of their pupils. The performances were brilliant but even more importantly it was delightful to witness the sense of fun, friendship and peer support shown by all.
• Monday 3 November 2025 Primary INSET Day 2025 It was wonderful to welcome over 400 primary colleagues from across the Trust to our Primary INSET on 3rd November. The day aimed to support both school and trust wide priorities engaging a variety of speakers along with delivery from Trust staff and colleagues.
• Wednesday 26 March 2025 EQUA Mead Explores London! On the 24th March 40 excited children and young people gathered for a visit to London. There was representation from every school within the Trust, building on the culture of collaboration that is so important within EQUA Mead.
• Wednesday 12 March 2025 Writing Moderation Early Years teachers from the EQUA Mead Learning Trust came together to share successful strategies and practice that have supported children with self-regulation skills
• Friday 31 January 2025 South West Regional Director Visit Studley Green Primary School was delighted to welcome Lucy Livings, the South-West Regional Director for the Department of Education, and her team.
• Friday 10 January 2025 EQUA Mead Music Festival 600 pupils from both primary and secondary schools from across our Trust joined together for the Trust annual music festival.
• Monday 6 January 2025 Trust INSET Day January 2025 It was wonderful to welcome over 700 leaders, teachers and support staff to the EQUA Mead Learning Trust INSET day.
• Wednesday 18 December 2024 EQUA Mead Futures EQUA Mead Futures is dedicated to delivering a cohesive and aligned development pathway for all staff.
• Wednesday 27 November 2024 EQUA Mead Poetry Slam Twelve schools gathered at Dauntsey Academy Primary School for a Poetry Slam. Pupils from a variety of year groups performed a poem from a chosen list – it was wonderful to see the creativity, expression and teamwork.
• Friday 22 November 2024 Secondary Inset Day The inset day on engagement for Pupil Premium (PP) students featured a keynote speech by Jim Roberson, an expert in educational strategies aimed at improving outcomes for disadvantaged students.
• Tuesday 19 November 2024 Inclusion /SENCO Lead Meeting Inclusion /SENCO Lead Meetings. It was wonderful to see colleagues sharing great practice and learning– it was a privilege to see the commitment to supporting each other.
• Wednesday 23 October 2024 Primary INSET - Fluent and Avid Readers It was wonderful to see all primary school staff engaging in our INSET, hosted across four different school sites. The day aimed to support both school and trust wide priorities.
• Wednesday 24 July 2024 End of year letter from Paul Skipp
• Tuesday 9 July 2024 Collaborative Headteacher Meeting We were delighted by the success of our recent meeting with all 18 Headteachers from across our Trust schools. Headteachers gathered for an enriching afternoon of presentations and collaboration with Trust CEO, Paul Skipp.
• Wednesday 3 July 2024 Bishops Cannings School celebrates unveiling of heart-warming community mural On 3 July 2024, pupils, parents, teachers, governors and community members gathered at Bishops Cannings Primary School to celebrate their new mural, which had been hung on the school hall wall over the weekend.
• Tuesday 2 July 2024 School Improvement Team Meeting Our complete Trust School Improvement Team met for the day on 2 July 2024 to discuss structures for school improvement both centrally, and within our primary and secondary schools.
• Wednesday 19 June 2024 SENCOs meet for Inclusion Strategy Day Our Deputy CEO, Lyssy Bolton, and School Improvement Coordinator, Jayne Bullock, gathered Inclusion Leads and SENCOs from across the Trust today (19 June 2024) to consider and discuss Inclusion Strategy for the Trust.
• Wednesday 12 June 2024 Resource Base children have a wild day out Resource Base children from River Mead School, Castle Mead School and Studley Green Primary School had the amazing opportunity for a day trip to visit Longleat on 12 June. The children took an exciting journey around the safari park, seeing a variety of different animals such as lions, rhino, tigers and many more. They also got to enjoy train rides, boat rides, sea lion feeding and see lots of wonderful creatures such as snakes, meerkats, and crocodiles. This great day was finished off with an ice cream, generously provided by the Rotary Club, before they returned to school. The children from all three schools were able to visit together thanks to the generosity of other schools within the Trust in loaning the use of their minibuses for the day. We would like to thank them for enabling this amazing opportunity for the children to come together and experience such a brilliant day.
• Thursday 6 June 2024 New library at River Mead School Opens We are delighted to share the opening of our new library at River Mead School. The “Riverside Library” as proudly named by students on the school parliament was opened by children’s author Sufiya Ahmed along with Chair of Governors (Colin Kay), Louise Harrison (Headteacher) members of the School Parliament and Sue Mortimer (representing the reading volunteer team).
• Saturday 1 June 2024 EQUA Mead Learning Trust launches On the 1 June, EQUA Mead Learning Trust officially launched. The Trust was formed when EQUA Multi Academy Trust (which previously ran nine schools) and The Mead Trust (which previously ran three schools) merged together. At the same time, a further six local authority schools joined, creating one single Trust with two secondary schools and sixteen primary schools.