On Wednesday 26th September the Year 9 Food Technology Group at St Edmund's Secondary School held a cake sale to raise funds for MacMillan Cancer Support.

 

Students, some of whom have family and friends who have been touched by cancer, adapted a basic cupcake recipe and designed their own cupcakes reflecting either the Macmillan logo or favourite flavours and colours of loved ones who have had cancer. The basic ingredients (flour, eggs, butter and sugar) were donated by their teacher, Dr Russell, and the students donated all the ingredients required to adapt the recipe. They raised £65 for MacMillan Cancer Support.

 

A big well done to all those who participated and raised money for such a great cause!

Year 13 student Edelle Gill at St Gregory's Catholic School, Tunbridge Wells has recently had a drawing accepted for the Society of Graphic and Fine art, Draw18 exhibition. If this wasn't a big enough reason to celebrate, Edelle will be the youngest exhibitor, at the Menier Gallery, London Bridge. This is the only national society dedicated specifically to drawing, St Gregory's think this is quite an achievement and we certainly do too! 

 

Congratulations Edelle. Hopefully we will have more pictures coming our way!

We celebrate our former Bishop for Kent and Trust Board Chair as he moves on to this prestigious national and international role, supporting UK forces on land, sea and in the air.  Bishop Paul was installed at the Cathedral of St Michael and St George in Aldershot, Hampshire, and KCSP was privileged to be part of the choir.  

Anouska May and Emma Johnston from the Finance Team here at KCSP attended a training day at Chartwells. Chartwells gave out awards covering different areas. Please see below a list of winners from both our primary and secondary academies. A big well done to all!! 

 

Primary Winners

 

Can Do Manager KCSP 2018 

Jackie Kirby – St Mary’s Deal

Takes a positive approach to opportunities and challenges

Always wants the best for school, pupils and business

Works positively with both the school and the Area Team

Faced new opportunities and challenges, launching a send out with a great, positive attitude, and now increasing her adult meals with a bespoke service

 

Responsibility Manager KCSP 2018

Angela Rigby – Stella Maris

Takes ownership of actions and makes a positive contribution

Taken full ownership of new systems and procedures

Built an excellent relationship with the school, exceeding all expectations

Skilfully balances between the business and the school community

Embraced changes with new send out

 

Integrity Manager KCSP 2018

Helen Woods – St Simon’s, Ashford

Sets the highest ethical and professional standards

Kept open and honest communication throughout mobilisation and Parent Pay introduction

Always does the right thing by the school and the business

Runs a professional, quality service with minimum fuss

 

Passion Manager KCSP 2018

Debbie Evans – St John’s

Takes pride in delivering superior food and service

Always produces and displays lovely food, fully embracing new ideas

Upbeat and happy, even in the face of adversity – determined to push her standards to the next level

Passion shows every day in the food at the hatch, the attention to detail, and in customer service for school and pupils alike

 

Teamwork Manager KCSP 2018

Di Brooks – St Mary’s Whitstable

Working in partnership in pursuit of shared goals

Always supports colleagues, drawing a team together and ensuring each member plays to their strengths, and is happy at work

Continually conscious of how the team are working as a whole; looks for ways to improve

Never wants to take credit for her excellent leadership – always lays recognition firmly with her team members

 

Customer Service Manager KCSP 2018

Amanda Stansall – Holy Family

Making our customers smile every day

Works quietly in the background, making great relationships and delivering excellent service both to school and pupils

Confidently supports additional school activities with a smile and an encouraging word

Her friendly manner and positive, helpful approach keep everyone happy – nothing is too much trouble

 

Uptake Queen KCSP 2018

Tracey Detreuilh – Our Lady of Hartley

Going the extra mile to improve and maintain uptake

Works quietly to improve and maintain meal numbers, utilising the skills of the Participation Manager to try new ideas

KS1 peaked at 91.3% uptake in May, and has not dropped below 80%, even through the summer months

Maintains good levels of 40%+ with KS2

 

Manager of the Year KCSP 2018

Kerry Jacobs – St Edward’s

The best of the best!

Works exceptionally hard to deliver exemplary service

Fully embraced the new white china, and constantly trying new presentation ideas from the Facebook group

Great partnership approach with the school to achieve outstanding customer service

Works brilliantly with the Area team, helping out whenever she can

Exceeds all 5 Compass values

 

Secondary Winners

 

Can Do Manager KCSP 2018

Toni Wright – St Edmunds Toni has taken on the mammoth task of running her own unit at the same time as mobilising, and has been so positive in her outlook, embracing all changes and learning new skills. Her cheery disposition and Can Do attitude is not only appreciated by the Area Team, but also the school and her unit members

 

Responsibility Manager KCSP 2018

Kathy Head – St Anselms Kathy has shown great skill in managing her business and GP, always looking for ways to improve and asking searching questions. Her desire to ensure accurate figure collation in the face of IT adversity has shown true determination and grit.

 

Integrity Manager KCSP 2018

Tracey Newcombe – Ursuline Tracey runs a professional, quality service, often in challenging circumstances, maintaining integrity with Area team, colleagues and school alike

 

Passion Manager KCSP 2018

Darren Poulter – St Gregory’s Darren’s passion and excitement for his service has been proved time and time again, delivering restaurant quality food in a secondary school setting. A regular contributor to the KCSP Facebook group, his ideas and enthusiasm bring inspiration to many colleagues.

 

Teamwork Manager KCSP 2018

Mervat George – St Simon’s Stock Mervat has faced a challenging few months with her team as they have together negotiated mobilisation, delivery excesses then shortages, staff vacancies and much more. Even during a most difficult phase, Mervat has pulled the team together and they have emerged stronger than ever before.

 

Uptake King KCSP 2018

Darren Poulter – St Gregory’s Darren takes time to listen and understand his customers’ requirements, then gives them exactly what they want – and sometimes even something they never knew they wanted! Consistently running at 10-18% uptake improvement on last year, Darren has made an outstanding to start to the new contract

 

Manager of the Year KCSP 2018

Darren Poulter – St Gregory’s Darren works exceptionally hard to deliver exemplary service. He has a great partnership approach with the school, and his team adore him. Exceeding all 5 of the Compass values, Darren is set to become an outstanding member of our team

We were pleased to receive the attached letter from Ofsted HMI, Catherine Old, who complimented us for facilitating her visits to academies in June, describing it as a ‘real pleasure and privilege to see the work that you do.

• Letter to Mr Webster

 

We are very pleased to announce Fr Philip Gilbert as the Trust’s Acting Chair with the departure of Bishop Paul Mason as Bishop of the Forces.  Fr Philip is the Trust’s serving Deputy Chair and has been a staunch supporter of the Trust, from its conception to the present day.  Fr Philip is Parish Priest at Meopham and has served as Dean of Gravesend in the past.  The Trust has long benefited from his many years of experience of education, and his wisdom and good counsel remains instrumental to the continued success of KCSP as a Catholic multi-academy trust.