Schools across our Trust, along with our Central Team, came together to mark Remembrance Day.

Students and staff took part in the two minutes’ silence and schools held services, took part in community activities and created artwork and displays.

Blessed Robert Sutton students in Year 7 laid 100 poppies, made by students, at a local care home.

Hannah Turner, Head of Art, is proud of the students and the contribution they are making to their local community.  She said: ‘Our pupils are a credit to themselves, their families, and our school.  Their commitment to serving their local community is heart-warming to see.’ 

Laura O’Leary, Headteacher: ‘We are really proud of the finished installation and delighted by the engagement of our local community. It has been amazing to see so many of our pupils taking part in the project, particularly those pupils who have a personal connection to someone who has served or is serving.’ 

\At St Anne’s Catholic Voluntary Academy in Buxton, children, staff, parents and friends gathered for a service lead by Year 6 classes, which culminated in the playing of The Last Post and The Reveille by two parents. Another parent, who is a serving officer in the RAF, laid a wreath. 

Headteacher Julia Wiggins said: “None of us in the hall today has a first-hand memory of the two world wars but many have memories of other conflicts over the past decades. Our children are aware of, and will remember, the current war in Ukraine. We want everyone in our school family, but particularly our children, to remember that many thousands of men and women sacrificed their lives for us,and continue to do so today. We must never forget that.”

Photos from Holy Rosary, St Charles’, Blessed Robert Sutton, St Anne’s, St Edward’s and Saint Benedict.