Nene Trust News
Northamptonshire education leaders have introduced a pioneering programme focused on suicide awareness in a bid to help save lives, protect pupils and support staff.
As this month marks World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10th, Nene Education Trust is calling for schools and education establishments across the county and country to follow its initiative to highlight how help and support is available for students and staff suffering mental health issues.
The ground-breaking approach adopted by the Trust, which has seen more than 400 teachers and Trust staff undergo specialist suicide awareness training, was implemented following the death by suicide of Manor School student Callum Woodcroft in 2022.
Callum’s former Head Teacher, Matt Coleman, Director of School Improvement at the Trust contacted Northamptonshire suicide prevention charity, Kelly’s Heroes to collaborate on creating a package of specialised support available to all eight schools in the Trust, which he hopes will also be utilised by schools throughout the county and nationwide. 
Matt Coleman
At the Trust’s recent annual training day Sherry Adams, CEO of Kelly’s Heroes and the charity’s team of specialists delivered the training session entitled Suicide Awareness – Creating A Suicide Safe Community.
Following Callum’s death Matt Coleman explained he was determined to help make a difference to support students and staff. He said: “I was driven to make some positive change out of something so tragic that impacted so many.
“We have worked with Sherry and the team at Kelly’s Heroes to create a package of support that is available to all schools in the county and beyond. The charity’s team of specialists visited the Trust sites to shine a spotlight on this very emotive and often taboo subject, its potential causes, and effects.”
As it is estimated there are more than 700,000 suicides every year worldwide, Sherry Adams welcomed the opportunity for the charity to collaborate with schools and businesses to highlight how it is okay to talk about suicide.
As part of the specially commissioned training provided to the Trust teams, the charity covered: Prevention, Intervention and Postvention and highlighted the detrimental influence of social media has on those struggling with their mental health. Data also showed suicides increase exponentially following the report of a life lost to suicide.
The training covered common warning flags and specific risk factors – influences that may lead to someone to have suicidal thoughts.
Chris HillChris Hill, CEO of Nene Education Trust, added: “I wanted to express my huge thanks to everyone involved in our training day which was emotional and focused on such important messages.”
Nene Education Trust is a multi-academy trust comprising Newton Road School in Rushden, Windmill Primary in Raunds, Stanwick Primary, Raunds Park Infants, St. Peter’s CE Academy, Woodford CE Primary, Redwell Primary in Wellingborough and Manor School in Raunds.
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Thursday 24 September 2023
We are incredibly proud of our cohort of Year 11 students. The hard work and effort that they have put in to achieve their results this summer has been admirable.
Some results worth of note, include two of our students who achieved grade 9s in every single one of their subjects after studying a full suite of GCSEs. Congratulations and well done to Alana and William on a unique and stunning performance.
Head of School, Mr Lee Towers, said “I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate every one of our students on their well-deserved results. I have every confidence they will be successful in the next stage of the journey, wherever that may be. As a school, we are grateful for the support of parents / carers and our staff team, without whom, this set of results would not have been achievable.”
Mr Chris Hill, CEO of Nene Education Trust, said “Well done and congratulations to all the students at Manor School. We a delighted that students have successfully reached the next stage in their career. These results follow a very pleasing set of outcomes at A Level / BTEC, last week. The Sixth Form continues to go from strength to strength at Manor School”.
To apply for a place at Manor School Sixth Form please contact Miss Cheryl Collier (
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Thursday 17th August 2023
We are extremely proud of our students following their determination, hard work and efforts in their first post-pandemic examination season, having missed their GCSE examinations in the 2020-2021 academic year due to COVID-19.
Everyone at Manor School is delighted that 50% of the grades awarded to this cohort were A*-B, or equivalents. Some stand out performances worthy of recognition include Hannah Iddon, Bethan Frazer, Joseph Puk and Charlie Saunders. Hannah received two A*s, an A and a B in her subjects. Bethan was awarded D*D and a B grade, whilst Joseph and Charlie both achieved an A*, two As and a B grade.
Head of School, Lee Towers, said: “We would like to congratulate all of our students for their individual achievements and successes. This does not happen without an exhaustive amount of hard work and tremendous effort. It is worth remembering that this is the first time these students have had to sit external examinations in this format and they have shown incredible resilience during the recent examination season. We would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the continued support from parents and carers as well as the dedication and commitment from our all of our staff at Manor School.”
Matt Coleman, Director of School Improvement, said: “We would like to congratulate our students and staff at Manor School for this impressive set of A-Level results. When we compare to 2019 results, we have seen significant improvements. Well done to all our students for their successes, and a note of thanks to the excellent staff and the supportive parents and carers.”
Prospective applicants to the Sixth From can still get in touch by emailing Miss Collier (
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