Thank you Royal & Derngate! A CNS tradition that everyone looks forward too! Taking a whole school/phase to a theatre started as a crazy idea with Kat Edwards and I a few years back and it keeps getting better each year! This year being joined by Reception & Year 7! 715 people!!

Today marks the start of a 6️⃣-week consultation period on the BEST Admission Arrangements for September 2026. The consultation will remain open until 12 noon on Tuesday 28 January, 2025. Full details here: bestacademies.org.uk/news/?pid=0&ni…

Are you home from uni for Christmas? If so, why not spend some of your festive break applying for one of our paid STEM or MFL internships. We have places available at BEST schools in both Central Beds and Bedford next summer. APPLY: bestteachingschool.org.uk/page/?title=MF… BEST Education & School Improvement

Its goodbye to 2024 and hello to 2025! 🎇 Wishing everyone across the #BestFamily and beyond a very Happy New Year!

Once again Castle Newnham Performing Arts have shown the world (well, anyone lucky enough to have a ticket) that they know how to put on a show. A short 🧵…

Castle Newnham is not a stage school. It’s an ‘ordinary’ school with an extraordinary staff team, not least the awesomely talented Luke Skeel who know how to give opportunities that boost kids’ confidence, sharpen their skills, build resilience and cohesion and focus their minds.

Castle Newnham Luke Skeel These kids will have benefited enormously from this experience and their performance is far far better than a school production has any right to be. If you saw this in the West End, you would not be disappointed. Simply stunning. Well done to all.

What a wonderful week of performances for our Guys and Dolls production. 830+ audience members across the week and the pupils on and off stage were simply incredible. Stars of the future. A very proud director! #4SIXTEEN

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The Castle Newnham production of Guys and Dolls was a huge hit over its run last week. Well done to all performers and staff involved in the school's 4SIXTEEN Theatre Company. Take a well-deserved bow! 👏 #BestFamily

We are delighted to announce Mark Liddiard has been appointed as the new Chief Operating Officer of BEST. Mark, currently a Senior Development Manager at The Football Association, will join our trust in June and will succeed Craig Smith Read more: bestacademies.org.uk/news/?pid=0&ni…

As one show ends... we're preparing for another to open - Godspell. It's an exciting, modern, and updated version of the visionary musical - that was written by the man behind Wicked - Stephen Schwartz. On 13 - 17 May featuring an up-to-date version of the powerful 70s music.

Pupils at ⁦Castle Newnham⁩ have risen to the challenge working with a local company. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Today is #NationalOfferDay for primary schools We are excited to welcome new pupils and families to Castle Newnham from September 2025 For those families joining us in Reception in September 2025, please look out for an email today and a welcome pack in the post from next week

A rare and exciting opportunity to join Castle Newnham Performing Arts! TEACHER OF DRAMA SEPTEMBER 2025 START - great uptake at GCSE - leaders that care for & champion the performing arts - award-winning theatre productions - endless trips, experiences and events DM me!

Drama teachers on here... Please RT - or maybe apply 😉

This is not what the AQA Drama GCSE exam looks like… a tad misleading London Theatre Direct

Last night I watched the West End's next BIG HIT musical. Soaring music, huge heart, glorious sets & lighting and one - quite incredibly staged - Paddington Bear. This show will run for years & years. I can't wait to see it again! Paddington the musical - go see it!