Westgate Hill Primary Academy, a member of Laidlaw Schools Trust, has received an "Outstanding" judgment from Ofsted on every category of assessment. In only four years, the leaders, teachers and support staff at Westgate Hill have transformed the school [...]
The Laidlaw Foundation is partnering with The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) to annually offer 25 exceptional undergraduate students a place on the Laidlaw Scholars Leadership and Research Programme, designed to develop a new generation of leaders [...]
The Laidlaw Teaching and Leadership Centre officially opened at Sedgefield Community College, a Laidlaw Schools Trust academy. The £3.2m two-storey building, designed by ADP Architecture, will serve as a learning hub for PGCE teacher trainees, and provide additional classroom [...]
LONDON, UK, October 4th 2021—Laidlaw Scholars Ventures (LSV), a venture capital fund established by the Laidlaw Foundation to invest in businesses led by Laidlaw Scholars, today officially opens for applications. All profits from LSV will be returned to the [...]
Pupils aged 12-15 at Newcastle-upon-Tyne's Excelsior Academy, a member of the Laidlaw Schools Trust, have become the first in the North East region to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. On Wednesday 22nd of September, between 100 and 200 secondary pupils [...]
The Laidlaw Foundation is partnering with Barnard College through Beyond Barnard and the Athena Center for Leadership to offer up to 20 undergraduate students each year access to the Laidlaw Scholars Leadership and Research Program designed to develop a new [...]
It is our pleasure to announce that Alexander N. Stanley is joining the core Laidlaw Foundation team as Programme Director of the Laidlaw Scholars Leadership and Research Programme, after successfully running the programme at the University of St Andrews for the [...]
Each scholar has demonstrated academic excellence and strong leadership potential. September 8th, 2021 | Original story by Oxford University's Saïd Business School The Laidlaw Foundation invests in education to create systems change through breaking poverty cycles and reducing inequality. All of [...]
LONDON, UK, September 10th, 2021—Laidlaw Foundation appoints Niall Santamaria as Chief Investment Officer of its new investment fund, Laidlaw Scholars Ventures (LSV), opening for applications on October 4th this year. Niall will start at LSV on September 13th, joining [...]
Year 11 students at Academy 360, Excelsior Academy and Sedgefield Community College have celebrated success as they received their GCSE and Level 2 results after a year of uncertainty and challenges due to the pandemic. Students have dealt with [...]