Andy Burnham recently visited our academy after we wrote to tell him about the #TheBelleVueDifference. 

Our student leaders gave Andy a tour of their state-of-the-art facilities and various lessons. In Miss James' Year 8 music, students sang a song especially written for Andy, and in Mrs Allsopp’s geography lesson, students discussed with Andy their aspirations for the future of Manchester.

The students shared more about their curriculum principles and electives programme, explaining how community is at the heart of everything they do. Students asked Andy which of their principles was most important to him, to which he responded: "Co-operation".

When asked by the students about #TheBelleVueDifference initiative, Andy Burnham said: