Kettlethorpe Cluster Pyramid

 

In 2013 the Kettlethorpe Collaborative Partnership (KCP) was established to further develop school to school working/support and to develop teaching and leadership capacity in order to enhance pupil learning and outcomes at all levels.

Since this time there have been some changes to the membership of schools.

As of September 2024 the following schools from within Kettlethorpe Pyramid of schools and an additional school from a neighbouring locality form the KCP.

All of the schools were given approval by their Governing Bodies to work collaboratively through the formation of a joint committee:

• Federation of Crigglestone and The Castle Nursery Schools
• Dane Royd Junior and Infant School  
• Hendal Primary Junior and Infant School  
• Kettlethorpe High School  
• Mackie Hill Junior and Infant School   
• Shay Lane Primary School
• St James Primary Academy
• Sandal Castle (VA) Community Primary School

The Joint Committee membership involves representation from each of the schools through their Chair of Governors and also their Headteacher. The quorum of the joint committee is three and the committee will elect its own Chair. The meetings are clerked by one of the membership schools and is rotated on an annual basis.

As a school we think it is vital to work in partnership with other local schools – the Kettlethorpe Collaborative Partnership offers us the opportunity to do so in a more formal way. Every school has something to offer – this is the foundation on which the KCP has been built – sharing good practice for the benefit of everyone.

School's within the KCP employing ECTs provide shared training opportunities as well as the opportunity to visit each other's schools.

The schools in the KCP share a joint SEND provision statement.

Dane Royd provide school to school support within the KCP as well as externally within the LA, external of the LA within the UK and internationally. 

 

All Saints Partnership 

 

The All Saints Partnership is a collaborative partnership of Wakefield church schools and academies who believe in the value of sharing knowledge, experience and resources, in order to strive for excellence in the communities that we serve. 

 

“For the body is not one member, but many.” 1 Corinthians 12:14-16

 

We are one and we are strongest working together in unity. Teamwork is the key to living life in harmony.

The aims of our partnership are to:

• Work collaboratively to improve teaching and learning across a broad and balanced range of subjects.
• To achieve high standards across the partnership through sharing best practise and collaborative moderation.
• Through joint CPD and network groups, we provide support for curriculum development.           
• Promote mental wellbeing and spiritual development through positive relationships with ourselves, each other, the transcendent, nature and the environment.
• To develop our community cohesion by providing opportunities for our children to grow in mutual respect and recognition of the diversity across the local and wider community, by enriching their cultural capital and developing them as well-rounded, global citizens.
• To improve governance by developing networks, sharing good practise and joint training in order to ensure that governors are confident in their role and know what is expected of them to be effective.

 

We will achieve these aims by:

• Providing opportunities for headteachers and senior leaders to network.
• Allowing senior leadership members to take part in training.
• Allowing all staff members to visit other schools within the partnership to develop their own practice.
• For middle leaders at all levels to access development opportunities and to share best practice.
• By sharing our Diocesan consultancy allocations for CPD.
• By providing opportunities for our DSLs to work in collaboration during Safeguarding Network meetings.
• Providing opportunities for our children to collaborate and to come together to share unique opportunities (such as participating in cultural learning and sporting activities).

The schools within the partnership are rooted in a Christian ethos.  It enables them to draw on the strengths of each school.  By working together, the partnership enables the schools to retain and enhance our unique Christian curriculums.  We recognise that each of the schools within the partnership will remain unique and autonomous in order to effectively meet the needs of their children and their communities.