Whitkirk Selected as Reception Lead School in National RISE Programme
Whitkirk Primary School has been selected as a Lead Reception School as part of the Department for Education's Rise Network.
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Meet our new CEO, Mr Ian Tucker
We spoke to our new CEO, Ian Tucker, to find out more about his background and his vision for Red Kite Learning Trust.
Founding CEO RIchard Sheriff retires after a decade leading our Trust
Red Kite Learning Trust's founding CEO Richard Sheriff has retired after a decade leading Red Kite Learning Trust, as pupils and colleagues mark his final half-term and lasting legacy.
Trust schools take part in rewilding initiative
New environmental area helps Coppice Valley pupils connect with nature
Coppice Valley Primary School has launched a new environmental learning area, a dedicated natural space designed to support pupils in learning about the environment while actively enhancing biodiversity across the school grounds.
Red Kite Learning Trust marks Mental Health First Aider Day
Red Kite Learning Trust celebrates its team of Mental Health First aiders who play a key role in the Trust's commitment to promoting the wellbeing of all colleagues.
Whitkirk Primary School Celebrates the Official Opening of Its New Pre-School
Whitkirk Primary School is delighted to announce the official opening of its brand-new Pre-School – a purpose-built space designed to give children the very best start to their learning journey.
Temple Learning Academy Awarded Primary Science Quality Mark
Temple Learning Academy is proud to announce that it has been awarded the prestigious Primary Science Quality Mark (PSQM), recognising the school’s outstanding commitment to science leadership, curriculum development, and high-quality teaching and learning.
Pupils Shine at Hospitality Showcase Evening
Temple Learning Academy hosted a spectacular Hospitality Showcase Evening, at the prestigious Royal Armouries, offering an invaluable opportunity for pupils studying Hospitality and Catering to show off skills developed in school and gain real-life experience.
The Heart of Teaching: Why School Trips Matter
Our Trust Educational Visits Coordinator and Science Teacher at Harrogate Grammar School, Joanne Sutcliffe, reflects on the value of school trips, not just for students but for the colleagues who make them possible.
Empowering Staff, Enriching Pupils: A Research-Led Approach to Professional Development
In this inspiring case study, Mrs Lisa Seton, Headteacher at Templenewsam Halton Primary School, shares how a bold rethink of professional development has transformed both staff growth and pupil outcomes.
CEO, Richard Sheriff, Announces Retirement.
Richard Sheriff, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of the Red Kite Learning Trust has made the decision to retire from his leadership position and look to pursue his many other interests both within and beyond education.
Red Kite Foundation Reservoir Walk
All Red Kite Learning Trust and Red Kite Education colleagues are warmly invited to join us for our Red Kite Foundation Reservoir walk to raise funds for the Red Kite Foundation.
Rossett School Celebrates Transformational Ofsted Report
We are proud to share the news that Rossett School has been rated ‘Good’ in all areas by Ofsted, marking a major milestone in the school’s improvement journey.
Whitkirk Primary School: A Strategic Use of Technology to Raise Attainment
Headteacher of Whitkirk Primary School shares how she has transformed outcomes through technology, with a strategic approach to raising attainment in a budget-constrained primary school.
Exciting News: Whitkirk Primary Awarded Funding for Brand-New Nursery Opening in 2025
Whitkirk Primary School are delighted to announce that it has been awarded £146,980.79 in government funding to establish a brand-new school-based nursery, set to open its doors in September 2025.
Red Kite Learning Trust Art Exhibition Featuring Rossett School
On Wednesday 26 March, Red Kite Learning Trust proudly hosted a special open evening to launch its latest Art Exhibition, featuring stunning artwork created by students from Rossett School. This exhibition highlights the artistic talent of Year 9, 10, and 12 students.
Saltergate Schools Officially Join Red Kite Learning Trust
Saltergate Schools are proud to officially become part of Red Kite Learning Trust as of 1st April 2025. This marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the school community, strengthening opportunities for collaboration, support, and educational excellence.
Oatlands Junior School Celebrates Outstanding Ofsted Results
Oatlands Junior School is celebrating the outstanding results published in its latest Ofsted report.
Rossett School Announces Exciting Partnership with Harrogate Town AFC to Launch Football Academy
Rossett School is delighted to announce a new and exciting partnership with Harrogate Town AFC, which will see our school become the home of the newly established Harrogate Town Football Academy.
Celebrating the Opening Ceremony of our New Sixth Form Building
Red Kite Learning Trust Welcomes New Chief Operating Officer
Red Kite Learning Trust is delighted to announce the appointment of Jonathan Timmis OBE as Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Why do schools close when it snows?
CEO of Red Kite Learning Trust, Richard Sheriff talks about the “tricky balancing act” of deciding whether to close schools during ‘snow days’ and the toll of abuse teachers face on social media.
Bike Bus Success Celebrated in the local press
Read more about the Bike Bus
Rossett/Harrogate Grammar School Sixth Form Admissions Consultation 2026-27
Rossett School and The Sixth Form at Harrogate Grammar School work in partnership within the Red Kite Learning Trust family of academies. By working together, the partnership offers a greater breadth of provision.
Saltergate to Join Red Kite Learning Trust
We are delighted to annouce that the DfE has approved the proposal for Saltergate Schools to join our Trust.
Cluster Team Newsletter - Summer 2024
As we approach the end of the academic year we want to share some of our Cluster Team highlights, successes and feedback from the past year.
Red Kite Foundation Launched to Provide Opportunities for Children Facing Challenging Circumstances
ed Kite Foundation is designed to enhance the life experiences and opportunities of children in its care facing challenging circumstances.
Rossett Acre Primary School Receives Highest Reward for its Sport Provision
Rossett Acre Primary School has achieved the School Games PLATINUM Mark Award for the 2023/24 academic year.
Women in Manufacturing Event
Leeds Manufacturing Festival’s Women in Manufacturing event, held in May at Crawshaw Academy, was designed to provide inspiration and insight into the industry, bringing 160 girls from across the school together with a panel of nine women working in a range of professional roles in West Yorkshire manufacturing businesses.
Aligned Autonomy For Secondary Curriculum
With five secondary schools serving very diverse catchments we have looked to achieve a state of ‘aligned autonomy’ which celebrates the difference of our schools and allows leaders at all levels to make decisions which best serve their communities.
Rewilding Our Schools
As part of Red Kite Learning Trust’s Rewilding Project, children from the eco-committee at Rossett Acre Primary School in Harrogate got out mapping the habitats in their school grounds last month
Yorkshire Dynamo Cricket Final
Year 5 and 6 boys from Oatlands Junior School victorious at Yorkshire Dynamo County Finals 2024
Outstanding Ofsted Rating for Colton Primary School
Following its recent Ofted inspection, Colton Primary was described as a 'school where anything is possible' and rated as 'Outstanding.
Red Kite Learning Trust Prospectus
Our schools are all part of Red Kite Learning Trust, a multi academy of 14 schools who benefit from centralised support and collaboration.
Youth Board Update - June 2024
Our Youth Board have been discussing rewilding, sustainability, election plans and the first Red Kite Learning Trust Olympics.
Red Kite Learning Trust Olympics
The first Red Kite Learning Trust Olympics took place this week with year 5 and 6 pupils from all our Trust schools competing in a number of sporting events.
Red Kite Learning Trust Art Exhibition Featuring Oatlands Junior School
We are excited to showcase the first art exhibition in our Trust Central Office and recently welcomed the Oatlands Junior School and Trust community to a special Open Evening.
An Open Letter from our CEO and Chair of Trustees
This week, our Chair Trustees, Chris Tulley, and our CEO, Richard Sheriff, sent an open letter to local MPs and other senior politicians and executives in
the Department for Education about school funding.
Successful Primary Maths Curriculum Day for Red Kite Learning Trust
Last month, Maths Leads from all our primary schools came together to collaborate and share best practice.
Western Primary School Remains Outstanding Following Latest Ofsted Inspection
We are delighted to report that Western Primary School remains 'Outstanding' in its latest Ofsted report.
Work Starts on Temple Moor High School Sixth Form Expansion
An exciting occassion for Temple Moor Sixth Form as the steel work for the expansion was installed and the bones of the building started to take shape.
Latest newsletter from Whitkirk
Welcome back! It hasn't quite felt like the summer term at points this week and we've had all the seasons at drop off and pick up, but it has been great to see everybody back in school for the third and final term of the year.
Reception Places Available at Temple Learning Academy for September 2024
If you are looking for a place for your child in September 2024, Temple Learning Academy in Leeds has places available.
Youth Board Update - March 2024
Our Red Kite Learning Trust Youth Board met again earlier this month. Read all about their meeting and initiatives our young people are working on.
Rossett Acre Primary School Receives RED Award in Recognition of Inclusion
Rossett Acre Primary School has been awarded the Red Kite Alliance RED Award recognising the schools’ culture of inclusion.
Youth Board Update - January 2024
This term, our Youth Board met up to discuss rewilding initiatives, Trust-wide sustainability, improving attendance and ideas for future meeting agendas.
UK's First Story Cube at Temple Learning Academy
We are delighted that TLA is the very first school in the UK to have a Story Cube, inspiring young writers and even staff to embrace reading and writing for pleasure.
Hats off to our Amazing Colton Primary School Elves!
Youth Board Update - December 2023
Keen to learn from our young people, to give them a voice and an opportunity to help shape the future of our Trust, last year we set up our Red Kite Youth Board. Read our latest update.
All the latest from Colton Primary
Thank you to everyone who attended the Parents and Carers Consultations. It was wonderful to see so many of you and to share the successes of the term so far.
Meadowfield Primary School's Committment to Plastic Transition
Meadowfield Primary School's Staff and students have developed an Eco Vision and Strategy working towards being more environmentally friendly and raising awareness of the harmful effects of plastic.
Latest Newsletter from Colton Primary
This week the children have been celebrating Harvest Festival and learning about firework safety.
Trust Recruitment Open Day
Red Kite Learning Trust are holding a Recruitment Open Day where you can find out more about current teaching and operational career opportunities available across our Trust.
Temple Learning Academy Enjoys Positive Ofsted Experience
On 19th and 20th September, Temple Learning Academy welcomed Ofsted inspectors into school. Whilst the findings of this visit are yet to be published, staff described the experience as very positive and praised the impeccable behaviour of pupils as they enthused to inspectors about their school.
Ofsted Inspection Finds Outstanding Evidence at Oatlands Junior School
Ofsted has confirmed that Oatlands Junior School continues to be a ‘Good’ school with evidence to suggest that the school could be judged outstanding if we were to carry out a graded inspection now.
Is your child due to start Reception in September 2024?
Visit our school - Templenewsam Halton Primary School - Dates available between Monday 6th November-Friday 17th November. BOOK NOW
Latest newsletter from Colton Primary
We would like to extend an extra special welcome to our new families, joining reception, nursery and higher up school too. We have had a great start to the new term and the children have settled back into school very well.
New Chapter for Rossett School as Partnership with Red Kite Learning Trust Officially Begins
As a new academic year begins, Rossett School and Red Kite Learning Trust celebrate the beginning of a mutually beneficial partnership, with Rossett becoming the 14th school to join the multi academy trust.
Colton Primary Open Days for new starters
Friday 20th October at 9:15am and Tuesday 24th October at 14:30.
2022-23 Annual Report
In this year’s report we have chosen to celebrate the successes of our schools, communities, colleagues, and young people by telling some of the stories from across our Trust.
Crawshaw Academy has been awarded the Healthy Schools Award
In July 2023 we were delighted to be awarded the full Healthy Schools Award. This reflects our commitment to promoting Healthy lifestyles amongst our students across the areas of PSHE, Physical Activity, SEMH and Food.
MAT Filter
Weekly Update from Mrs Scarth
Welcome Back! I hope you all enjoyed a lovely half-term break. The children have certainly liked sharing what they have been up to over the holiday with me, throughout this week
Ofsted Report
We are delighted to be able to share with you the findings from our latest OFSTED. Meadowfield has been judged GOOD with OUTSTANDING areas.
Newsletter 25 May 2023
On Thursday, last week, we held a New Starters Information meeting for parents/carers’ of children who will join us in September. The event was well attended and it was great sharing information about our school and enabling those present to have a look at our Early Years classrooms and meet the teachers.
Newsletter 4 May 2023
This week has been a little strange, the bank holiday and industrial action has caused the days to meld into one and nobody is quite sure what day it is! However, the children have been working hard and lots has been going on.
RKLT Recruitment Open Days
Discover the rewards of a career in education with Red Kite Learning Trust
Nursery Open Days - Templenewsam Halton Primary
Are you looking for a Nursery place? We are a caring and friendly family team who want the very best for your child’s education.
Latest from Mrs Meadus
Welcome back, I hope you all had a restful half term.
Thank you for your donations towards the Turkey-Syria earthquake appeal on Friday before half term. We collected £250 which we have passed on the appeal.
World Book Week at RAP
Next week we are celebrating World Book Week in school and we have been fortunate enough to purchase about 50 new Little People Big Dreams Books using the money from September's Sponsored Read.
Newsletter 23 February 2023
Welcome back, everyone. I hope you had a lovely half term break.
Last Headteacher update for this half term
Here’s the last Headteacher update from Coppice Valley for this half term. We’ll see you all after the holidays on Monday 20th February.
Newsletter 9 February 2023
I can’t quite believe that we have reached the end of another half term! It has been a busy week in school with lots of exciting things taking place.
Friday news from Coppice Valley
Well done to Colton - Simon on the Streets
We raised an amazing amount for Simon on the Streets, we would like to thank all the parents who were involved.
End of Term Newsletter from Meadowfield
Wow—what a great term we have had! So many successes especially with writing which is our main focus. I am very excited to see what 2023 holds for us all.
Multi Academy Trust Information Evenings – an invitation
All interested schools are invited to attend our two information evenings in January.
Meadowfield News
Next week sees the start of our Christmas concerts and we hope to see as many of you as possible
All the latest news from Meadowfield
Welcome to December everyone! It was great to see so many people at our Christmas Fair on Wednesday and we hope you had a great time.
All our latest news from Meadowfield
Thank you! (Safeguarding/ PSHE donation)
Whitkirk Primary would like to say a HUGE thank you to a family in Year 1 for their incredibly generous donation towards our preventative, safeguarding Personal, Social, and Health Education, (PSHE) curriculum.
Latest from Meadowfield
Another busy and productive time at Meadowfield! The weather keeps threatening to spoil our fun but we are not letting it.
We will remember them
Meadowfield showed our respects last Friday with each class contributing a wreath to our remembrance garden to be placed alongside our Tommy soldier.
Visit to our local care home
Last week, a selection of Meadowfield's Year 1 children went to the local care home to deliver and read their story books written in class.
Meadowfield News
What a great week and we ended it today with such a special remembrance assembly—held to ensure we never forget the sacrifices made by so many for our country.
Mason, the newly elected Leeds Children's Mayor, meets King Charles.
All at Whitkkirk Primary were in awe on Tuesday as Mason, the newly elected Leeds Children's Mayor, met King Charles.
Win a visit from The Fire Brigade to School!
Ahead of the Brake National Road Safety Week (14th-20th November), and in
partnership with Harrogate Fire Station, we are delighted to present our ‘Safe
Roads for All’ Poster Competition!
Latest news from Meadowfield
The window for applications for your child's Reception place is now open.
We are now welcoming visits to Meadowfield Primary School to view our setting.
History across the school
This week at Western, we have been celebrating Black History Month.
Year 2 visit The Deep in Hull
Year 2 at Meadowfield went to The Deep in Hull last week and had an amazing time.
Latest newsletter from Meadowfield
What a brilliant and busy first half term to the year we have had.
Early Years Reception Fun in Valley Gardens
The children have lovely exploring the Valley Gardens looking for signs of Autumn.
Halloween Fun!
Check out what's happening at Western....
Writing for Pleasure project
During this week at Meadowfield Primary we have been working hard on our writing wth the help of Ross Young from the Writing for Pleasure project
Latest from our school
Read our latest newsletter
Meaningful Messages
We’ve received some lovely messages in response to our cards we made for the Queen’s passing
HARROGATE DISTRICT WALK TO SCHOOL DAY
Friday 7th October 2022
Get active whilst helping combat climate change!
Two wonderful new murals at OJS
It’s been a busy year for Arts Committee and Art with three major artworks created and a lot to catch up on.
Oatlands Junior School awarded School Games Gold Mark Award for 2021/22
Red Kite Learning Trust Annual Report
We're proud to present our Annual Report for 2021-2022. View online here.
All the latest news from Oatlands Junior
CARING ABOUT TODAY, CREATING SUCCESSFUL TOMORROWS.
Meet PB at Meadowfield!
PB (our polar bear) stands on an iceberg made of 62 eco-bricks, each containing approx. 500-550g of single use plastic.
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Primary Science Quality Mark awarded to Meadowfield Primary School
After an incredible amount of hard work from all teaching staff and especially Mr Evans, we found out this week that we have been awarded the PSQM!
Latest newsletter from Red Kite Learning Trust
Find out all the latest advice, info and news across the Trust
Red Kite Alliance hosts Alex Quigley for a full day conference
Addressing how to ‘Close the Reading Gap’
Red Kite Teacher Training Partnership Open Evening (Virtual)
Thursday, 24 March 2022 18:30 – 19:30
Speak to Red Kite Teacher Training Partnership staff along with current trainees. BOOK NOW
Launch of the Red Kite Alliance RED Award
Developed to support schools to review, strengthen and celebrate their provision in terms of equality, diversity, respect for individuals and community cohesion
HUBTalk: Early Reading in Primary Schools
We are delighted to welcome Amanda Lightfoot, Head teacher at Austhorpe Primary School, will look at Early Reading Strategies used at Austhorpe.
This event is free to attend and is suitable for school leaders, teachers, other school staff and governors.
Train to Teach with Red Kite Teacher Training
Make a difference.
Become a School Governor
Have you ever considered becoming a School Governor?
Red Kite Learning Trust Newsletter - July 2021
Find out all the latest advice, info and news across the Trust
Appeal – Recycle Unwanted Laptops and Tablets
We are raising £5,000 to collect and re-purpose laptops and tablets