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The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust
Location
North West Leeds, Ilkley and North Yorkshire
England
District information
TypeAcademy Trust
MottoMotto: Veritas et Caritas (Latin for In Truth and Love)
Established1 March 2013 (1 March 2013)
SchoolsPrimary 14
Secondary 2
Students and staff
Students4,900[1]
Colours  Green   Red
Other information
ChairMrs D Gaskin, Chair of the Academy Trust Board
Websitebishopwheelercatholicacademytrust.org

The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust is a group of thirteen schools[2] in the North West Leeds, Ilkley and North Yorkshire area that converted to Academies since 2013.[3] The trust is named after Gordon Wheeler, the seventh Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds from 1966 until 1985.

Member schools[edit]

The Bishop Wheeler Academy Trust has 16 member schools:

School name School type Date joined
St. Mary's Menston[4] Secondary 1 March 2013
St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School Otley Primary 1 March 2013
St. Mary's Horsforth Catholic Voluntary Academy [5] Primary 1 March 2013
St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pudsey[6] Primary 1 March 2013
Ss Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School (Yeadon) Primary 1 April 2013
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Ilkley[7] Primary 1 April 2013
St Mary's Catholic Primary School Knaresborough [8] Primary 1 July 2015
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Harrogate Primary 1 July 2015
Holy Name Catholic Voluntary Academy Cookridge Primary 1 August 2015
St. Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery Skipton[9] Primary 1 August 2015
St Robert's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, a Voluntary Academy[10] Primary 1 March 2021
St John Fisher Catholic High School, Harrogate[11] Secondary 30 November 2021
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (Tadcaster) Primary 1 February 2022
Barkston Ash Catholic Primary School Primary 1 February 2024
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Barnoldswick Primary 1 March 2024
St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, Ripon Primary 1 March 2024

The proposals by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds state there is 1 other school that could join the trust.[12]

History[edit]

In March 2012, plans were announced for Catholic schools across the Leeds Diocese to investigate teaming up to form trust academies that would no longer be under local authority control.[13] The Governing Bodies of St. Mary's Menston and four other schools considered a proposal of converting to Academy status in 2013 and forming together a Multi-Academy Trust.[14] A consultation period occurred between September and October 2012.[15] The academy conversion took place on 1 March 2013.[16][17][18] The logo of the trust is Bishop Wheeler's Episcopal Coat of Arms.[19] The first Chair of the Academy Trust Board was Caroline Hyde.[20] The second Chair of the Academy Trust Board is Diane Gaskin.[21]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Harrogate's St John Fisher school acquires academy status". thestrayferret.co.uk/. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  2. ^ "The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust". ofsted.gov.uk. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  3. ^ McIntyre, Annette (11 March 2013). "Wharfedale Catholic schools unite in Academy Trust". Wharfedale Observer. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  4. ^ "The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust Supplemental Agreement". education.gov.uk. Department for Education. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  5. ^ "St. Mary's Horsforth Contact Us page". stmaryshorsforth.org. 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  6. ^ "St. Joseph's Pudsey website". stjosephspudsey.org. 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Academies annual report: academic year 2013 to 2014". www.gov.uk. 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  8. ^ "St. Mary's Knaresborough Contact Us page". stmaryscps.org. 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  9. ^ "St Stephen's to join academy trust". cravenherald.co.uk/. 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Harrogate primary school joins catholic academy trust". thestrayferret.co.uk/. 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Harrogate's St John Fisher school acquires academy status". thestrayferret.co.uk/. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Diocese of Leeds: Trusts and Academies". dioceseofleeds.org.uk. 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  13. ^ Jack, Jim (6 April 2012). "Councillor demands consultation on Catholic 'super academy' plan for Leeds". Ilkley Gazette. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  14. ^ bishopwheelercatholicacademytrust.org - Letter to Parents 12 November 2012 Archived 4 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ "Introduction to the Catholic Multi Academy Trust plans". dioceseofleedscmat2.org. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.[permanent dead link]
  16. ^ McIntyre, Annette (5 March 2013). "Five Catholic primaries and one secondary school leave council control". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  17. ^ Edubase - St. Mary's Catholic Comprehensive School
  18. ^ Edubase - St. Mary's Menston, A Catholic Voluntary Academy
  19. ^ Wheeler, Gordon (1990). In Truth and Love. Gowland. p. 90. ISBN 1872480098.
  20. ^ Fiona Evans (31 January 2014). "Exclusive: Catholics blast bus 'tax' on religious schools". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  21. ^ "Harrogate's St John Fisher school acquires academy status". thestrayferret.co.uk/. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.

External links[edit]

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bishop_Wheeler_Catholic_Academy_Trust

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