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Trust Secondary School is Yorkshire School of the Year

Fri, 6 Mar 2026 17:01:30 GMT

Prince Henry's Grammar School in Otley is celebrating after being named as Secondary School of the Year in the My Local Awards.

St Oswald's Cof E Primary joins the Trust

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:18:22 GMT

St Oswald’s CofE Primary School in Guiseley is joining the growing group of schools in the Collaborative Learning Trust on March 1 2026. A Multi-Academy Trust based on existing school partnerships, the Collaborative Learning Trust was formed in 2018 with Prince Henry’s Grammar School and Bramhope Primary School as the first members.

Secretary of State for Education congratulates Trust Schools

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:17:46 GMT

We are hugely proud today as our CEO Janet Sheriff OBE and our CLT schools All Saints in Bradford, Prince Henry's Grammar School and Trinity All Saints in Bradford receive a letter from the Secretary of State for Education the RT Hon Bridget Phillipson congratulating them on their hard work in raising outcomes for disadvantaged students. It takes a village to achieve these things - or, in this case, trust between Trust colleagues in all our schools and the Central Team collaborating to build outcomes for everyone. And of course, the hard work from those all important students.

All Saints C of E Primary is place where "kindness is all around you".

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 09:31:29 GMT

All Saints C of E Primary School's recent Ofsted inspection has resulted in a highly positive report, reflecting the hard work, dedication, and spirit of the entire school community.

Micklefield C of E Primary is a "nurturing and welcoming place."

Fri, 6 Jun 2025 15:59:16 GMT

Micklefield C of E Primary Academy is celebrating after their recent Ofsted Inspection rated the school as 'Good' in all areas.

St Mary's C of E is a highly inclusive and aspirational school..."

Fri, 6 Jun 2025 16:00:45 GMT

The recent SIAMS Inspection at St Mary's CE Primary Academy in Hunslet recognised the very special nature of this lovely church school: “St Mary’s is a highly inclusive and aspirational school, where the Christian vision shapes a culture of dignity, hope and positivity.”

Sports Festival Brings Schools Together

Fri, 30 May 2025 11:00:50 GMT

Our primaries came together at Prince Henry's Grammar School for a day of sport, with lots of friendly competition.

CEO Janet Sheriff attends Royal Garden Party

Thu, 22 May 2025 13:22:58 GMT

Trust CEO joins Government Standards initiative

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:38:36 GMT

Our CEO Janet Sheriff was named today as one of the Government's RISE Advisers (Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence). The government’s RISE (Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence) teams are expanding their reach from an initial 32 schools, to more than 200 reaching over 120,000 children.

Art Partnership is Inspiring

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 13:54:16 GMT

All seven of our schools have been celebrating equality and diversity as part of a partnership between the CLT and Leeds Art Gallery.

British Champion Boxer launches inspirational programme at South Leeds Primary School

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:35:46 GMT

Pupils at St Mary’s Primary School in Hunslet had a great time when Padraic McDonagh, previously 2 times British Thai Boxing Champion and world Bronze medallist, came into school to speak, launching a new programme at the school called Inspiring Young Lives.

Trust Primary School is 'Outstanding'

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:43:01 GMT

Bramhope Primary School, one of the founding members of the Collaborative Learning Trust, is celebrating Ofsted ‘outstanding’ grades across the board, following their recent inspection. The school achieved the top grade of ‘outstanding’ in all five judgement areas: overall quality of education, early years provision, pupil behaviour, pupils’ personal development, and leadership and management.

Trust Secondary School is 'Outstanding'

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:38:22 GMT

Prince Henry’s Grammar School in Otley is outstanding in all areas, following their recent Ofsted visit. The school, which is one of the founding partners of the Collaborative Learning Trust, received five ‘Outstanding’ judgements from Inspectors, including for the Sixth Form provision.

Trust support recognised as 'inadequate' school moves to three 'Good' judgements

Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:27:11 GMT

St Mary’s C of E Primary Academy in Hunslet is celebrating after their most recent Ofsted inspection graded them as improved in all areas, with three areas now judged as ‘Good’. The school, which joined the Collaborative Learning Trust in 2020, was one of the first schools in the country to be inspected under the new Ofsted inspection regime introduced this September.

Strategy Event proves Collaboration is a Success

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:37:05 GMT

Trustees, Governors and Senior Leaders from across the Trust met in July for our annual Strategy Event.

Staff donate to Precious Orphans

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 09:56:35 GMT

As school broke up for the summer and families headed off for their summer break, kind-hearted staff at the Collaborative Learning Trust responded to an appeal from their CEO, Janet Sheriff, for donations to a very special cause in Tanzania.

Equality & Diversity Charter launch

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:16:42 GMT

Together we can change the world!

Over 100 students and staff from the schools in the Collaborative Learning Trust came together to celebrate the launch of the Trust’s Equality and Diversity Charter with a rousing concert. As a massed Choir, Collaborative Voices, they ended the concert singing “Together we can change the world” and meant every word.

Inspection recognises Trust impact

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 09:57:02 GMT

The school community at Trinity All Saints Church of England Primary School is celebrating after their recent SIAMS inspection found that the school really is a welcoming and supportive community, with inspectors recognising the positive impact of membership of the Collaborative Learning Trust.

SEND Twilight is a great collaboration.

Tue, 9 Apr 2024 10:57:26 GMT

On 14th March we held our latest CLT trust twilight ‘Reflecting through a SEND lens’ . The event was a huge success. Staff across all CLT schools shared positive feedback about the impact this important training would have in their classrooms.

Several Heads are better than one!

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 08:20:54 GMT

Ideas flew when our Headteachers and education specialists from across the Trust came together for an away day, to plan the development of their work across the Trust

School Exchange across the Trust gives real value

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 11:20:04 GMT

Two of the Trust primary schools took advantage of the diversity of our Trust to bring students together from two very different communities on an exciting school trip.

Trust Conference on Equality and Diversity

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 12:15:15 GMT

Staff from across the Trust gathered to work together to discuss the beginnings of an Equality and Diversity Charter for our Trust. The twilight event was attended by more than 100 staff from across our schools and the central team, with teaching, associate and administrative staff joining together to bring their opinions to the process.

New schools join the Trust!

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 17:18:05 GMT

The Collaborative Learning Trust is celebrating as two new schools have joined the Trust. Ashfield Primary School from Otley and Trinity All Saints C of E VA Primary School in Bingley have joined the Trust in the last two months, taking the number of schools in the Trust to seven.

Micklefield C of E Primary Celebrates Good Inspection

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:20:11 GMT

A Leeds Primary School once rated as inadequate by OFSTED is celebrating their journey with the Collaborative Learning Trust, after their recent SIAMS report labelled the school as Good. The Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS) framework asks “How effective is the school’s distinctive Christian vision, established and promoted by leadership at all levels, in enabling pupils and adults to flourish?”.

Collaboration is key to survival

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 17:24:36 GMT

As the cost of living crisis worsens, more and more schools are discovering that collaboration with other schools is crucial to their survival. The principal of economies of scale combined with strong central teams who can advise on and deliver practical solutions for their members, means that multi academy trusts are becoming more popular amongst the school community.

Collaboration leads to rapid expansion as Trust announces new Staff

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 17:29:58 GMT

As the education sector sees the true benefits of the principal of economies of scale combined with strong central teams who can advise on and deliver practical solutions for their members, Multi Academy Trusts are becoming more popular and one, in particular, is seeing strong growth in Yorkshire.