April 2010

Dear Sir/Madam

 

Woodkirk High Specialist Science School is considering becoming a Foundation School within a shared Trust. This letter and the accompanying consultation document and questionnaire are to explain our ideas and proposals and to ask for your views on the plan.

 Please click here for the consultation document

Please click here for consultation questions document

Please click here for the Public consultation layout

 

Trust schools are a new kind of school – part of the local authority system, but supported by a charitable Trust which will appoint some of the governors. The partner organisations that want to work closely with the schools in the trust are Barnado’s, Leeds Metropolitan University and West Yorkshire Police.

The governing bodies of the schools see this as a real chance to enhance educational provision. The shared trust will create an environment which will support the learning needs of all our children and improve children‘s services.   

  • Schools and partners will work together to strengthen academic, practical and vocational opportunities for all our pupils.
  • Through sharing resources, economies of scale and freedom from LEA restrictions, schools will benefit from improved services at lower cost and will have more money to spend on resources for the children.
  • As a group of partners working together for the benefit of the whole community the new shared Trust would provide stability and sustainability well into the future. 

 

We would not be considering this change if it did not fit in with our current work and our vision for Woodkirk as a 21st Century School 

Consultation process

If you want to find out more about Trust schools there is information on a national website www.trustandfoundationschools.org.uk or national and local information on the Morley Community Trust website http://www.morleycommunitytrust.org/ 

Please let us know what you think about the proposal.  We hope you will be able to:

 

- send back our consultation questionnaire or send comments to us at the school

- come to an open meeting at the school on Wednesday, 28th April 2010 at 6pm to discuss the proposals with the governors and the head teacher. 

The closing date for the receipt of comments is 17th of May 2010, following which the governors will review the comments and decide whether to go ahead.

 

Yours faithfully, 

 

Jonathan WhiteHeadteacher