The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust is a multi-academy trust consisting of16 schools in the North West Leeds, Ilkley and North Yorkshire area that converted to academies since 2013. The trust is named after Gordon Wheeler, the seventh Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds from 1966 until 1985.
Member schools The Bishop Wheeler Academy Trust has 16 member schools:
School nameSchool typeDate joinedSt. Mary's MenstonSecondary1 March 2013St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School OtleyPrimary1 March 2013St. Mary's Horsforth Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary1 March 2013St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School Pudsey Primary1 March 2013Ss Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School (Yeadon)Primary1 April 2013Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Ilkley Primary1 April 2013St Mary's Catholic Primary School Knaresborough Primary1 July 2015St Joseph's Catholic Primary School HarrogatePrimary1 July 2015Holy Name Catholic Voluntary Academy CookridgePrimary1 August 2015St. Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery Skipton Primary1 August 2015St Robert's Catholic Primary School, Harrogate, a Voluntary Academy Primary1 March 2021St John Fisher Catholic High School, Harrogate Secondary30 November 2021St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (Tadcaster)Primary1 February 2022Barkston Ash Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary1 February 2024St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BarnoldswickPrimary1 March 2024St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, RiponPrimary1 March 2024
The proposals by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds state there is 1 other school that could join the trust.
History 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. 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.bishopwheelercatholicacademytrust.org - Letter to Parents 12 November 2012 A consultation period occurred between September and October 2012. The academy conversion took place on 1 March 2013.Edubase - St. Mary's Catholic Comprehensive SchoolEdubase - St. Mary's Menston, A Catholic Voluntary Academy The logo of the trust is Bishop Wheeler's Episcopal Coat of Arms. The first Chair of the Academy Trust Board was Caroline Hyde. The second Chair of the Academy Trust Board is Diane Gaskin.
References
External links Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust website Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust Twitter Account (verified) DfE Compare School and College Performance: The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust