The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust


The Bishop Wheeler Catholic Academy Trust is a group of ten schools in the North West Leeds area that converted to Academies
since 2013. The trust is named after the William Wheeler, the seventh Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds from 1966 until 1985.

Member schools

The Bishop Wheeler Academy Trust has ten member schools:
School nameSchool typeDate joined
St. Mary's MenstonSecondary1 March 2013
St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School OtleyPrimary1 March 2013
St. Mary's Horsforth Catholic Voluntary AcademyPrimary1 March 2013
St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School PudseyPrimary1 March 2013
Ss Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School Primary1 April 2013
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School IlkleyPrimary1 April 2013
St Mary's Catholic Primary School KnaresboroughPrimary1 July 2015
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School HarrogatePrimary1 July 2015
Holy Name Catholic Voluntary Academy CookridgePrimary1 August 2015
St. Stephen's Catholic Primary School and Nursery SkiptonPrimary1 August 2015

The proposals by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds state there are 8 other schools 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. A consultation period occurred between September and October 2012. The academy conversion took place on 1 March 2013. The logo of the trust is Bishop Wheeler's Episcopal Coat of Arms. The first Chair of the Academy Trust Board is Caroline Hyde.