What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
An inspirational Leeds Headteacher has won silver at the ‘Oscars’ of the teaching profession. Carrie Green, Executive Principal of Bramley Park Academy and Elements Primary School in Middleton has been honoured for her exceptional contributions to education through commendation at the Pearson National Teaching Awards. Since taking the helm at
The crisis in Gaza and Israel is awful and deeply distressing and a lot of constituents have contacted me about it. On 7 October, Hamas deliberately murdered 1,400 Israelis, including young people enjoying a music festival, and men, women, children and babies in their homes. They took hostages and fired
Staff and students at a Middleton primary school warmly welcomed Leeds Central MP Hilary Benn into their classrooms earlier this month, and shared their thoughts on how to improve Leeds. Elements Primary School pupils, known as ‘world changers’ within their school community, were incredibly excited to meet their special visitor
Wellspring Academy Trust, which operates two schools in South Leeds, has been shortlisted for three prestigious awards at the inaugural Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) Excellence Awards. These new awards recognise and celebrate outstanding achievement in education in England. Wellspring has been recognised for its work in three categories; MAT of the
A primary school in Middleton, Leeds, which opened its doors to pupils in 2018 has been rated Good in all areas in its first Ofsted report. In the report, released this week, inspectors praised Elements Primary School for its high ambitions for pupils, its strong curriculum and its highly effective
The Wellspring Academy Trust, which operates 28 schools across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire including Elements Primary in Middleton, and Springwell Leeds (which includes a setting in Belle Isle), has received the top award at the prestigious National Schools Awards in London. At an event held at the House of Lords, the
Pupils, parents and staff gathered on Friday 22 October at Elements Primary School in Middleton to celebrate the publication of a book of short stories. The book contains 46 stories, all written last year by children when they were in Year 2, aged just 6 or 7 years old. Their
Children from Elements Primary School in Middleton have been receiving a special treat this week, with visits to their homes from Santa. The school has had to cancel its Christmas Fair, including Santa’s Grotto, this year due to the pandemic, but was keen that their pupils didn’t miss out on
The new Elements Primary School in Middleton is starting to take shape as the first modules of the new building arrived on site on Tuesday 8 May.
Ground works for the permanent building at Elements Primary School in Middleton have got underway with arrival of heavy earth moving equipment on site. The first phase of work, due to last ten weeks, will see topsoil across the site removed, sifted and reinstated. This is necessary to check for