The Three Peaks - Family of Schools

The Three Peaks Family of Schools

 

Settle College is a member of the Three Peaks Family of Schools along with our feeder middle and primary schools. This group operates two key plans for securing the education of young people within the North Craven area. North Craven covers the communities of Settle, Ingleton, Bentham, Hellifield, Long Preston, Rathmell and Wigglesworth, Horton-in Ribblesdale, Low Bentham, Langcliffe, Stainforth, Keasden, Newby, Clapham, Austwick, Burton in Lonsdale.

 

  1. The North Craven Locality Plan was set up in 2006. It provides funding for time for the 14 Heads to meet and work together to enhance learning opportunities. Specific projects include:

  • Transition events to ease the difficulties students experience when transferring from primary to middle school and middle school to the college

  • Support for teachers from different schools to plan work together to ensure consistency and good progression across the cluster

  • Funding for joint training on issues such as Performance Management, closing the gap between boys and girls achievement and improving literacy skills

 

  1. The Three Peaks Education Partnership was set up in 2008 between Settle College, Settle Middle School and Ingleton Middle School. Its main aims are to:

    1. Ensure curriculum & subject continuity

    2. Investigate joint staffing

    3. Ensure continuity in assessing students’ progress especially at Key Stage 3

    4. Enable subject leaders across the three schools to meet on a regular basis

    5. Continually improve transition arrangements;

    6. Share Governance

    7. Look at ways of making our infrastructures as cost effective as possible (e.g. catering, ICT; business management, website…)

To this end we are currently planning to complete Key Stage 3 in the Core subjects (English, Maths and Science) in Year 8 enabling students to begin GCSE a year early. This will allow students to maximise their chances of success in the core subjects.

 

The Schools 

Ingleton Middle School Head - Mrs M Parker

Settle Middle School Head - Mr M Stapley

Austwick Primary School Head - Mr B Beresford

Clapham Primary School Head - Mr B Beresford

Giggleswick Primary School Head - Mrs A Mitchelmore-Brown

Hellifield Primary School Head - Mrs S Binns

High Bentham Primary School Head - Mrs C Boocock

Horton-in-Ribblesdale Primary School Head - Mr B Beresford

Ingleton Primary School Head - Mrs D Barry, Mrs J Colledge

Long Preston Primary School Head - Mr E Gledhill

Rathmell Primary School Head - Mrs C Boxall

Richard Thornton’s Primary School Head - Mr C Norris

Settle Primary Head - Mr R Wright