We are proud to work alongside our local primary schools as part of PiraMidd - Partners In Raising Achievement In Middleton.

Purpose and definition of the PiraMidd Partnership

The PiraMidd Partnership of schools is a group of schools working in collaboration to support pupils and their families in Middleton. It exists to improve educational outcomes for all young people in the area and builds on a history of successful, informal collaborative working between the schools concerned.

Schools currently involved in the partnership are:

Alkrington Community Primary School

Boarshaw Community Primary School

Edgar Wood

Elmwood Community Primary School

Hollin Community Primary School

Middleton Parish CE Primary School

Little Heaton CE Primary School

Newlands Special School

Parkfield Primary School

St. Anne's CE School

St Gabriel’s CE Primary

St. John's CE Primary School, Thornham

Sunnybrow Nursery School

The overarching aims of the PiraMidd Partnership are to:

• provide excellent educational experiences and outcomes so that all pupils within the Partnership attend a school that is at least “Good” or better, provide robust support and challenge for all leaders, to transform the future of Middleton children and their families, to continue to learn how still further to engage our families and strengthen the bonds within the community around us.

• create a climate of excellence through outstanding leadership, engaging teaching and high quality learning
• take collective responsibility for the learning of everyone in our partnership.

The partnership aims to achieve this through:

• Being honest, open, transparent and professional.
• Improving opportunities and outcomes for all pupils but in particular for vulnerable or under-achieving groups, through early identification, targeted intervention and school to school support.
• Building a culture focused on achievement and aspiration that is ambitious for all pupils and all schools as well as the wider community.
• Improving support, training and career opportunities for governors, leaders, teachers and support staff at all levels, through an enhanced range of networking and training opportunities.
• Committing to a principle where all partners are willing and able to both give and receive support to/from others, for the benefit of all pupils in the collaborative.
• Building an outward looking culture that anticipates change and builds capacity to support schools effectively in a fast changing educational environment.

Our Teachers and Headteachers meet regularly to plan for and implement developments across the curriculum.  This involves sharing good practice, supporting schools and colleagues, providing great experiences and learning opportunities for all local children and supporting an Initial Teacher Training Programme too.  We also link up with local high schools St Anne's Academy and Edgar Wood.  

PIRAMidd is an important aspect of our School Improvement Work

Twitter:  If you search tweets with the hashtag #PIRAMIDD you will be able to find out about the other schools involved in this. 

We are very lucky to be co-located with Hollin Primary. 

This means that we

• have the same uniform and are part of the same Learning Community
• see one other in the corridors all the time
• sometimes play together
• sometimes sing together (Celebrate and Sing events)
• sometimes spend time in lessons together (e.g. during Friendship Week, for social development, for learning support or for learning challenge)
• sometimes share facilities (e.g. Hollin 'trim trail', Newlands' soft play and light room)

Being co-located with Hollin is a distinctive feature of Newlands.  Whilst we are 2 separate Schools, with separate staff teams, leadership teams, Governing Boards and admission procedures, we work to make this a very positive aspect for all pupils. 

Parents,  please note that attendance at either Hollin or Newlands has no influence of the school placement of siblings, and access to the co-located school does not form part of any EHCP statutory provision.