Welcome to the Harrogate & Rural Teaching School Alliance
We are a primary specialist teaching school in the heart of North Yorkshire, serving local schools and partnerships with support, CPD and innovative practice.
Developing Leadership at All Levels
Leadership is not limited to headteachers. Our leadership work supports staff at every level to take responsibility for improvement in their own classrooms and across their school.
Programmes are designed around real school priorities, so that leaders can apply what they learn the following week.
Find Us
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Contact HART for directions and details of how to visit.
Partnership Built on Trust
Our partnership is founded on trust. Each school has an equal voice when we decide our aims and programmes, and staff are invested in as the people who will make change happen.
Because every partner shapes the work, the alliance can respond to local needs in North Yorkshire rather than applying one model to every school.
School Support
"The support was exactly what we needed at a time of intense improvement. They encouraged us to build what worked for our school rather than telling us what to do. We were so happy with the Ofsted inspection"
Our school support is shaped around the needs of each school, so that leaders can decide what to build and how to build it.
Research and Development
Research projects give schools a structured way to test new classroom practice. Teachers work alongside colleagues from other schools to look closely at what changes learning.
Findings are shared back across the network, so that practice which works in one classroom can be adapted and tried in another.
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Welcome to the Harrogate & Rural Teaching School Alliance
We have been a teaching school since July 2011 and in that time we have grown to include 55 schools across North Yorkshire, Wakefield and Redcar and Cleveland.
We have sought to create a unique partnership whose values are grounded in trust, investing in staff, giving all partners an equal voice in defining our aims and programmes, and ultimately improving outcomes for children.
Newly Qualified Teachers
Early career teachers need steady support in their first years. Our NQT programme gives new teachers time to reflect, observe good practice and build confidence in the classroom.
Mentoring and conferences bring NQTs together with colleagues from across the alliance, so they are not working alone.
New Courses
Take a look at this year's new CPD packages for schools.
Interactive Map
The map shows the schools that make up the alliance across North Yorkshire, Wakefield and Redcar and Cleveland.
Find out more
Take a look at this year's new CPD packages for schools.
Our pages explain how the alliance works, which schools belong to it, and how you can take part in its programmes.
Gallery of Schools and Staff
Images from the alliance show the schools, staff and pupils who make up the partnership across North Yorkshire.
Contacts Us
If you would like to speak with the alliance, the contact page sets out the best way to get in touch.
Continuing Professional Development
- School to School Support through HART School leaders and Yorkshire Collaborative Academy Trust (YCAT)
- Initial Teacher Training through the HART of Yorkshire SCITT and School Direct
Each of these strands links classroom practice with the wider network of schools, so that good ideas can move from one school to the next.
Our Approach to Collaboration
We are passionate about developing true collaboration across schools to build challenge. We do this through
- Networks and research projects including Joint practice development
- Whole school reviews and lesson studies