The Flying High Trust is a partnership of schools across Nottinghamshire, Nottingham City and Derbyshire. Schools work together to ensure we are relentless in ensuring our children receive the best possible opportunities and experiences. This is achieved through a true collaboration where all decisions centre on children and schools are empowered to adopt best practice, adapt it within the context of each school and fly!

We aim for our schools to be the best in the universe!

By the end of their primary education we aim for all of our children to be ready for secondary school and be inspired to be the best they can be through our seven values. The values are fundamental to everything the Trust represents; they run through all elements of school improvement and are understood and owned by all members of the school community. Schools with their own clear USP linked to their values blend together the Trust values with those held so dear within each individual school.

As a Partnership our expectation is that all schools:

• Demonstrate a restlessness to continually improve, to never stand still, with the ultimate aim of providing the best opportunities and experiences for our children.
• Strive to ensure every child fulfils their potential regardless of potential barriers to learning.
• Commit to become an outstanding, self-improving school and to support the profession and development of all schools within the partnership.
• Commit to a school-led system.
• Commit to the values, principles, policies and procedures of the Trust.
• To ultimately strive to be the best school in the Universe.

In our schools you will see we work together to:

• Ensure schools feel connected to the Trust whilst maintaining their unique qualities, character and relationship with their community.
• Ensure high quality teaching and learning.
• Engage with our families and wider communities to raise aspiration for all.
• Develop the whole child and create inquisitive learners.
• Enable all children to be confident, building on strengths and improving in areas of need.
• Enable children to understand the part they play in the world in the future - as a positive citizen and a driver of business and enterprise.
• Support the development of all staff to be the best they can be and to realise their career potential.

What you need to know when applying for a place

Before you apply for your child’s school place at Alderman Pounder for September 2024, please make sure that your child is the right age – meaning they were born between 1 September 2019 and 31 August 2020 inclusive.

If you apply online or using a paper form, you will be asked to pick four schools in order of preference.

One of these schools should be your catchment school, although it does not have to be your top choice.

The closing date for primary school applications in England is 15th January 2024.

You will then find out whether your child has a place with us on 16th April 2024.

You can find out more and apply online here.

The school’s catchment area can be viewed here, however, we are proud to have always accepted pupils from outside the area. All children are part of our family once they walk through our gates for the first time. If you live outside our catchment area and have any questions at all about how applying for a place with us might work, then do get in touch with the office.

Contact the Flying High Partnership: 

CEO                 Mr Chris Wheatley

Chair                Mr Neil Robinson

Both the CEO and Chair can be contacted using the details below:

Flying High Trust

c/o Cotgrave Candleby Lane School

Cotgrave

Nottingham

NG12 3JG

Website            www.flyinghighpartnership.co.uk

E-mail               info@flyinghightrust.co.uk  

Telephone         0115 9891915

Twitter               @FlyingHighTrust  

Facebook         Flying High Partnership

Key documents:

Please click here to access key Trust documents including:

• Articles of Association
• Master Funding Agreement
• Statement of Accounts
• Model Scheme of Delegation
• Trustees Register of Business Interests
• School Improvement Strategy
• Trust Business Plan
• Governance structure, terms of reference and school governor information

Click here to meet the Members, Trustees, Flying High central team and Head teachers

Click here to see all schools within the partnership

Click here to find out about vacancies across the Partnership