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Celebrating Creativity: Kirklees Learners Collaborate with Yorkshire Youth & Music for an End-of-term Showcase

Celebrating Creativity: Kirklees Learners Collaborate with Yorkshire Youth & Music for an End-of-term Showcase

In a vibrant celebration of creativity and teamwork, learners at Kirklees Pivot Academy came together with Yorkshire Youth and Music to produce a memorable end-of-term celebration that resonated with rhythm, energy and pride. Yorkshire Youth & Music have been delivering music activities at PIVOT 6 since 2023, thanks to support with funding from Creative Minds […]

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Concerns Mount as Government Considers Changes to EHCP Funding and Access

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Pivot World Book Day – The Power of Storytelling in Student Development

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An Environment Where Children thrive

An Environment Where Children thrive

ADHD Awareness Month: Why Awareness is Key to understanding and supporting Individuals with ADHD

ADHD Awareness Month: Why Awareness is Key to understanding and supporting Individuals with ADHD

Because Children Deserve Better, We Provide The Best

Because Children Deserve Better, We Provide The Best

Congratulations to all of our learners on their exam results

Congratulations to all of our learners on their exam results

See what we've been up to ...

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Because children deserve better.

Open Day — Pivot Outreach Programme, Wakefield Hub Open Day — Pivot Outreach Programme, Wakefield Hub

We're opening our doors at the Wakefield Hub on Thursday 26th June, and we'd love to see you there.

This event is aimed at professionals working in and around SEND; local authority representatives, SENCOs, school staff, and referral partners, who want to see our provision first-hand, meet the team, and find out more about the support we offer to young people across the Wakefield area.

Whether you're already working with us or simply want to learn more about what the Pivot Outreach Programme does, you're very welcome.

Pivot Outreach Programme — Wakefield Hub - Unit 7, Thornes Office Park, Off Monckton Road, Wakefield, WF2 7AN
Friday 26th June 2026 - 12:30 til 16:00

To register your interest or find out more, please get in touch with Oliver Roberts Oliver.Roberts@pivot-group.co.uk or Bev Simpson on 07860 660583 or Bev.Simpson@pivot-group.co.uk directly:

Places are limited — please do get in touch soon.
We look forward to welcoming you. 

#PivotGroup #PivotOutreachProgramme #OpenDay #Wakefield #SEND #SENCo #SpecialistProvision #WestYorkshire #Referrals
We are incredibly proud to share some wonderful ne We are incredibly proud to share some wonderful news from Pivot Academy Kirklees. 

Following a Material Change Inspection by the Independent Schools Inspectorate on 15 May, we have received our formal report, and the outcome is exactly what we hoped for.  We have received the recommendation to expand our Kirklees provision — increasing our potential capacity up to 250 learners over time and extending our age range to include children from Year 1. 

The inspection found that our leaders and staff "work well together to promote a robust and vigilant safeguarding culture", that pupils "behave well in lessons and demonstrate inclusive and supportive attitudes towards others", and that "senior leaders demonstrate secure knowledge and skills and discharge their responsibilities effectively."

None of this happens without exceptional people. To every member of staff at Kirklees; thank you. This report reflects your commitment, your care, and the environment you build every single day for our learners.

To our families, thank you for your trust. It means everything.

And to Katie Lockwood and the leadership team at Kirklees; this is a remarkable result. We are so proud of you.
 
#PivotGroup #PivotAcademyKirklees #ISI #Inspection #SEND #SpecialistEducation #WestYorkshire #Kirklees #Huddersfield #Proud
This week is Carers Week, a moment to recognise th This week is Carers Week, a moment to recognise the millions of people across the UK who provide unpaid care for someone they love.

For many families of young people with SEND, caring does not come with an off switch. It runs alongside full-time work, other children, and the persistent effort of navigating a system that does not always make it easy.

We see parents and carers every day. We know what they carry.

If you are a carer in Leeds or Kirklees looking for support, Carers Leeds and Carers Count Kirklees both offer free, practical help — from benefits advice to someone who simply listens.

Carers Leeds: carersleeds.org.uk
Carers Count Kirklees: carerscount.org.uk

Thank you. What you do matters enormously. 🧡
#CarersWeek #CarersWeek2026 #SEND #WestYorkshire #Leeds #Kirklees #PivotGroup
Today we are proud to launch the Pivot 2030 Charte Today we are proud to launch the Pivot 2030 Charter.

This Charter is more than a document.

It is our public commitment to the young people, families, staff and communities we serve every day. A reflection of where we have come from, what we believe, and the future we are building together.

Over the past 10 years, Pivot has grown from a simple belief that children deserve better into a family of schools, teams and people working every day to create futures through belonging.

The Charter sets out five clear promises that will guide everything we do to 2030 and beyond:
• People
• Places
• Progress
• Partnerships
• Sustainability

At its heart is the belief that education works best when young people feel safe, understood and able to belong.

Thank you to everyone who has helped shape this journey so far.

Because children deserve better. Always have. Always will.

#Pivot2030 #BecauseChildrenDeserveBetter #SEND #AlternativeProvision #InclusiveEducation #Belonging #PivotLife #Leeds #Kirklees
Something is coming. 👀 For 10 years, Pivot Group h Something is coming. 👀
For 10 years, Pivot Group has made promises to the young people, families and communities we serve. 
On Monday, we're publishing something that puts those promises in writing, formally, publicly, and for the long term.

Our 2030 Charter.
More soon.
#PivotGroup #Pivot2030 #SEND #Yorkshire #ComingSoon
One of the things we believe at Pivot is that educ One of the things we believe at Pivot is that education works best when it's connected. 🤝

Last week we welcomed Teya Richardson and Amy Findlater, students from the University of Huddersfield, to spend time with our team as part of the Pivot Outreach Programme.

We loved having them around. And it sounds like the feeling was mutual.
"All your team were extremely welcoming and it was lovely that many staff were engaging in conversations with us about our course and our interests. Getting to experience how your site works was insightful, and the students were all extremely welcoming to us and had no issue with us getting involved."

That last bit is the part we're most proud of. Our learners, welcoming university students, getting involved, being curious. That's the Pivot community in action.

Thank you Teya and Amy, we hope to see you again soon. And thank you to the University of Huddersfield for the ongoing partnership. 🎓
#PivotGroup #PivotOutreachProgramme #UniversityOfHuddersfield #Partnership #SEND #WestYorkshire #PivotLife #Community
A warm Eid al-Adha to all families in our communit A warm Eid al-Adha to all families in our community celebrating today. 🌙

At Pivot, we're proud to serve learners and families from all backgrounds across Yorkshire and Humberside. 

Days like today are a reminder of what community actually means, and why it matters.
#EidAlAdha #EidMubarak #Community #PivotGroup #WestYorkshire #Leeds #Kirklees
"Our responsibility is to ensure learners are not "Our responsibility is to ensure learners are not merely prepared to navigate the world — but empowered to shape it."
— Katie Lockwood, ISA Journal Issue 37 🌟

Delighted to share that Katie Lockwood, Head of our Kirklees Academy, has been published in the ISA Journal — Issue 37, Summer 2026.

Katie's article, Rethinking the Independent Specialist in a Changing World, explores how independent specialist schools must evolve to meet rising demand, shifting legislation and, most importantly, the futures our learners are stepping into. It's a thoughtful, forward-looking piece that reflects exactly why Pivot does what it does.

We're also incredibly proud that the cover of Issue 37 features a photograph taken at Pivot Kirklees, credit to our brilliant photographer Mark Wheelwright at Dock Street Studio, Leeds.

A great moment for Katie, for Mark, and for the Pivot community.
Read Katie's article in the attached journal. 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DDQ1VuFTrrCfiE0GIFcYLviP0P4bRT1R/view?usp=sharing

#PivotGroup #ISAJournal #SEND #SpecialistEducation #Kirklees #WestYorkshire #IndependentSchools #PivotLife #Proud @dockstreetstudioleeds
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