KYRA is a community for teaching, leadership and school improvement partnerships.
What is KYRA
KYRA is part of Anthem Schools Trust and is the engine room of leadership and professional development for Anthem teachers, leaders and wider workforce nationally. We are also proud to be a thriving partnership of over 70 primary schools across Lincolnshire and a lead partner for the delivery of ECF, NPQ, ITT and CPD, working with Teaching School Hubs, Curriculum Hubs and Centres of Excellence.
Find Out More"we will harness our collective professionalism, expertise, and moral purpose, to ensure no one is left behind, and every school and individual in our partnership thrives – to the benefit of all children"
Ambitions for Children
A Learning Community
Builders of Social Capital
Celebrating Diversity
Quality & Impact
Moral Purpose
To be truly ambitious for children, as an alliance we must ensure the connections we build have children at the centre. The Kyra Kids Council is a unique collaboration across the alliance, ensuring that we always have pupil voice at the heart of our activity, an opportunity for pupils to contribute to school improvement and to experience enriching activities. #ambitiousforchildren
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For KYRA partners only. We are delighted to be running a series of 4 twilights starting on the 23rd January from 4.00pm-5.30pm at the Keyworth Centre, Lincoln for aspirant school leaders within your schools.
A blended programme of online and face-to-face sessions exploring: What does great practice in the Early Years actually look like? What do you prioritise? How can we make sure that adult interactions are of the highest quality? How do you use the provision as the teacher? Is your timetable restricting you? Come and explore these questions, be part of a professional dialogue and receive a hands-on experience in school.
These forums are held within regional groups across the alliance on a half termly basis, an opportunity to connect and collaborate on school improvement activity.
North Somercotes CE Primary School is a small rural primary school in Lincolnshire, which has prioritised the mental health and wellbeing of the whole school community. In July 2021, the school was awarded the prestigious Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools Award – Gold Standard.
This first newsletter of the academic year 2022-23, is one of two parts; a celebration of last year’s milestones and a lens through which we can look forward for our hopes for this academic year.
In this interview Maggie Farrar talks about why her work is now focused upon what she describes as leadership development through the lens of mindfulness, and she shares how and why supporting leaders to cultivate a practice of mindfulness is important, especially now during the pandemic.
Kyra is a thriving Teaching School Alliance of over 50 schools in Lincolnshire who are committed to working together to secure the very best outcomes for our children.
