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Northern Education Trust
Northern Education Trust is a multi-academy trust operating in the North of England. It was established in 2010 and operates 22 academies; 10 primary and 12 secondary. In 2017 it was instrumental in setting up the Northern Alliance of Trusts. History All Northern Education Trust schools inspected by Ofsted have now been judged "Good" or "Outstanding". It has brought a one-size-fits-all approach to its schools, and excluding a large proportion of its students. Questions were raised about the trust's approach to its pupils when it was revealed that they had suspended over 50% of their pupils from Red House Academy in 2017-2018 and 40% of its pupils from North Shore Academy against a national average of 2.3%. Students were given fixed term suspensions for trivial reasons such as choice of jewellery and having eyebrows that were unnaturally dark. The proportion of students at Red House academy who attained a pass in English and maths rose from 32% in 2017 to 58% in 2019. Academi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multi-academy Trust
Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) or school trust is an academy trust that operates more than one academy school. Academy schools are state-funded schools in England which are directly funded by the Department for Education and independent of local authority control. The terms of the arrangements are set out in individual Academy Funding Agreements. The group of schools in a multi-academy trust work together to advance education for public benefit. The Department for Education's statisticsOpen academies, free schools, studio schools, UTCs and academy projects in development states that as of November 2022, there are 10,146 academies in England, within 2,456 academy trusts, of which 1,190 consist of at least two schools. 80% of secondary schools, 39% of primary schools and 43% of special schools are already academies (as of January 2022). This growth in the academies system coincides with the improvement of Ofsted judgement across schools, with 88% of all schools rated Good or Outstanding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manor Community Academy
Manor Community Academy is a secondary school in the Owton Manor area of Hartlepool, County Durham. It is an academy school which caters for students aged 11 to 16. It is part of the Northern Education Trust Northern Education Trust is a multi-academy trust operating in the North of England. It was established in 2010 and operates 22 academies; 10 primary and 12 secondary. In 2017 it was instrumental in setting up the Northern Alliance of Trusts. H .... The school has approximately 1050 students. History Manor Community Academy was established in 2016, when taken over by multi-academy trust, Northern Education Trust. Before 2016, it stood as local authority owned, Manor College of Technology. As of May 2022, the old swimming pool has been demolished. Senior leadership team Manor Community Academy is run by Northern Education Trust, with Joanna Macaulay as acting principal since February 2022. School achievement and OFSTED Ratings Northern Education Trust, Manor Community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outwood Grange Academies Trust
Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) is a multi-academy trust (MAT) that operates forty schools (twenty-eight secondary and twelve primary) across northern England and the East Midlands. It is an exempt charity, regulated by the Department for Education. The trust was founded in 2009, led by Sir Michael Wilkins who was principal of the trust's namesake, Outwood Grange Academy. Its current CEO is Martyn Oliver, who previously served as a principal of schools within the trust. The trust operates using an "80:20" principle, where about 80% of how its schools operate is standardised and 20% is open to local innovation. Windfall In 2015, the Conservative Education Minister, Nicky Morgan, announced she was giving five multi-academy trusts, including Outwood Grange Academies Trust, a million pounds each for “improving performance for pupils in some of the most challenging and disadvantaged areas of the country”. The money was awarded to raise standards in deprived areas in South Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North East Learning Trust
North East Learning Trust is a multi-academy trust (MAT) that operates nine schools with academy status across northern England: three are primary schools and five are secondary. One is a ITT training school. It is an exempt charity, regulated by the Department for Education. History The trust was founded in 2011, growing out of the Shotton Hall single academy trust. It was a founder member of the Northern Alliance of Trusts. Academies Primary * Browney Primary Academy * Diamond Hall Junior Academy * Sacriston Academy Secondary * The Academy at Shotton Hall *Ashington Academy Ashington Academy is a secondary school and sixth form located in Ashington in the English county of Northumberland. History It was established in 1960 as Ashington County Grammar School. It became a comprehensive school in the mid 1970s and w ... * Bedlington Academy * Easington Academy * Hermitage Academy * Rye Hills Academy * Teesdale School and Sixth Form References External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horizons Specialist Academy Trust
Horizons Specialist Academy Trust is a multi-academy trust (MAT) that operates five special schools with academy status across northern England. It is an exempt charity, regulated by the Department for Education The Department for Education (DfE) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for child protection, child services, education (compulsory, further and higher education), apprenticeships and wider skills in England. A Department .... Philosophy The trust champions the right of students with special educational needs. It is committed to helping to develop into: * confident individuals who are positive about who they are and what they can do, * successful enthusiastic and motivated learners, * positive participants in the local and wider communities. It will do this by quality, expert teaching, providing a range of teaching and non-teaching professionals who have a comprehensive skill set and flexible teaching to enable the student to successfully ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dixons Academy Trust
Dixons City Academy is an academy in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The school was founded in 1990 as Dixons City Technology College which focused on a specialism of design and technology and product design. In 2005, the school converted into an academy and changed its name to Dixons City Academy. With the change of name was a change of focus as the school became a specialist performing arts school which allows it to select 10% of admissions purely based on ability in this field. In November 2018, the school was judged "outstanding", in an Ofsted inspection. Dixons Academies Trust The school founded the Dixons Academies Charitable Trust, Ltd. which includes Dixons Allerton Academy, Dixons Kings Academy, Dixons McMillan Academy, Dixons Trinity Academy and Dixons Unity Academy. Founding principal Sir John Lewis retired from the school in 2006 and was succeeded by Sir Nick Weller. Weller became Executive Principal in September 2011 when Dixons took over the former Rhodeswa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delta Academies Trust
Delta Academies Trust (formerly Schools Partnership Trust Academies) is a multi-academy trust, operating 46 schools. As an academy trust, it is an exempt charity regulated by the Department for Education. Its current CEO is Paul Tarn. A critical report from Ofsted in early 2016 prompted reforms at Schools Partnership Trust Academies. A new CEO—Paul Tarn, formerly deputy CEO of Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT)—was appointed; he was joined by a Maths and English Director who transferred to Delta shortly after the CEO took up post. It went on to rebrand as "Delta Academies Trust" as of October 2016. Schools All through * The Elland Academy, Leeds * Serlby Park Academy, Doncaster * St Wilfrid's Academy, Doncaster Delta operated the former ''Dawes Lane Academy'', a 3–19 free school in Scunthorpe, before its closure in 2015. The school had only opened a year previously, but encountered difficulties with pupil numbers and securing a permanent site. Primary * Craven Prima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local Education Authority
Local education authorities (LEAs) were local councils in England that are responsible for education within their jurisdiction. The term was used to identify which council (district or county) is locally responsible for education in a system with several layers of local government. Local education authorities were not usually ad hoc or standalone authorities, although the former Inner London Education Authority was one example of this. Responsible local authority England has several tiers of local government and the relevant local authority varies. Within Greater London the 32 London borough councils and the Common Council of the City of London are the local authorities responsible for education; in the metropolitan counties it is the 36 metropolitan borough councils; and in the non-metropolitan counties it is the 27 county councils or, where there is no county council, the councils of the 55 unitary authorities. The Council of the Isles of Scilly is an education authority. Sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Agnew, Baron Agnew Of Oulton
Theodore Thomas More Agnew, Baron Agnew of Oulton, (born 17 January 1961) is a British businessman, Conservative life peer and former Minister of State at the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury. He also founded the Inspiration Trust, and is the Trust's former chairman. Early life He was born in Norfolk, brought up in Oulton near Aylsham and educated at Beeston Hall School and Rugby School. After school, he worked in Canada and Australia, initially in farming but later buying and selling a variety of businesses. Career After working in Australia, he returned to the UK, founded Town & Country Assistance in 1989, and grew the business to annual gross revenues of £40 million. Selling it to Warburg Pincus in 2002, he became co-founder of WNS Global Services. He resigned as a non-executive director of Jubilee Managing Agency Ltd in 2011, a Lloyd's insurance business managing £130 million of premiums. He has a financial interest in the artificial intelligence company Facul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walbottle Academy
Walbottle Academy, previously 'Walbottle Campus and Walbottle Campus Technology College', is a large secondary Academy in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is one of the largest secondary academies in Newcastle. History The school first opened in 1959 as three schools on one site, a Grammar School and two Secondary Moderns. These later merged to become the single Walbottle Campus Technology College. The vast majority of the school's students come from feeder Primary Schools which are members of the Outer West Learning Trust, of which Walbottle Campus is an Associate Member. In 2008, Walbottle Campus received a new building as part of the governments 'Building Schools for the Future' PFI scheme. Previously named Walbottle Campus Technology College, the government removed the funding for the 'technology college' status therefore the school was renamed Walbottle Campus. Academisation Following Walbottle Academy’s predecessor school's Ofsted inspection in February 2019 and the Ina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thorp Academy
Thorp Academy is a large 11–18 secondary Academy (English school), Academy in Ryton, Tyne and Wear, Ryton Tyne & Wear, England. The academy was established in the 19th century by Charles Thorp who went on to found Durham University. The site that Thorp Academy now stands on is the site of the original school established by Charles Thorp. In the early 2010's, Gateshead Council merged Ryton Comprehensive School (the current Thorp Academy site) and Hookergate School in High Spen. With the two schools merging, the school was renamed Charles Thorp Comprehensive School. The school later converted into an academy sponsored by Northern Education Trust and was renamed as Thorp Academy. The academy has demonstrated ongoing academic success and in 2019 attained a Progress 8 score of +0.33 which was in the top 10% of schools in Tyne & Wear and the top 11% of schools in North East England. The school has demonstrated academic excellence in a number of subject areas with the progress made by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirk Balk Academy
Kirk Balk Academy is a secondary school located in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It is part of the Northern Education Trust. The school mainly serves students living in its immediate area: Birdwell, Hoyland, Jump, Tankersley, Elsecar, Wombwell and Pilley. The school is an 11-16 academy teaching a wide curriculum in lower school (Y7-9) with a variety of qualifications in the upper school (Y10-11), such as GCSE and BTEC. Construction of a new building for the school was finished in late 2011, allowing for the demolition of the old building. This made space for a new school sports field. Additionally, the school changed its name from Kirk Balk School to Kirk Balk Community College, changing the logo and uniform in the process. In September 2014, the school was renamed Kirk Balk Academy, and in March 2015 it was formally converted to academy status, sponsored by the Northern Education Trust. In September 2016, Ms Jo Nolan became the Executive Principal of Kirk Balk Acad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |