Northern Education Trust is a

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 autho ...

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 Red House Academy (RHA, formerly Hylton Red House School) is an 11–16 mixed secondary school with academy status in Hylton Red House, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. It was formerly a community school and adopted its present name aft ...

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.

Academies

, there are a total of 22 academies affiliated with Northern Education Trust: 10 primary academies and 12 secondary academies.

Secondary academies

The Blyth Academy The Blyth Academy is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Blyth, Northumberland Blyth () is a town and civil parish in southeast Northumberland, England. It lies on the coast, to the south of the River Blyth and is approxim ...

* Dyke House Sports and Technology College *

Freebrough Academy Freebrough Academy is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Brotton, North Yorkshire, England. Previously known as Warsett School, it later was renamed Freebrough Specialist Engineering College. The school converted to a ...

* The Grangefield Academy *

Hetton Academy Hetton Academy (formerly Hetton School) is a coeducational secondary school located in Hetton-le-Hole in the City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Established in 1912, the school admits pupils mainly from Easington Lane Primary School, ...

Kearsley Academy Kearsley Academy (formerly George Tomlinson School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status sponsored by Northern Education Trust. It is located in Kearsley in the English county of Greater Manchester. Previously ...

* Kirk Balk Academy *

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 mul ...

* North Shore Academy *

Thorp Academy Thorp Academy is a large 11–18 secondary Academy in 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 ...

* Walbottle Academy

Primary academies

*Abbey Park Academy *Badger Hill Academy *The Ferns Primary Academy *Frederick Nattrass Primary Academy *Hilton Primary Academy *Merlin Top Primary Academy *Mount Pellon Primary Academy *Norton Primary Academy *The Oak Tree Academy *Whitecliffe Academy

Northern Alliance of Trusts

The Conservative education minister,

Lord Agnew 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 ...

, in response to comments that academies are no better at managing deprived schools than the

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 wit ...

they replaced, urged smaller academy trusts to team up to create bigger academy trusts. The Northern Alliance is the first formal partnership of its kind between larger chains. The Northern Alliance of Trusts is made up of eight members: * Northern Education Trust * Astrea Academy Trust * Delta Academies Trust *

Dixons Academies 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 ...

* Horizons Specialist Academy Trust *

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 b ...

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 E ...

* WISE Academies The academy trusts continue to act as independent legal entities, but were sharing resource for the good of its members. It receives a public money grant from the Strategic School Improvement Fund which targeted resources at the schools most in need to improve school performance and pupil attainment. They favoured schemes where schools helped each other. It was opened in 2017 and gave grants for two years. . The alliance is working on common procurement, leadership standards, fund raising and to work on recruitment and retention of teachers.

References

External links

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