Regional Expansion

Over the next 5 years, the Trust is looking to develop a number of Regional Hubs.

1/ North East

Based on our high performing Teeside academy we would seek to establish a hub to include Durham, Teeside & Tyneside.

2/ East

Based on our high performing Goole and Hull academies we plan to establish a hub in the East Riding.

3/ South and South East

Based on our high performing academies in NE Lincs, North Lincs, and North Notts, we would develop a hub to extend into Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire and North Derbyshire.

4/ West

Based on our high performing academies in Barnsley, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield we intend to develop a hub to include Calderdale and East Leeds.

In Summary

Regional hubs are central to our aspiration to raise standards across the regions we serve. It is our belief that “strong Trusts” should be encouraged to share their systems and capacity with the wider sector. The very definition of a strong Trust must include the work and support they provide external to their own group. The challenge for regional growth plans is to recognise the wasted opportunities lost to children and communities when growth is not strategically delivered.