Bright Tribe awarded funding to expand into Northumberland

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Bright Tribe

The Education Secretary yesterday announced details of five academy sponsors tasked with driving up standards in schools in areas where historically performance has been poor.

Bright Tribe is delighted to be one of these five sponsors and to have received funding to set up a northern hub to deliver school improvement in Northumberland.

As a well-established sponsor with a proven track record of successfully managing geographically-dispersed academy hubs, the Department for Education considered that Bright Tribe was well-matched to the challenge of working in the north where some of the most challenging and disadvantaged areas of the country exist.

Kathy Kirkham, Chief Operating Officer of Bright Tribe, said: “I am excited that Bright Tribe Trust has been awarded funding to develop a hub in Northumberland. This will enable us to support schools in the area with their educational improvement journeys. By providing our expertise and by implementing our personal pathways approach, we will be aiming to deliver a first-class education for all pupils within the schools that we work with.”