Bright Tribe Trust

The Bright Tribe Trust was a multi-academy trust,[1] active in October 2015, that took on failing schools.[2]

A new Interim Executive Board (IEB) would be brought onto the school, along with a new headteacher. Bright Tribe would cite a school's continued financial deficit, and declining pupil numbers as reasons for subsequently the pulling out of sponsorship.[3]

Bright Tribe sponsored 10 academies in Suffolk, Essex, Greater Manchester and the North of England.[4]

List of Schools

  • Haydon Bridge High School
  • Fyndoune Community College, Durham (now closed)[5]
  • Durham Community Business College (now become Durham Academy)[5]
  • Colchester Academy
  • Alde Valley Academy
  • The Whitehaven Academy
  • Castle Hill Junior School, Ipswich
  • Castle Hill Infant School, Ipswich
  • Cliff Lane, Ipswich [6]
  • Werneth Primary School in Oldham [7]
  • Haltwhistle Community Campus Upper
  • Haltwhistle Community Campus Lower School in Northumberland
  • Grindon Hall (now become Christ's College, Sunderland).[5]

References

  1. ^ "BRIGHT TRIBE TRUST - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ Daniel, Brian (16 October 2015). "Failing Haydon Bridge High in Northumberland on brink of becoming an academy". nechronicle. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  3. ^ Perraudin, Frances (3 December 2017). "40,000 children trapped in 'zombie' academy schools". The Observer. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. ^ Whittaker, Freddie (26 April 2018). "The Bright Tribe Files: What's going on at the under-fire academy trust?". Schools Week. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  5. ^ a b c Allen-Kinross, Pippa (16 July 2018). "Embattled Bright Tribe academy trust to close". Schools Week. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  6. ^ Hume, Holly (28 March 2020). "Primary school making 'rapid' progress, but Ofsted calls for more improvements". Ipswich Star. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  7. ^ Allen-Kinross, Pippa (6 December 2017). "Bright Tribe in discussions over future of northern schools". Schools Week. Retrieved 28 March 2020.