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]
In November 2017, spectacularly physically escorted the local MP and education select committee member, Trudy Harrison from the Whitehaven Academy site during a visit to check flood damage.[4]
Warnings were given in 2015 about Bright Tribes involvement in the Northern Hub.[5]In November 2017, DfE Officials decided to rebroker Whitehaven Academy to a new sponsor following intense pressure over the state of “dilapidated” school buildings. And in December 2017, news emerged that the majority of Bright Tribe’s £1 million northern hub funding was spent on senior staff, Bright Tribe announced its intention to withdraw from four of its five northern schools because it no longer had a northern hub”.[4]
Bright Tribe sponsored 10 academies in Suffolk, Greater Manchester and the North of England. [6]
List of Schools
- Haydon Bridge High School
- Durham – Fyndoune community college [4]
- Durham community business college [4]
- Colchester Academy
- Alde Valley Academy
- The Whitehaven Academy
- Cliff Lane, Ipswich [7]
- Werneth Primary School in Oldham [8]
- Haltwhistle Community Campus Upper
- Haltwhistle Community Campus Lower School in Northumberland
- Grindon Hall in Sunderland are also in the process of being rebrokered. [4]
References
- ^ "BRIGHT TRIBE TRUST - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ Daniel, Brian (16 October 2015). "Failing Haydon Bridge High in Northumberland on brink of becoming an academy". nechronicle. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ Perraudin, Frances (3 December 2017). "40,000 children trapped in 'zombie' academy schools". The Observer. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Allen-Kinross, Pippa (16 July 2018). "Embattled Bright Tribe academy trust to close". Schools Week. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ "Academy trust accused of making false claims for government grants". The Independent. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hume, Holly (28 March 2020). "Primary school making 'rapid' progress, but Ofsted calls for more improvements". Ipswich Star. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ Allen-Kinross, Pippa (6 December 2017). "Bright Tribe in discussions over future of northern schools". Schools Week. Retrieved 28 March 2020.