Bright Tribe Trust Explained

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

Notes and References

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