Outwood Grange Academies Trust

Outwood Grange Academies Trust
Motto "Students First"
Founded April 19, 2009 (2009-04-19)
Type Academy Trust
Focus Education
Location
Coordinates 53°42′32″N 1°30′47″W / 53.70895°N 1.51292°W / 53.70895; -1.51292Coordinates: 53°42′32″N 1°30′47″W / 53.70895°N 1.51292°W / 53.70895; -1.51292
Key people
 Martyn Oliver, CEO
Katy Bradford, COO
Website outwood.com

Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) is a multi-academy trust (MAT) that operates twenty-one schools with academy status (sixteen secondary and five primary) across northern England and the East Midlands.[1] It is an exempt charity, regulated by the Department for Education.[2]

The trust was founded in 2009, led by Sir Michael Wilkins who was principal of the trust's namesake, Outwood Grange Academy.[3][4] Its current CEO is Martyn Oliver,[4] who previously served as a principal of schools within the trust.[5]

The trust operates using an "80:20" principle, where about 80% of how its schools operate is standardised and 20% is open to local innovation.[6]

Academic performance

In July 2016, a report by the Education Policy Institute found that at the secondary level "Outwood Grange is the best large academy group (10 schools or more)".[7] In the multi-academy trust league tables released January 2017, the trust was ranked in the top 5 nationally for secondary progress, and also for both primary writing and maths progress.[8]

Academies

Primary

In June 2017, Greystone Community Primary School, Ripon, announced it would join the trust as "Outwood Primary Academy Greystone" in September 2017.[9]

Secondary

In February 2017 the trust applied to open a new free school for pupils ages 11 to 18 in central Middlesbrough. The proposed school, Outwood Academy James Cook, would open to new year 7 pupils upon completion in 2019.[10]

In April 2017, it was announced that Easingwold School would be sponsored by the trust from September 2017.[11]

In June 2017 it was announced that Redcar Academy, previously supported by the trust, would reopen as Outwood Academy Redcar in September 2017.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Outwood Grange Academies Trust". EduBase. Department for Education. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Regulation of schools and academies with exempt charity status". gov.uk. Department for Education. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "About Us". Outwood Grange Academies Trust. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  4. 1 2 "OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST". Companies House. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Boss of two Scunthorpe academies set to take charge of 16 others across the country". Scunthorpe Telegraph. Local World. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "'A MAT gains power only if an academy loses it – but it doesn't have to be a zero-sum game'". Tes. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  7. ↑ Jon Andrews (July 2016). School performance in multi-academy trusts and local authorities – 2015 (PDF) (Report). Education Policy Institute. ISBN 978-1-909274-33-4.
  8. ↑ George, Martin (19 January 2017). "League tables rank the best and worst performing academy trusts". TES (magazine). TES Global. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  9. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Finola (20 June 2017). "Ripon school announces move to academy status". Harrogate Advertiser. Johnston Publishing. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  10. ↑ Cain, James (17 February 2017). "New school and sixth form proposed for Middlesbrough". gazettelive. Trinity Mirror North East. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  11. ↑ Swift, Nina (25 April 2017). "MP welcomes Easingwold School takeover after months of uncertainty over future". The Yorkshire Post. Johnston Publishing. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  12. ↑ Martyn Oliver; David Gallagher (30 June 2017). "Sponsorship of Outwood Academy Redcar from 1 September 2017" (pdf). Redcar Academy. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
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