Jess Phillips – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jess Phillips on 2016-05-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applicants there were for the Northern fund for academy sponsors by the deadline of 22 February 2016; and if she will list the trusts which were approved for funding.
Edward Timpson
In 2015-2016, the Department ran three competitions for academy sponsors to apply for the Northern Fund. The Northern Fund is designed to support the expansion of sponsors in some of the most challenging regions of the country in terms of school performance and rural and urban deprivation. The funding enables sponsors to increase their capacity to take on and improve underperforming schools.
A total of 85 applications were received by the third and final competition deadline of 22 February 2016. A total of 65 trusts were approved for funding and the names of these trusts are listed in the table below:
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Sponsor Name |
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Abbey Multi Academy Trust |
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Ad Astra Academy Trust |
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Airedale Academies Trust |
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Albany Learning Trust |
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Beckfoot Trust |
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Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust |
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Bright Tribe Trust |
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Brighter Futures Academy Trust |
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Carillion Academies Trust |
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Carmel Academy Trust |
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Chester Diocesan Academies Trust (CDAT) |
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Cidari Multi Academy Trust |
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Community First Academy Trust |
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Consilium Academies Trust |
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Cranmer Educational Trust |
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Education Partnership Trust |
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Feversham Education Trust |
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Focus Academies Trust |
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Fylde Coast Academy Trust |
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Gawthorpe Community Academy |
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Great Academies Education Trust |
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Great Schools Trust |
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Holy Family Catholic Multi Multi Academy Trust |
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Innovation Enterprise Academy |
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Interserve Academies Trust Limited |
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L.E.A.D Multi Academy Trust |
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Lydiate Learning Trust |
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Moor End Academies Trust |
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New College Pontefract |
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Ormiston Academies Trust |
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Outwood Grange Academies Trust |
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Pendle Education Trust |
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Rainbow Education Multi Academy Trust |
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REAch4 Academy Trust |
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SHARE Multi Academy Trust |
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Southmoor Academy Trust |
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St Paul’s (Astley Bridge) CofE Primary School |
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St Simon and Jude CofE Academy Trust |
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Stockport Learning Trust (South Manchester Learning Trust) |
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Tauheedul Education Trust |
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The Aldridge Foundation |
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The Dean Trust |
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The Dioceses of Liverpool Joint Catholic and CofE Academy Trust |
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The Dunham Trust |
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The Education Alliance |
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The Enquire Learning Trust |
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The Gosforth Federated Academies Ltd |
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The Harmony Trust |
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The Heath Family Trust |
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The Inspire Trust |
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The Keys Federation |
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The Rowan Learning Trust |
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The Shotton Hall Learning Trust |
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The Three Saints Academy Trust |
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Tollbar Multi Academy Trust |
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Trinity Academy Halifax (TAH) |
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United Learning Trust |
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Wakefield City Academies Trust |
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Wardle Academy Trust |
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Waterton Multi Academy Trust |
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Wellspring Academy Trust |
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Whitehill Community Academy |
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Wirral Academy Trust |
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WISE Academies |
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Zest Academy Trust |
