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Raising standards and transforming the lives of over 30,000 students in over 40 academies.

Welcome to Outwood. We are an award-winning multi-academy education trust with passion, purpose and people at our heart. We manage 41 transformative primary, junior, secondary and Post 16 schools up and down the North of England, from Redcar to Nottinghamshire, each celebrating very different identities but driven by a shared vision. Each academy is individually shaped around the community and children it serves.

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Katy Bradford joins North Notts BID board
Katy Bradford joins North Notts BID board

North Notts BID has announced the appointment of three new board directors, expanding its representation of female leaders from across the district.

Falling ahead of International Women’s Day (8 March), North Notts BID has welcomed to its board Katy Bradford, deputy chief executive officer at Outwood Grange Academies Trust, Abi Priestley, owner of Oakrange Engineering and Torworth Lakes, and Katy Jarvis-Morgan, STEP site stakeholder manager for UK Industrial Fusion Solutions.

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YPO gives back £19.2 million to UK schools over 15 years
YPO gives back £19.2 million to UK schools over 15 years

Schools throughout the UK are celebrating a windfall thanks to a loyalty scheme that has seen one of the UK’s largest public sector buying organisations give back £19.2 million over the past 15 years.

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Ofsted praise for school which ‘goes to great lengths to support pupils and their families’
Ofsted praise for school which ‘goes to great lengths to support pupils and their families’

Outwood Academy Bishopsgarth in Stockton-on-Tees has been praised by Ofsted following its most recent inspection.

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IQM Flagship status for Outwood Academy Freeston
IQM Flagship status for Outwood Academy Freeston

Outwood Academy Freeston finds itself at the heart of inclusive practice. From the start of the IQM assessor’s visit, the layers of support and encouragement were clear to see across the academy.

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