Cranmer Education Trust

The Cranmer Education Trust is a strong and growing schools trust based in Oldham and Rochdale, with partnerships that extend into Tameside, Manchester, Stockport and beyond in the East Greater Manchester/ Pennine/ Lancashire region.

We are committed to our local and regional area and the diverse communities that our schools serve, as well as to the training and professional development of all the people who work in our schools to provide the quality of education, inspiration and nurture that our young people need and deserve. We are at an exciting point in our development.

The trust was formed in 2011 at The Blue Coat School in Oldham. From 1st April 2025, our family of schools will include five large secondary schools, one with a Sixth Form of 440 which recruits from across the borough, five primaries (two with two-form entry and three with single-form entry), the Manchester Nexus SCITT (which trains 50-60 new teachers per year for both secondary and primary), the East Manchester Teaching School Hub (which runs the Early Career Framework and National Professional Qualifications provision for (predominantly) Oldham and Tameside) and the Kinder Modern Languages Hub, one of only 14 Languages Hubs in England. This means that we are educating more than 8,000 young people, employing over 900 staff, and have a revenue of in excess of £80M, plus the capital investment in our schools.

By 2029, we plan to increase our family to 11,000 pupils. We are proudly and fiercely independent and the size, cohesiveness and strength of our organisation will ensure that we remain so.