An extra 28 schools and eight multi-academy trusts (MATs) have been designated as lead schools on the Department for Education’s £10 million Behaviour Hubs scheme this week.
The Behaviour Hubs programme pairs schools and MATs that have “exemplary” behaviour practices - called lead schools - with partner schools that want to improve behaviour.
The scheme was launched in spring 2021 but before this week there were 20 lead schools and two lead MATs. These figures have now more than doubled.
The DfE said the new lead schools applied for the scheme late last year, and will begin working with their partner schools after an induction, which is currently taking place.
A freedom of information request by Tes this month showed that there were 102 partner schools and MATs on the programme, with four schools and one MAT having left since it began.
The scheme is scheduled to run for three years, with a full evaluation to be released in 2025.
Behaviour Hubs: Which schools have been chosen as lead schools?
Here is a full list of the new lead schools and MATs on the programme:
MATs
- Aquila, The Diocese of Canterbury Academies Trust and St Mary of Charity CofE (Aided) Primary School, Kent
- Cabot Learning Federation and Begbrook Primary Academy, Bristol
- Chiltern Learning Trust and Challney High School for Boys, Luton
- City of London Academies Trust and City of London Academy Shoreditch Park, London
- Flying High Trust and Mapplewells Primary and Nursery School, Nottinghamshire
- Great Schools Trust and King’s Leadership Academy Warrington, Cheshire
- Leo Academy Trust and Manor Park Primary Academy, Sutton
- The Sea View Trust and Tor View School, Lancashire
Primary schools
- Alston Primary School, Leigh Trust, Birmingham
- The Beacon Church of England Primary School, Liverpool Diocesan Schools Trust, Liverpool
- Beaumont Primary Academy, South Pennine Academies, Huddersfield
- Broadclyst Community Primary School, Cornerstone Academy Trust, Exeter
- Dunstall Hill Primary School, Perry Hall Multi-Academy Trust, Wolverhampton
- Evelyn Street Community Primary School, Warrington Primary Academy Trust, Warrington
- Hardingstone Academy, East Midlands Academy Trust, Northampton
- Ince CE Primary and Nursery School, Wigan
- Marine Academy Primary, The Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust, Plymouth
- Spring Grove Junior Infant and Nursery School, Huddersfield
- Tennyson Road Primary School, Tennyson Learning Community, Luton
- Wansbeck Primary School, The Hull Collaborative Academy Trust, Hull
Secondary schools
- Allerton High School, Leeds
- Cromer Academy, Inspiration Trust, Norfolk
- The Duston School, The Duston Education Trust, Northampton (all-through school)
- The Market Bosworth School, Nuneaton
- Moor End Academy, South Pennine Academies, Huddersfield
- Pudsey Grammar School, 21st Century Learning Partnership, Leeds
- St James School, Ted Wragg Multi-Academy Trust, Exeter
- St Patrick’s RC High School, Salford
- Wingfield Academy, New Collaborative Learning Trust, Rotherham
- Worthing High School, South Downs Education Trust, West Sussex
No new special schools or alternative provision hubs have been added to the scheme.
Schools minister Robin Walker said helping schools to create “calm, orderly, safe and supportive environments” is “key” to levelling up education for children and young people, as set out in Monday’s Schools White Paper.
The DfE’s Behaviour Hubs programme is based on government behaviour tsar Tom Bennett’s 2017 report: Creating a culture: how school leaders can optimise behaviour.
