Multi-academy trust
Northern Lights Learning Trust
12 schools across 4 local authorities in North East, teaching 4,316 pupils.
The trust at a glance
- Schools
- 12
- Primary
- 9
- Secondary
- 3
- Pupils
- 4,316
- Average Attainment 8
- 43.2
- Average KS2 expected standard
- 72%
across its secondaries
across its primaries
Across the 10 schools in the trust with comparable results, the average sits above the middle of schools with a similar intake. That is a fairer read on the trust than its raw results, which mostly reflect the areas it operates in.
Pupil-weighted Progress 8 is -0.73 (interval -0.86 to -0.61). The interval sits entirely below zero, so this looks like a real shortfall rather than noise. Weighted by 512 pupils across 3 schools with a published Progress 8 score (minimum 2).
Ofsted across the trust
5 of the trust's 12 schools carry a historic one-word grade; 7 do not. Current report cards grade separate aspects and cannot be reduced to a replacement overall score. A trust that has taken on struggling schools may carry their old grades for years. What changed.
Ofsted outcomes across this trust are mixed: 5 Good; 7 have no overall grade. Historic overall grades and current report cards are different systems and are not averaged.
Schools in Northern Lights Learning Trust
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benedict Biscop Church of England AcademyAcademy converter | Sunderland | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Dame Dorothy Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Sunderland | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Firthmoor Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Darlington | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| Grange Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Hartlepool | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Hart Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Hartlepool | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Holley Park AcademyAcademy converter | Washington | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| St Helen's Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Hartlepool | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St Peter's Elwick Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Hartlepool | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Tilery Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Stockton-on-Tees | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Ian Ramsey Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Stockton-on-Tees | Good 2022 | 45.6 | -0.38-0.57 to -0.20 | |
| St Aidan's Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Darlington | No overall grade | 40 | -0.96-1.22 to -0.70 | |
| Venerable Bede Church of England AcademyAcademy converter | Sunderland | No overall grade | 44.1 | -1.04-1.25 to -0.83 |
Identity snapshot: 23 August 2026. School membership, pupil totals and trust names come from the dated Get Information About Schools importer build. Results and inspection fields retain their own published periods and should not be treated as if they were measured on that date.