Multi-academy trust
Spark Education Trust
15 schools across 3 local authorities in North East, teaching 7,748 pupils.
The trust at a glance
- Schools
- 15
- Primary
- 11
- Secondary
- 4
- Pupils
- 7,748
- Average Attainment 8
- 49.6
- Average KS2 expected standard
- 75%
across its secondaries
across its primaries
Across the 15 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 -0.08 (interval -0.18 to 0.02). That interval spans zero, so this is not a win: the group is not statistically distinguishable from average. A score such as +0.2 with a ±0.4 interval is noise, not a result. Weighted by 785 pupils across 4 schools with a published Progress 8 score (minimum 2).
Ofsted across the trust
12 of the trust's 15 schools carry a historic one-word grade; 3 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: 1 Outstanding, 11 Good; 3 have no overall grade. Historic overall grades and current report cards are different systems and are not averaged.
Schools in Spark Education Trust
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bader Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Stockton-on-Tees | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| Bewley Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Billingham | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Chandlers Ridge AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Middlesbrough | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| Junction Farm Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Stockton-on-Tees | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Kirklevington Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Yarm | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Layfield Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Yarm | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Levendale Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Yarm | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Saltburn Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Saltburn-by-the-Sea | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| The Links Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Stockton-on-Tees | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Whinstone Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Stockton-on-Tees | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Whitehouse Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Stockton-on-Tees | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Conyers SchoolAcademy converter | Yarm | Good 2023 | 49.7 | -0.13-0.31 to 0.05 · not a win | |
| Egglescliffe SchoolAcademy converter | Stockton-on-Tees | Outstanding 2024 | 51.4 | 0.06-0.12 to 0.25 · not a win | |
| Huntcliff SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Saltburn By the Sea | Good 2023 | 49.3 | -0.11-0.39 to 0.16 · not a win | |
| Laurence Jackson SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Guisborough | Good 2024 | 47.9 | -0.17-0.35 to 0.01 · not a win |
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.