It operates within the same frameworks as other maintained schools:
Teaching staff are employed under terms of the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document. The local authority funds the school on the same basis as all other authority schools and retains its intervention powers if there are problems at the school. Trust schools differ because their charitable Trust (the North Tyneside Learning Trust) establishes a long-term relationship with external partners and involves them in the school’s governance and leadership. The governing body of a Trust School (which retains parents, staff, community and authority governors) remains responsible for all major decisions about the school and its future. The skills and experience of the Learning Trust-appointed governors strengthen the whole governing body and make a contribution to the school’s ethos. The governing body remains responsible for all aspects of the conduct of the school (including the school’s budget and staff) and so responsibilities and accountabilities remain clear. A Trust School does mean that:
From April 2015 the Trust funding arrangements changed and a Partnership Agreement was offered to every school in North Tyneside. Trust Partner schools are supported in the same way as Trust member schools were prior to April 2015. The Trust currently supports 45 Partner schools which can be found in the table below. To find out how to become a partner school please email info@ntlearningtrust.org.uk.
Marden Bridge Middle School | Monkseaton Middle School | Valley Gardens Middle School | Wellfield Middle School |
Beacon Hill School | Benton Dene School | Silverdale School | Southlands School |
Woodlawn School |
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