United Learning

United Church Schools Trust began life as the Church Schools Company, formed in 1883 by a committee including the Archbishop of Canterbury. The company was formed in response to the lack of academic education available for girls. The first school the company opened was Surbiton High School in 1884. By 1885, the company had 10 schools with 653 pupils between them.

United Learning Trust was formed in 2002 as a subsidiary of the United Church Schools Trust (which comprised independent schools only) in response to the government's invitation to develop new state academies. United Learning Trust's first academy, Manchester Academy, opened in 2003, replacing Ducie High School, a school with a severe truancy problem; the academy received an "outstanding" report from Ofsted in 2009.

In 2016 the OFSTED Full inspection: Requires Improvement.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8022378.stm 'Worst' school praised by Ofsted], BBC News, 28 April 2009. Inspectors noted: "No matter what their background, all groups of students make outstanding progress as they move through the years."{{cite web|author=Yakub Qureshi |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/news/education/s/1112168_reborn_school_a_class_act |title=Reborn school a class act |publisher=Manchester Evening News |date=2009-04-28 |access-date=2013-02-06}}

In 2012, it was agreed that United Church Schools Trust and United Learning Trust should come together under the same branding, 'United Learning', bringing together the state and independent schools represented by the two related charities. {{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

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| key_people = Jon Coles (CEO) {{cite news |last1=Jeffreys |first1=Branwen |title=Academy boss warns of grammar risk |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-37513737 |access-date=19 December 2019 |date=30 September 2016}}

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There were 72 United Learning state-funded schools in November 2019. They are free to attend, and accept students of all backgrounds, all faiths and none. The ethos is distinctly Christian and particularly Church of England.{{cite web |date=Nov 2018 |title=Working in UL Academies |url=https://www.teachers.org.uk/sites/default/files2014/NUT-Briefing-Working-in-UL-Academies-November-2018.doc |access-date=27 August 2019 |website=NEU (NUT)}}

The trust handles all the central bureaucracy that the schools need to have in place, for instance updating all of the statutory policies, such as these used in Lambeth {{cite web |title=Policies |url=https://www.lambeth-academy.org/about-us/useful-links/policies |website=www.lambeth-academy.org |publisher=United Learning Trust |access-date=19 December 2019}} human resources, capital spending and procurement.

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• Abbey Hey Primary Academy, Gorton, Manchester
• Beacon View Primary Academy, Paulsgrove, Portsmouth
• Corngreaves Academy, Cradley Heath
• Cravenwood Primary Academy, Crumpsall, Manchester
• Dukesgate Academy, Salford
• Fulham Primary School, Fulham, London
• The Galfrid School, Cambridge
• Grange Primary Academy, Kettering
• Ham Dingle Primary Academy, Pedmore, Stourbridge
• Hanwell Fields Community School, Banbury
• High Hazels Academy, Darnall, Sheffield
• Hill View Primary School, Banbury
• Hunningley Primary School, Barnsley
• Langford Primary School, Fulham, London
• Longshaw Primary Academy, Chingford, London
• Marborough Road Academy, Salford
• Orchard Meadow Primary School, Oxford
• Pegasus Primary School, Oxford
• Salisbury Manor Primary School, Chingford, London
• Silverdale Primary Academy, Newcastle-under-Lyme
• Southway Primary School, Bognor Regis
• Sulivan Primary School, Fulham, London
• Timbertree Academy, Cradley Heath
• The Victory Primary School, Paulsgrove, Portsmouth
• Walthamstow Primary Academy, Walthamstow, London
• Whittingham Primary Academy, Walthamstow, London
• Wilberforce Primary School, City of Westminster, London
• Windale Primary School, Oxford
• Winston Way Academy, Ilford, London
• Worsbrough Bank End Primary School, Barnsley

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• The Albion Academy
• Accrington Academy
• Avonbourne Boys' Academy
• Avonbourne Girls' Academy
• Bacon's College
• Barnsley Academy
• Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology
• Castle View Academy
• Coleridge Community College
• The Cornerstone Academy
• Ernest Bevin Academy
• George Eliot Academy
• Glenmoor Academy
• Hartshill Academy
• Heath Lane Academy
• Holland Park School
• Huish Episcopi Academy
• The Hurlingham Academy
• The Hyndburn Academy
• Irlam and Cadishead Academy
• The John Roan School
• John Smeaton Academy
• Lambeth Academy (now known as "The Elms Academy")
• The Lowry Academy
• Manchester Academy
• Marsden Heights Community College
• Midhurst Rother College
• Newstead Wood School
• North Oxfordshire Academy
• Northampton Academy
• Nova Hreod Academy
• The Nuneaton Academy
• Paddington Academy
• Parkside Community College
• The Regis School
• Richard Rose Central Academy
• Richard Rose Morton Academy
• Salford City Academy
• Seahaven Academy
• Sedgehill School
• Sheffield Park Academy
• Sheffield Springs Academy
• Shoreham Academy
• Stockport Academy
• The Totteridge Academy
• Trumpington Community College
• Walthamstow Academy
• Winton Academy
• Wye School

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• Goresbrook School
• Kettering Buccleuch Academy
• Swindon Academy
• William Hulme's Grammar School

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Fee paying schools in the associated United Church Schools Trust include:

• Banstead Preparatory School
• Coworth Flexlands School
• Rowan Preparatory School
• St Ives School Haslemere

• AKS Lytham
• Ashford School
• Dunottar School
• Embley
• Godolphin School, Salisbury
• Guildford High School
• Lincoln Minster School
• The Royal School, Haslemere
• Surbiton High School
• Tranby School

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• {{official website|https://unitedlearning.org.uk/}}
• [https://expedite-consulting.com/united-learning-helping-turnaround-struggling-academies-interview-mandy-coalter/ Consultant interview with Mandy Coulter of UL over HR challenges]

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