Bright Futures Educational Trust is a multi-academy trust set up in 2011. The Trust is made up of a richly diverse group of schools in Greater Manchester and Blackpool. We are passionate about working together within and beyond the Trust to achieve our aspirational vision: the best for everyone, the best from everyone. We are an organisation that is underpinned by values of: community, integrity and passion. In everything we do, we remember that we are accountable to the children, families and communities that we serve.

The current Chief Executive Officer, John Stephens, took up post in January 2017.

Our schools have their own identities, form one organisation and have one employer, Bright Futures Educational Trust. Bright Futures’ Board of Trustees maintains strategic oversight of the Trust and delegates some of its responsibilities to the Executive Team, Heads of School and local governing bodies.  We place a high value on integrity and probity and take seriously our accountabilities for making the best use of public money. How decisions are made is described in our delegation framework.  You can find out more about the Trustees and the Executive Team visit here AboutUs - Bright Futures Educational Trust (bright-futures.co.uk)

The focus of the Exec team is to work with schools, providing high quality and timely guidance, leadership, challenge, and support.  In addition to the executive team, we have central operations for finance, communications and marketing, HR, educational psychology, and digital technologies.  Please see our website brochure which explains our central operations:  Why-Join-Bright-Futures

At Bright Futures we take seriously our responsibilities to work with the wider educational system in order to improve outcomes for all children and young people. Bright Futures Professional Development Institute is another important outward facing component of our organisation. Underneath this umbrella we have several hubs.  Bright Futures Training which provides school improvement services and CPD to over 700 schools Bright Futures Training, a North West Maths’ Hub NW1 Maths Hub, providing mathematics training and coaching to 500 schools, and a SCITT (School Centred Initial Teacher Training) Bright Futures SCITT, which is the largest in the North West.  Within the Development Institute, Bright Futures also has two Teaching School Hubs, serving Manchester, Stockport, Salford, and Trafford.  Bright Futures Send Outreach is another service which we provide across the Northwest. We have also been designated as an Early Years Stronger Practice Hub to work across the North West as the Bright Futures Early Years Hub.

Collaboration and strong relationships form one of the ‘commitments’ in our Strategy and all components of the Bright Futures’ family work closely together.  Our Strategy was developed collaboratively and can be found on our website: Our Strategy.

We pride ourselves on being 'A Great Place To Work'. In order to get the best from our young people we invest in our workforce, providing opportunities for people to work collaboratively, to share best practice and to support and challenge one another; recognising that we are always learning.

Staff development is an important aspect of our employment offer, and we provide opportunities using our networks and our own schools and expertise, to enable staff to grow in their existing role and progress beyond it.

The diversity of our schools is a huge asset bringing expertise across many aspects of teaching and learning. Equality, diversity, and inclusion is a thread that weaves through our employment practices. Together we make a strong, vibrant, and exciting team.

What we can also offer you:

• CPD and Training opportunities. We invest heavily in staff development and exclusive access to our Bright Futures Professional Development Institute and can offer:
• Flexible studying and apprenticeships
• Fully funded access to National Professional Qualifications
• Fully funded wide range of CPD programmes and training opportunities
• Access to the work of North West 1 Maths Hub
• Having the support of 11 other schools within Bright Futures Educational Trust to share best practice
• Staff Wellbeing & Support. Access to Occupational Health, counselling services and HR Wellbeing & Employee support on our intranet with 100s of resources
• Cycle to work and technology salary sacrifice schemes
• Flexible working  - please  discuss at interview stage
• Enhanced family leave pay and special leave
• Employer pension contributions  

Please see our Great Place To Work booklet below for more details on our employment terms

For further information about the Trust please visit the website found at the top of this page 

Keeping Children Safe in Education

Bright Futures Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out and references will be sought for shortlisted candidates and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and other relevant checks with statutory bodies.