Outwood Grange Academies Trust

What Outwood Grange Academies Trust does

Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) is a UK-registered non-profit education charity and multi-academy trust, structured as a company limited by guarantee (company number 06995649) and headquartered in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The trust operates a portfolio of primary, junior and secondary academies across the Yorkshire and the Humber region, delivering education to children from Nursery through Year 13. Its core educational methodology centres on three proprietary pedagogical frameworks — Read Write Inc. synthetic phonics (delivered via Ruth Miskin Training), Pearson's Power Maths curriculum using Singapore/Shanghai Teaching for Mastery, and a Same Day Intervention approach — applied consistently across the academy network.

Beyond direct school operation, OGAT runs the Outwood Institute of Education (OIE), a professional development arm delivering National Professional Qualifications, Early Career Teacher programmes, and Teaching Internship programmes. The trust holds two strategic Department for Education designations: lead school for the Yorkshire and the Humber Maths Hub (one of 40 nationally, coordinating 49 Work Group schools across Kirklees, Wakefield, Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire) and lead school for a national English Hub serving Wakefield, Hull, Selby and Harrogate. Operating technology includes Google Classroom, an Outwood Portal (Google OAuth-authenticated) for parent engagement, ParentPay for fee collection, and Freshstatus for service status updates. Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse Gate, rated Outstanding by Ofsted in April 2023, anchors the network's quality reputation.

OGAT's revenue model is structurally a single-payer arrangement: the trust is funded via the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) on a per-pupil basis for academy operations, with secondary, immaterial revenue from wraparound care fees (£5-£13.75 per session, ParentPay-processed) and ancillary services such as catering (via ISS Education). Admissions are coordinated through Local Authority processes rather than direct sales, and the organisation employs 1001-5000 staff. There are no public funding rounds, M&A transactions, or external ownership, consistent with the trust's exempt-charity status and company-limited-by-guarantee structure under English law.

Name

Outwood Grange Academies Trust

Legal name

Outwood Grange Academies Trust

Website

https://outwood.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Outwood Grange Academies Trust is a UK non-profit multi-academy trust operating primary and secondary academies across Yorkshire and the Humber, funded by the Department for Education via ESFA per-pupil grants and generating ancillary revenue through wraparound care and teacher training.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Wakefield

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Education Funding: As an academy trust, Outwood Grange Academies Trust receives government funding for operating academies. Revenue is generated through the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) for educating students at primary, junior, and secondary levels.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Outwood Grange Academies Trust is a not-for-profit multi-academy trust and exempt charity that operates a network of primary, junior, secondary and post-16 academies across Yorkshire and the Humber, delivering a consistent curriculum built on Read Write Inc. phonics, Power Maths mastery, and Same Day Intervention. In parallel, the trust runs the Outwood Institute of Education (teacher training and CPD), the Outwood English Hub and Yorkshire & Humber Maths Hub (school-to-school support), wraparound childcare, early-years nursery provision, and the Out There family and community engagement programme.

Product overview

Outwood Grange Academies Trust operates as an education charity and not-for-profit academy sponsor providing a unified family of primary and secondary academies. The core product portfolio consists of the Outwood Portal for parent engagement, the Outwood Institute of Education for teacher professional development, and specialist subject hubs including the Outwood English Hub and Yorkshire & Humber Maths Hub. Supporting services include Wraparound Care (Early Birds and Sunset Squad) and Nursery Provision for early years children. The trust's academies, such as Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse Gate rated Outstanding by Ofsted, form the operational delivery network for this educational ecosystem.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Outwood Institute of Education (OIE) Professional development institute delivering National Professional Qualifications (NPQs), the Early Career Teacher Programme, the Teaching Internship Programme, and school-to-school support across multiple hubs including the Maths Hub and English Hub, primarily for teachers and schools across the Yorkshire and Humber region.
• Outwood English Hub Department for Education-designated national English Hub supporting schools in Wakefield, Hull, Selby, and Harrogate with early reading and phonics teaching, Read Write Inc. professional development, and in-school support.
• Yorkshire & Humber Maths Hub Maths Hub funded by the Department for Education and coordinated by the NCETM, providing Teaching for Mastery professional development, Work Groups, and maths education support across Kirklees, Wakefield, Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.
• Outwood Portal Parent and carer online portal providing secure access to children's education information including attendance figures, Praising Stars reports, praise comments, lesson timetables, and behaviour tracking, using Google OAuth sign-in.
• Wraparound Care (Early Birds & Sunset Squad) Before and after-school childcare provision including Early Birds Breakfast Club (7:45am-8:45am) and Sunset Squad After-School Club (3:15pm-6:00pm) for Reception to Year 6 students during term time, booked and paid for in advance via ParentPay.
• Nursery Provision (Owlets) Early years provision for 3 and 4-year-olds including the Owlets settling-in programme, with funded provision options including 30 hours free childcare eligibility.
• Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse Gate Primary academy (Nursery through Year 6) rated Outstanding by Ofsted in April 2023, serving as the trust's flagship lead hub school for both the English Hub and Yorkshire & Humber Maths Hub.
• Out There Programme Family and community support programme providing enrichment activities and community engagement opportunities for students and families across the Outwood academies.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% of pupils achieved expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Maths Hub Programme is funded by the Department for Education and coordinated by the NCETM. Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse Gate is the designated lead school for the Yorkshire and the Humber Maths Hub, delivering teaching for mastery professional development.
• Department for Education (DfE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe DfE designates English Hubs and Maths Hubs across England. Outwood English Hub and the Yorkshire & Humber Maths Hub are both DfE-funded initiatives.
• Pearson (Power Maths)coreTechnology or IntegrationPower Maths textbooks from Pearson are adopted as the primary maths curriculum across all Outwood academies, following Singapore and Shanghai teaching approaches.
• Read Write Inc. (Ruth Miskin Training)coreTechnology or IntegrationOutwood academies use the Read Write Inc. systematic synthetic phonics programme, and Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse Gate is Ruth Miskin Trained.
• ISS EducationminorOthersISS Education is the catering provider for Outwood Primary Academy Lofthouse Gate, providing school meals and managing dietary requirements including medical dietary needs.
• Wakefield Metropolitan District CouncilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdmissions are coordinated through the Local Authority's co-ordinated admission arrangements. The council handles school admissions applications and notifications.
• STEM LearningminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSTEM Ambassador programme coordination for maths education support, connecting schools with STEM professionals.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Oasis Community Learning: UK multi-academy trust operating a large network of primary and secondary academies across regions; comparable to Outwood as a state-funded, LA-independent charitable academy sponsor running a unified pedagogy at scale.
• United Learning: Large charitable group of academies and independent schools; comparable to Outwood in combining state-funded academies under a single trust with shared pedagogy and central services.
• Harris Federation: One of the largest UK multi-academy trusts running primary and secondary academies with a strong school-improvement brand; comparable to Outwood in operating model, ESFA-funded revenue base, and emphasis on hub/leadership roles.
• Star Academies: UK MAT running primary and secondary academies with a strong faith-/values-led and improvement-focused operating culture; comparable to Outwood as a regional multi-academy sponsor serving state-funded pupils.
• REAch2 Academy Trust: UK MAT focused on primary academies, delivering centralised curriculum and CPD; comparable to Outwood on primary-heavy ESFA-funded academy model and shared professional development infrastructure.
• Greenwood Academies Trust: Mid-sized East Midlands–based multi-academy trust operating primary and secondary academies; comparable to Outwood as a regional ESFA-funded MAT with similar wraparound and SEND service offerings.
• L.E.A.D. Academy Trust: UK multi-academy trust sponsoring primary academies with a strong leadership-development focus; comparable to Outwood as a regional primary-academy trust with similar central-services model.
• Ark (Ark Schools): Charitable multi-academy trust running non-selective academies across England; comparable to Outwood on charitable structure, ESFA funding, and centralised curriculum delivery at scale.

Others

• Pearson (Power Maths): Curriculum publisher providing the Power Maths textbooks that Outwood academies use; not a peer in operating model but a strategic content partner that influences the trust's pedagogy and scalability.
• Ruth Miskin Training (Read Write Inc.): Provider of the Read Write Inc. phonics programme used across Outwood academies; adjacent peer as a curriculum and teacher-training supplier to the trust rather than a competing operator.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/OGATrust
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@theoutwoodfamily3115
• Facebookfacebook.com/outwood.lofthousegate
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/outwood-grange-academies-trust

Compliance6 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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