LEAP Multi Academy Trust

What LEAP Multi Academy Trust does

LEAP Multi Academy Trust (LEAP — Learning, Excellence and Achievement Partnership) is a small UK state-funded multi-academy trust founded in 2015 and headquartered in Rotherham, England, with a central-trust headcount of 6 employees. Prior to 2024, the trust's operating footprint consisted of two secondary schools: Brinsworth Academy (on the Sheffield–Rotherham border) and Dinnington High School. As a state-funded MAT, LEAP received per-pupil revenue from the Department for Education and operated within the standard UK academy trust framework, serving local communities within its catchment areas; no commercial pricing model applied.

LEAP's go-to-market followed the standard MAT playbook: schools seeking a like-minded trust underwent due diligence before joining, with executive leadership and senior support provided through service-level agreements during transitions. The trust's defining recent strategic action was a September 2023 service-level agreement with the larger New Collaborative Learning Trust (NCLT), under which an NCLT executive head and additional senior leaders were placed at Brinsworth Academy and Dinnington High School to manage the transition. Following several months of legal process and due diligence, both schools formally joined NCLT in 2024, transferring LEAP's entire operating portfolio to a larger trust.

No proprietary technology is disclosed; LEAP's deliverables are educational services — Teaching for Learning methodologies and School Improvement Models — delivered by teaching staff at its schools. With both member schools now under NCLT, LEAP's residual standalone operating scale is materially reduced relative to its pre-transition footprint.

Name

LEAP Multi Academy Trust

Legal name

New Collaborative Learning Trust

Website

https://leap-mat.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

LEAP Multi Academy Trust is a small UK state-funded multi-academy trust founded in 2015 in Rotherham, England. Its two secondary schools — Brinsworth Academy and Dinnington High School — formally joined New Collaborative Learning Trust in 2024 after a 2023 transition partnership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

K-12 Education Services

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Junior Colleges (6112)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE)

Keywords

• Multi-academy trust
• State-funded education
• Secondary education
• School improvement services
• Post-16 colleges

Headquarters

HQ city

Normanton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Education Funding: NCLT operates as a multi-academy trust receiving government funding through the Department for Education (DfE). Schools and colleges within the trust are state-funded educational institutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

LEAP Multi Academy Trust operated state-funded secondary education through Brinsworth Academy and Dinnington High School in the Rotherham area. Following a multi-month legal and due diligence process, both schools joined the New Collaborative Learning Trust (NCLT) in 2024, transferring into a trust that now runs three primary schools, three secondary schools, and three post-16 colleges under government funding from the Department for Education.

Product overview

New Collaborative Learning Trust (NCLT) operates as a multi-academy trust providing educational services across three phases: primary education (Anston Greenlands, Thorpe Hesley, and Redscope primary schools), secondary education (Brinsworth Academy, Dinnington High School, and Wingfield Academy), and post-16 college education (New College Pontefract, New College Doncaster, and New College Bradford). The trust offers a distinctive Teaching for Learning methodology applied across all phases, supported by School Improvement Models for primary and College Improvement Model for post-16 institutions. Wingfield Academy holds a national Behaviour Hub designation enabling outreach to 12 secondary schools nationwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Brinsworth Academy State-funded secondary school on the Sheffield and Rotherham border, formerly operated by LEAP Multi Academy Trust and now part of the New Collaborative Learning Trust following transfer in 2024.
• Dinnington High School State-funded secondary school formerly operated by LEAP Multi Academy Trust and now part of the New Collaborative Learning Trust following transfer in 2024.
• Behaviour Hub Support Service National Behaviour Hub service operated by Wingfield Academy under DfE designation since 2021, supporting secondary schools across the country to improve learning culture and student outcomes.

Quantifiable outcome

• All 7 schools and colleges inspected received Good or Outstanding ratings between 2021-2023
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• LEAP (LEAP Multi Academy Trust)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2023LEAP began discussions with NCLT about ways the trust might work with Brinsworth Academy and Dinnington High School. In September 2023, an ambitious service level agreement was put in place providing executive head and senior leaders to support the schools through transition. Both schools subsequently joined NCLT.
• Department for Education (DfE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021DfE approved the opening of New College Doncaster in 2017 and New College Bradford in 2019. The department also appointed Wingfield Academy as a national Behaviour Hub in 2021.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Ark Schools: National multi-academy trust with a strong social-mobility focus and a network of schools across underserved urban areas. Comparable mission and school-improvement methodology, but operates at significantly larger scale across multiple English regions.
• United Learning: One of the largest UK multi-academy trusts operating a national portfolio of primary, secondary and independent schools. Comparable in operating a multi-phase, acquisition-led model, but at materially greater scale and with a broader geographic footprint than NCLT.
• Academies Enterprise Trust (AET): One of the largest UK multi-academy trusts, operating a national network of primary, secondary and special schools. Comparable in being a phase-spanning acquisition-led MAT, but materially larger and more geographically dispersed than NCLT.
• Star Academies: National multi-academy trust operating primary, secondary and post-16 provision, with explicit focus on deprived communities in the North of England. Overlaps with NCLT's geography and social-mobility positioning.
• Harris Federation: Large national multi-academy trust operating primary, secondary and post-16 phases with a focus on disadvantaged urban communities. Comparable operating model and mission to NCLT, but at materially larger scale and broader geographic reach.

Direct peers

• Oasis Community Learning: National multi-academy trust with an explicit social-mobility and community-transformation mission similar to NCLT's. Operates primary, secondary and post-16 phases and pursues school conversion growth, making it a strong mission-aligned comparable.
• Outwood Grange Academies Trust: Large Yorkshire-based multi-academy trust operating a comparable mix of primary, secondary and post-16 provision across Northern England. Highly comparable geography, phase mix, and school-acquisition-led growth model, making it the closest direct peer to NCLT.
• Wellspring Academy Trust: Yorkshire and Humber-based multi-academy trust serving similar communities with a comparable phase mix. Operates a school-improvement and acquisition-led model in overlapping geographies, making it a close regional direct peer.
• L.E.A.D. Academy Trust: Multi-academy trust operating primary and secondary schools across the East Midlands and Yorkshire with a school-improvement-led growth model. Comparable phase mix and acquisition-led growth approach to NCLT.
• Brighton & Hove Multi Academy Trust (BMAT): Mid-sized multi-academy trust operating a comparable mix of primary, secondary and post-16 provision. Similar in scale, structure and reliance on DfE funding, but focused on a different region (South East) — making it a close structural comparable rather than a regional competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/NCLearningTrust
• Facebookfacebook.com/100094478104632
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/leap-multi-academy-trust

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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