A primary multi-academy trust with schools across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire has been ranked in the top four nationally for three key education performance measures.

The Flying High Partnership scored highly in the latest MAT performance measures — second in the country for progress scores; fourth for attainment in reading, writing, and maths combined; and third for attainment in reading, writing, and maths disadvantaged.

Claire Stirland, director of education at the trust, said: “We are extremely proud of our children and the outcomes they have achieved across our Flying High schools.

To be ranked fourth in the country for the percentage of children achieving the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, when compared to trusts of similar size, is quite an achievement.

“We are further delighted that our children recognised as disadvantaged have achieved outcomes placing them third in the MAT national league tables. Championing children recognised as disadvantaged is a core driver for our partnership, as we aim to support our children to acquire the knowledge, skills, and characteristics they need to succeed in their future aspirations.”

The trust’s academies include Bilsthorpe; Ladybrook in Mansfield; Forest Glade, Leamington, and Mapplewells in Sutton; Greenwood in Kirkby; and Peafield Lane in Mansfield Woodhouse.

Adults pictured with children from Bilsthorpe Flying High Academy are, from left, headteacher Sarah Camish; inclusion and systems leader Grant Worthington; the chief executive and founder of The Flying High Partnership, Chris Wheatley; and, centre front, Claire Stirland, director of Education.