Home About Us Our Academies SCITT Teaching School Hubs Information Join Contact Us Home » About Us About Us 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 Trust schools are: Acre Hall Primary Academy Altrincham Grammar School for Girls Barton Clough Primary School Cedar Mount Academy Elmridge Primary School Lime Tree Primary Academy Marton Primary Academy and Nursery Melland High School Rushbrook Primary Academy South Shore Academy Stanley Grove Primary Academy The Orchards The current Chief Executive Officer, John Stephens, took up post in January 2017. 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. We have Bright Futures Teaching School Hubs for Trafford & Stockport and Manchester & Salford, these are DfE-designated centres of excellence for teacher training and development. In addition we have a commerical offer run through the Alliance for Learning providing first-class school improvement services and CPD which enables us to work with and learn from a wide range of schools and other partners. We help to train teachers through our school centred initial teacher training (Bright Futures SCITT) and we promote innovative approaches in the teaching and learning of mathematics through our Maths Hub. We are an organisation that is open and connected; we are always learning and seeking ways to improve what we do. We celebrate and take pride in the many diverse achievements of our staff and students, and we embrace new challenges with optimism and curiosity. See our brochure: Click here to download our brochure Trustees Our Executive Team Our Strategy 2018 Central Services Finance Human Resources IT and Estates Educational Psychology and Specialist Outreach (EPSO) Team Latest News Acre Hall achieves Artsmark Gold standard Marton win inaugural Fit2Go Games in Blackpool A celebration of Black history Welcome to the new Head of School at Acre Hall – Colin Catherall Ministerial Visit to Cedar Mount Academy and Melland High School Home About Us Trustees Our Strategy Our Academies Contact Us Email Remote Desktop © Copyright 2017 Bright Futures Educational Trust.