Guidance

RISE: East Midlands

Published 19 September 2025

Applies to England

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Regional Director鈥檚 welcome

The Regional Director for the East Midlands is Carol Gray.

The East Midlands is a region of contrasts and character, from the cities of Nottingham, Leicester and Derby to the rural and coastal communities of Lincolnshire. Our schools sit at the heart of these communities and have a key role in contributing to this government鈥檚 ambition to break the link between a child鈥檚 background and their future success.听听

As trust and school leaders, you know the power of collaboration and how sharing best practice and learning from each other can have an impact on outcomes for children and young people.

Regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE) resources are designed to help you connect with the networks, hubs and partnerships that can support your work. Whether you鈥檙e looking to share practice, continue your improvement journey or build new relationships, we hope these provide a useful starting point.

Our RISE advisers and I look forward to working with you to address the challenges we face across the region:

  • tackling attainment gaps, especially for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
  • increasing the number of children reaching a good level of development by the end of reception
  • continuing the focus on secondary attendance, particularly at key stage 3

By working together, learning from each other and keeping children at the centre, we can improve outcomes for children and young people in all key stages across the East Midlands.

RISE advisers

The RISE advisers for the East Midlands are:

  • Paul Heery 鈥� former Chief Executive, White Hills Park Trust听

  • Sian Hampton 鈥� former Chief Executive, Archway Learning Trust听

  • Emily Walker 鈥� Director of LEARN SEND Hub, part of Community Inclusive Trust听

  • Amanda Griffiths 鈥� Teaching School Hub Director, L.E.A.D Academy Trust听

  • Chris Wheatley 鈥� Chief Executive, Flying High Trust听

  • Kath Kelly 鈥� Chief Executive, Lionheart Education Trust

Hubs

Maths hubs

There are 40 national maths hubs in England. Each hub is a partnership of schools, colleges, multi-academy trusts and other organisations. Hubs provide a range of:

  • subject and pedagogical knowledge
  • wider professional and school development opportunities for teachers, leaders and teaching assistants, from reception to A level

This consists of:听

  • work groups (particularly supporting implementation of teaching for mastery pedagogy)听听
  • specialist knowledge for teaching mathematics (SKTM) programmes听听
  • professional learning communities for leaders听听听
  • development programmes for local leaders of mathematics education (LLME)
  • targeted, bespoke, intensive support for schools in need of greater assistance to help them benefit from universal support

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Areas: Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire districts (Mansfield; Newark and Sherwood; Bassetlaw; Gedling; Rushcliffe)
enquiries@ememathshub.org听

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Areas: Leicester, Leicestershire, North Northamptonshire, Rutland
admin@emsmathshub.org.uk

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Areas: Derby, Derbyshire districts (other than High Peak), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire districts (Ashfield and Broxtowe)
mathshub@georgespencer.org.uk

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Areas: West Northamptonshire
enigmamathshub@denbigh.net听

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Areas: Derbyshire district (High Peak)
enquiries@mathshubsturingnw.co.uk听

English hubs

English hubs offer a range of support and continuing professional development (CPD) to primary schools to improve the teaching of early reading, with a particular focus on:

  • systematic synthetic phonics
  • early language
  • reading for pleasure

This consists of tailored support from a literacy specialist, CPD and funding to buy phonics and early language resources.听

English hubs are also running a secondary pilot that builds on the existing offer by helping secondary schools:

  • embed reading as a whole-school priority
  • improve outcomes for pupils with reading needs
  • strengthen professional knowledge around effective reading support

There are 34 English hubs in England.


Areas: Amber Valley, Ashfield, Bolsover, Broxtowe, Chesterfield, Derby City, Derbyshire Dales, Erewash, Gedling, High Peak, North East Derbyshire, Nottingham, Mansfield, Rushcliffe, South Derbyshire


Areas: Bassetlaw, Doncaster, Derby, Rotherham, South Derbyshire


Areas: Blaby, Charnwood, Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicester, Luton, Melton, North Northamptonshire, North West Leicestershire, Oadby and Wigston, Rutland, West Northamptonshire


Areas: Bolsover, Rotherham, Chesterfield, Kirklees, High Peak, Sheffield


Areas: Bassetlaw, Boston, East Lindsey, Newark and Sherwood, Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, South Holland, South Kesteven

Teaching school hubs

Teaching school hubs听are centres of excellence led by schools and multi-academy trusts.听

They offer teacher training and professional development for teachers and leaders at all stages of their career.听听

They play a significant role in the delivery of:听

Teaching school hubs are the main provider of appropriate body services.

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Areas: Boston, Lincoln, North Kesteven, South Holland, South Kesteven, East Lindsey, West Lindsey
admin@leadtshub.co.uk听

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Areas: Blaby, Harborough, Leicester, Oadby and Wigston
TSHub@LeLTSH-tmet.uk听

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Areas: Charnwood, Hinckley and Bosworth, Melton, North West Leicestershire, Rutland
contact@Lrtshub.org.uk听

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Areas: North Northamptonshire, West Northamptonshire
hello@northantstshub.org

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Areas: Amber Valley, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, High Peak, North East Derbyshire
info@potentiatsh.co.uk听

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Areas: Bassetlaw, Gedling, Newark and Sherwood听
enquiries@redhillhub.org.uk听

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Areas: Derby, Erewash, South Derbyshire
info@spencerteachingschoolhub.org.uk听

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Areas: Ashfield, Broxtowe, Mansfield, Nottingham, Rushcliffe
futures@flyinghightrust.co.uk听

Music hubs

Music hub partnerships are made up of a range of organisations that work together to deliver high-quality music provision for all children and young people in and out of school. The hub programme funds a network of 43 hub partnerships that cover every area of England.


Areas: Derby and Derbyshire
music.partnership@derbyshire.gov.uk


Areas: Leicester and Leicestershire
music@leics.gov.uk


Areas: Lincolnshire
musicservice@lincolnshire.gov.uk


Areas: North Northamptonshire, West Northamptonshire and Rutland
office@NMPAT.co.uk


Areas: Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
ask@inspireculture.org.uk

Sector-led networks

Contact your regional director鈥檚 office if you are interested in working with us to develop or contribute to future networks.


Areas: Regional

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