Guidance

RISE: South West

Published 19 September 2025

Applies to England

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Regional Director鈥檚 welcome

The Regional Director for the South West is Lucy Livings.

The South West is England鈥檚 largest region, but its diverse and scenic landscapes should be no barrier to collaboration. We already have a strong culture of connectivity, which is helping to drive the sharing of good practice for the common good of our young people.

Your regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE)听advisers and I are looking forward to working with you on our regional priorities:

  • raising attainment in English and maths
  • improving attendance
  • strengthening inclusive mainstream provision
  • delivering high-quality reception practice

Whether you are looking to share practice, strengthen your improvement journey or build new relationships, I hope that through RISE you find the community of support and collaboration that I know is flourishing in the South West.

By learning from each other, building strong partnerships and drawing on the evidence of what works, we can rise to the challenge and secure better futures for young people in the South West.

RISE advisers

The RISE advisers for the South West are:

  • Mike Ion 鈥� former Education Director, Avanti Schools Trust

  • Joe Ambrose 鈥� Associate Director of Strategy, Greenshaw Learning Trust

  • Jo Stoaling 鈥� Head Teacher, Three Ways School

  • Chris Gould 鈥� Director of Education and Deputy Chief Executive, Truro and Penwith Academy Trust

  • Jonathan Bishop 鈥� Chief Executive, Cornerstone Academy Trust

  • Siobhan Meredith 鈥� Executive Director of Education, Ted Wragg Multi Academy Trust

  • Alison Fletcher 鈥� Director of CLF Institute, Cabot Learning Federation

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: Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset, South Gloucestershire
team@booleanmathshub.co.uk听


Areas: Cornwall, Districts in Devon (South Hams, Teignbridge, West Devon), Isles of Scilly, Plymouth, Torbay
codemathshub@tpacademytrust.org

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Areas: Gloucestershire, Worcestershire
glowmathshub@balcarras.gloucs.sch.uk鈥嬏�

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Areas: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Districts in Devon (East Devon, Exeter, Mid Devon, North Devon, Torridge), Dorset
infojurassic@woodroffe.dorset.sch.uk


Areas: Bracknell Forest, Reading, Swindon, West Berkshire, Wiltshire, Wokingham
info@mobiusmathshub.org.uk听

English hubs听

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

听听
Areas: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, East Devon, Somerset West, South Somerset鈥�, Taunton

听听
Areas: Exeter, Mendip, Mid Devon, North Devon, North Somerset, Plymouth, Sedgemoor, Somerset West and Taunton, South Hams, Teignbridge, Torbay

听听
Areas: Cornwall, Isles of Scilly, 鈥婽orridge, West Devon

听听
Areas: Cheltenham, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, South Gloucestershire, Stroud,听Tewkesbury

听听
Areas: Dorset, Cotswolds, Swindon, Wiltshire


Areas: Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol,听Mendip, North Somerset, Sedgemoor

Teaching school hubs听

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.

听听
Areas: Cheltenham, Cotswold, Stroud
ts-hub@balcarras.gloucs.sch.uk听


Areas: Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, Somerset, South Gloucestershire
info@fivecountiesalliance.co.uk听

听听
Areas: Gloucester, Forest of Dean, Tewkesbury
admin@odysseytsh.org听

听听听
Areas: Cornwall, Isles of Scilly
hello@onecornwall.co.uk听


Areas: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset
office@southcentraltsh.com

听听
Areas: East Devon, Exeter, Mid Devon, North Devon, Plymouth, South Hams, Teignbridge, Torbay, Torridge, West Devon
info@sw-ift.org.uk

听听听
Areas: Swindon, Wiltshire
tsh@swindonwiltshiretsh.org.uk

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.

听
Areas: Cornwall
hub@asoneperform.com听

Bristol Music Trust听
Areas: Bristol
hello@bristolbeacon.orgh

听
Areas: Devon
musiceducationhub@devon.gov.uk听

Gloucestershire Music Education Hub听
Areas: Gloucestershire
glosmusic@gloucestershire.gov.uk听


Areas: Dorset and Somerset
octagontheatre@yeovil.gov.uk


Areas: Somerset
HReid@somerset.gov.uk听

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.

Chair Learning Sets听听
These learning sets are for academy trust chairs.
Areas: Regional
SouthWest.RISEREGIONALMAILBOX@education.gov.uk

CEO Learning Sets听听
These learning sets are for academy trust leaders.
Areas: Regional
southwest.riseregionalmailbox@education.gov.uk

Disadvantage Network
This network is for听leaders of local-authority-maintained schools, academies and academy trusts, and other education professionals.
Areas: Regional
dnicholls@twhf.org.uk

South West Attendance Network
This network is for leaders of local-authority-maintained schools, academies and academy trusts, and other education professionals.
Areas: Regional
Kate.richardson@clf.uk

South West CFO and Business Leaders Network
This network is for school business professionals from local-authority-maintained schools, academies and academy trusts.
Areas: Regional
Paul.Evry@mosaicpt.org.uk


This network is for leaders of local-authority-maintained schools, academies and academy trusts, and other education professionals.
Areas: Regional

South West Primary School Improvement Network
This network is for local authority and academy trust primary school improvement professionals.
Areas: Regional
jhicks@dsat.org.uk听

South West Secondary School Improvement Network听
This network is for local authority and academy trust secondary school improvement professionals.
Areas: Regional
jon.lunn@tedwraggtrust.co.uk听

Trust Leaders Network
This network is for academy trust leaders.
Areas: Regional
sarah.gardner@olympustrust.co.uk

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