News and Events

Welcome to our New Employer Directors

Welcome to our newest members of the NTLT Board, David Hodgson and Ian Richardson. Both David and Ian are representing Employer Partners and will be a great asset to the board. David currently works for Shasun Pharma Solutions as the Director of Health, Safety and Environment and Ian is the Partnership Director at Capita Symonds.

Partnership Coordinator Appointed

Chloe Mortimer started work with the Trust on 4th March as our new Partnership Coordinator. Chloe was previously employed by Newcastle University as Team Leader of the Graduate Ambassadors. Chloe's role has been established to strengthen communications across the Trust, providing a first point of contact for member schools, employer partners and other key stakeholders. Chloe will play a key role in establishing and maintaining management information systems and administering programmes launched by the Trust. Chloe will also take over the formal role of Company Secretary.

STEM Enquiry Based Learning Course

The Trust is working with the National Science Learning Centre to create a bespoke one day course with the aim of liberating and empowering teachers to deliver enquiry based learning opportunities in science. This event will take place at the NSLC in York on Wednesday 3^rd July 2013. If your school is interested in a place please contact Chloe Mortimer at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Money Matters with NatWest & RBS

The Trust is working with NatWest to support Trust schools with the delivery of financial education.

MoneySense is a free resource that gives teachers the opportunity to take pupils on a financial journey from year 7 through to year 13, or enhance the lessons already in place. Once registered online, the MoneySense website gives teachers access to a variety of stimulating materials to keep students interested, a student progress tracking system, teachers notes and curriculum links.

In addition to the MoneySense resource, teachers of pupils aged seven to eleven can also access Pocket Money. This online financial education programme has been developed specifically for primary schools and has been designed to make it easy and fun for teachers to deliver engaging lessons on the important subject of money management.

Susan Jenkins, MoneySense & Community Engagement Coach for the North said “My role as the Regional Coach is to work with you and your colleagues to make sure that all pupils receive some financial education every year, working towards the changes in the national curriculum that are due to take place in Sept 2014.”

If you would like to know more about the programme or the support available from NatWest and RBS, please contact Susan Jenkins on 07990 803989 or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Teaching and Learning Residential Conference

The Trust is working in partnership with the Trust Teaching School, Whitley Bay High School, to sponsor Secondary School teachers with between 2 & 4 years experience to attend a residential conference designed to build leadership potential and develop the ability to deliver outstanding lessons. For information on the course content please click here.

The conference will take place on Friday 21^st commencing at 5pm & Saturday 22^nd June closing at 12.30pm at the Gosforth Marriott Hotel. The cost of the conference is £250 per delegate (twin room) or £300 per delegate (single room). Two delegates from the same school sharing a twin room costs £400.

In order to support the programme and encourage participation the Trust is making available up to £150 to each Trust school to cover half the course fees for one delegate per school.

To book a place on the course please download the booking form by clicking here and send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . For more information please contact Dawn by calling 0191 200 8800.

Primary Maths Lead Teacher Update

The Trust is supporting the development of a training programme for 15 maths lead teachers in conjunction with the National Centre of Excellence for Teaching Mathematics (NCETM).

The programme will begin in the autumn term and will run until early summer. It also includes a two day residential. In between training sessions, lead teachers will carry out research and development tasks in school in collaboration with other teachers. For more information please click here.

This is a fantastic opportunity for the Trust to develop our own cohort of NCETM trained Maths Lead teachers, who will have opportunities to work alongside the local authority to provide the very best support throughout our schools.

The cost for this training is £482 per maths lead; however the Trust is offering to pay half the course fees so that the cost to each school will be £241. There are just a few places left on the course, if you know a Maths teacher who would like to make the most of this opportunity please ask them to get in touch with Chloe Mortimer, Partnership Coordinator for NTLT, for access to the sign-up sheet by e-mailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.