One of the UK’s fastest growing and most successful Teaching Schools, the Alliance for Learning at Bright Futures Educational Trust (BFET), has won a bid to become the new Northwest hub for the DfE Women Leading in Education initiative. The Northwest hub has been created to raise the profile of women in education; providing support, […]
Bright Futures Educational Trust has announced the appointment of 16 Mental Health First Aiders. Their appointments mean there are now two trained mental health professionals in each of the schools within the Trust, to ensure the students have the expertise available if needed. Lisa Fathers, Co-Principal at Bright Futures Educational Trust, comments: “10% of young […]
Lisa Fathers, Head of Teaching School and Bright Futures Educational Trust Co-Principal is thrilled to have been nominated and successfully become a member of the newly established Greater Manchester Children’s Health and Wellbeing Board. The board aims to improve prospects of children in Greater Manchester and improve consistency of outcomes between authorities. Multiple partners across Greater […]
Lisa Fathers, Bright Futures Educational Trust Co-Principal, outlines the importance of parental engagement in sports The value of sport and wellbeing has been recognised for some time in the field of education. As an English/Drama teacher who is a Fitness Instructor in her spare time and a huge sports fan, I’m delighted: physical education has […]
Lisa Fathers, Head of Teaching School and Bright Futures Educational Trust Co-Principal, will share effective parental engagement strategies with elite sports managers and coaches at national event. Lisa Fathers has been invited to the prestigious UK Sport and English Institute of Sport (EIS) Pathways Symposium on 12th October, presenting to staff working in GB performance pathways about […]