Guidance

RISE: East of England

Published 19 September 2025

Applies to England

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Regional Director’s welcome

The Regional Director for the East of England is Jonathan Duff.

The East of England has extraordinary potential, but to realise this we must work together on common challenges and share our learning and resources. 

The regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE) programme is already playing a vital role in helping schools access high-quality improvement support, contributing to this government’s ambition to break the link between a child’s background and their future success. I hope the RISE resources prove valuable in supporting your school’s improvement journey. 

Together with your RISE advisers, I look forward to working across the region to deliver on our 4 shared priorities: 

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

By working in partnership, we can raise aspirations and make the East of England the best place in the country to grow up.

RISE advisers

The RISE advisers for the East of England are:

  • Clare Flintoff – former Chief Executive, Asset Education

  • Lucy Scott – Chief Executive, Eastern Learning Alliance 

  • Lucie Calow – Director of SEND, Unity Schools Partnership 

  • Julian Axford – Director of School Improvement, Chiltern Learning Trust

  • Jonathan Taylor – Chief Executive, Sapientia Education Trust 

  • Lesley Birch – Deputy Chief Executive, Meridian 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: 

  • work groups (particularly supporting implementation of teaching for mastery pedagogy)  
  • specialist knowledge for teaching mathematics (SKTM) programmes  
  • professional learning communities for leaders   
  • 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

Cambridge Maths Hub 
Areas: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk District (Kings Lynn and West Norfolk), Peterborough, Suffolk district (West Suffolk)
admin@cambridgemathshub.org 

Venn Essex Maths Hub 
Areas: Essex districts (other than Harlow), Southend-on-Sea, Thurrock
info@vennessexmathshub.co.uk 

Angles Maths Hub 
Areas: Norfolk districts (other than King’s Lynn and West Norfolk), Suffolk districts (other than West Suffolk)
admin@anglesmathshub.org 

Matrix Herts Maths Hub
Areas: Essex district (Harlow), Hertfordshire
admin@matrixmathshub.co.uk

Enigma Maths Hub
Areas: Bedford, Buckinghamshire District (Aylesbury Vale is shared with Bucks, Berks and Oxon Maths Hub), Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes and West Northamptonshire
enigmamathshub@denbigh.net

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. 

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.

Myland English Hub 
Areas: Babergh, Colchester, Ipswich, East Suffolk, Mid Suffolk, Tendring, West Suffolk

Wensum English Hub 
Areas: Breckland, Great Yarmouth, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, North Norfolk, Norwich and South Norfolk

New Vision English Hub
Areas: Barking and Dagenham, Basildon, Braintree, Brentwood, Castle Point, Chelmsford, Epping Forest, Forest Gate, Harlow, Havering, Islington, Maldon, Newham, Redbridge, Rochford, Southend-on-Sea, Thurrock, Tower Hamlets, Uttlesford

New Wave English Hub
Areas: Broxbourne, Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, East Hertfordshire, Enfield, Fenland, Forest Heath, Hackney, Haringey, Hatfield, North Hertfordshire, Peterborough, South Cambridgeshire, Waltham Forest, Welwyn

Knowledge Schools Trust English Hub
Areas: Barnet, Bedford, Brent, Cambridgeshire, Central Bedfordshire, Dacorum, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hertsmere, Hillingdon, Huntingdonshire, Kensington and Chelsea, St Albans, Stevenage, Three Rivers, Watford

Teaching school hubs

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

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

They play a significant role in the delivery of: 

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

Saffron Teaching School Hub 
Areas: Braintree, Chelmsford, Epping Forest, Harlow, Uttlesford
dbrechin@swchs.net 

Inspiration Teaching Hub  
Areas: Breckland, Great Yarmouth, South Norfolk, Waveney
inspirationteachinghub@inspirationtrust.org

Unity Teaching School Hub  
Areas: Babergh, Colchester, Ipswich, Tendring, East Suffolk, West Suffolk, Mid Suffolk
info@utsh.org 

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Teaching School Hub  
Areas: Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Fenland, Huntingdonshire, Peterborough, South Cambridgeshire
info@cptshn.co.uk 

The Julian Teaching School Hub  
Areas: Broadland, King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, North Norfolk, Norwich
julian-tsh@ndhs.org.uk 

Chafford Hundred South Essex Teaching School Hub  
Areas: Basildon, Brentwood, Castle Point, Maldon, Rochford, Southend-on-Sea, Thurrock
CHTSH@harrisinstitute.org.uk 

Alban Teaching School Hub  
Areas: Dacorum, Hertsmere, St Albans, Three Rivers, Watford, Welwyn Hatfield
enquiries@albantsh.co.uk 

Chiltern Teaching School Hub 
Areas: Broxbourne, Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, East Hertfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, North Hertfordshire, Stevenage
ctshadmin@chilternlearningtrust.org 

Music hubs

Music hub partnerships consist 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.

Cambridgeshire Music (Cambridgeshire County Council)
Areas: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
cm@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Essex Music Services (Essex County Council)
Areas: Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock
musichub@essex.gov.uk

Hertfordshire Music Service (Hertfordshire County Council)
Areas: Hertfordshire
ask.hms@hertfordshire.gov.uk

Norfolk County Council
Areas: Norfolk and Suffolk
music.service@norfolk.gov.uk

Inspiring Music Education Hub (Central Bedfordshire Council)
Areas: Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes
inspiring.music@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk

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