Guidance

RISE: Yorkshire and the Humber

Published 19 September 2025

Applies to England

Regional Director’s welcome

The Regional Director for Yorkshire and the Humber is Alison Wilson.

The Yorkshire and the Humber region has a proud culture rooted in strong communities and high ambition. It is this collective striving for success that underpins our universal regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE) programme. The RISE programme ensures every school in the region is part of a strong community, is open and collaborative, and gives and receives support.

We are looking forward to working across the region on our collective priority to drive up standards in early years and through each stage of school. We want to focus on:

• closing the disadvantage gap at every stage of children’s education
• having inclusive schools
• ensuring children feel a sense of belonging to their school and attend every possible day they can

By helping all schools access high-quality improvement support, our programme is already helping to break the link between a child’s background and their future success. Our full-to-capacity conferences on attendance and early years are a great example of new, free, universally available learning opportunities.

I hope that you will join us and make full use of Yorkshire and the Humber’s professional opportunities for learning with and from each other.

Yorkshire and the Humber RISE advisers

The RISE advisers for the Yorkshire and the Humber region are:

• Janet Sheriff – Chief Executive, Collaborative Learning Trust 

• Martin Finch – Chief Quality Assurance Officer, Inova Multi-Academy Trust

• Narinder Gill – Director of Leadership and Transformation, Inspiring Generations

• Maria Williams – Head of Service, School Improvement and Early Years, Bradford Local Authority

• Jonathan Britton – Chief Executive, Wonder Learning Partnership 

• Paul Haigh – Headteacher, King Ecgbert School

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

South Yorkshire Maths Hub
Areas: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield
admin@symathshub.org.uk

West Yorkshire Maths Hub
Areas: Bradford, Calderdale, Leeds
wymh@westyorkshiremathshub.co.uk

Yorkshire and the Humber Maths Hub
Areas: Kingston upon Hull, Kirklees, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, Wakefield
yhmathshub@outwood.com

Yorkshire Ridings Maths Hub
Areas: North Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, York
yrmathshub@hgs.rklt.co.uk

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.

Burley Woodhead English Hub
Areas: Bradford, Craven, Hambleton, Richmond

Great Heights English Hub
Areas: Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds

Jerry Clay English Hub
Areas: Barnsley, Leeds, Wakefield

Outwood English Hub
Areas: Harrogate, Hull, Selby, Wakefield

St Wilfrid’s English Hub
Areas: Bolsover, Chesterfield, High Peak, Kirklees, Rotherham, Sheffield

Whiston Worrygoose English Hub
Areas: Bassetlaw, Derby, Doncaster, Rotherham, South Derbyshire

Yorkshire Endeavour English Hub 
Areas: East Riding of Yorkshire, Hambleton, Ryedale, Scarborough, Whitby, York

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: 

• school-based initial teacher training (ITT) 
• national professional qualifications (NPQs) 
• the early career teacher entitlement (ECTE)  
• appropriate body services for the induction of early career teachers 

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

Calderdale and Kirklees Teaching School Hub
Areas: Calderdale, Kirklees
cktsh@sharemat.co.uk

DRET Teaching School Hub
Areas: North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire
teachingschoolhub@dret.co.uk

Exceed Teaching School Hub
Areas: Bradford
tshub@exceedacademiestrust.co.uk

Exchange Teaching School Hubs
Areas: Barnsley, Doncaster, North Yorkshire, Wakefield
info@exchangeteachinghub.org.uk

Leeds Teaching School Hub  
Areas: Leeds
info@ltsh.org.uk 

Pathfinder Teaching School Hub
Areas: North Yorkshire East, York
info@tsh.pmat.academy

Red Kite Teaching School Hub
Areas: North Yorkshire West
tsh@rklt.co.uk

South Yorkshire Teaching School Hub
Areas: Rotherham, Sheffield
info@southyorkshireteachinghub.org

The Vantage Teaching School Hub North Humber
Areas: East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull
teachingschoolhub@smchull.org  

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.

Bradford Music and Arts Service (City of Bradford Metropolitan Council)
Areas: West Yorkshire
schoolsmusicandarts@bradford.gov.uk

Hull Music Service (Hull City Council)
Areas: Hull, East Riding, North and North East Lincolnshire
music.service@hullcc.gov.uk

North Yorkshire Music Service (North Yorkshire County Council)
Areas: York and North Yorkshire
Countyhall.Music@northyorks.gov.uk

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
Areas: South Yorkshire
enquiries@southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk

Sector-led networks

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

The Education Exchange: Yorkshire and Humber
This is a collaborative partnership organised by Delta Academies Trust. It operates as a network of schools to share best practice so schools can draw on support from other members to receive intensive support.
Areas: Regional

North East Lincolnshire System Leaders Network
The network fosters partnership working and collaboration. It aims to share best practice so that all organisations can learn and improve.
Areas: North East Lincolnshire
r.briggs@harbourlearningtrust.com

Red Kite Connect
This organisation brings together expert practitioners, organisations and networks to create professional development opportunities and form strategic educational partnerships. It aims to share best practice and provides courses and opportunities that encourage sustained, impactful professional growth.
Areas: North Yorkshire and the surrounding areas