Our Academies

Our academies range from small primary schools to large city centre secondary schools, and include a number of all-through schools. We serve a highly diverse range of communities, stretching across an area from Carlisle to Hull, and from Somerset to Kent. Each of our academies has its own identity, which reflects the community and the area it serves, but all of them share in our core mission: to bring out the best in everyone.

Our approach to teaching and learning

What schools choose to teach and when – the curriculum – is a set of decisions that can have a huge impact on educational outcomes. The best curriculums include content that is ambitious, sets high expectations, and ensures that all pupils leave school with the cultural capital they need to thrive. The best curriculums also sequence this content so that pupils are taught new knowledge in small steps and are encouraged to make links between knowledge from previous topics and – when appropriate – from across different subjects. The United Curriculum sets out the powerful knowledge that should be taught as a minimum in each subject and sequences this content carefully.

When delivering the curriculum, all United Learning schools are committed to Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction. These are a sensible, evidence-based articulation of the characteristics of effective teaching and include, for example, the practices of regular reviews, teacher modelling and opportunities for guided practice before pupils work independently. The United Curriculum includes lesson resources that are built upon these principles. In addition to Rosenshine, every school will also have its own teaching and learning priorities each year, based on the needs of its pupils and staff.

Taken as a whole, the United Curriculum ensures that every child is taught the content to which they are entitled and supports teachers with the tools to teach it. The United Curriculum has been developed by subject experts in collaboration with our schools over many years. It is an optional, supportive set of resources that most of our schools choose to use.

Visit the United Curriculum page to find out more

Our primary academies

Find out more about our primary academies.

Our secondary academies

Find out more about our secondary academies.

Teach with us

We are committed to ensuring our employees feel valued and appreciated. As a group we can reward our colleagues better than any school could alone, and this includes employee benefits.

We want to bring out the ‘best in everyone’ so, when you choose to teach in our academies, you can be confident that you will receive the opportunities, guidance and materials you need to excel in your role and contribute your best.

Teaching is an incredible career, that changes lives for the better. Teachers deserve to be rewarded, and our pledge, to all our academy teachers, is that by working for us you will benefit from more pay, more time, and more support.

Find out more about what we offer