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sharing our knowledge and using our skills.
Our mission is to work in partnership
to fulfil the potential of children and young people.

Following the appointment of Les Walton OBE to the Chair of the Young People’s Learning Agency Committee, Northern Education is delighted to welcome former Secretary of State for Schools and member of the House of Lords, Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley as new Company Chair.
Northern Education is an organisation which transcends the boundaries within education and training. They have the capacity to deliver well managed projects with sustainable outcomes. My experience is also that they can tackle highly complex partnership situations and produce an outcome which has wide ranging support.
Jim Bradshaw, Vice Chancellor , Sunderland University.
Northern Education are currently in the process of expanding their network of Associates working to support secondary schools as School Improvement Partners or National Challenge Advisers.
Continue reading if you are interested in becoming an Associate.
Supportive Intervention is based on the simple belief that the majority of people in education want to do a good job. It focuses on developing a positive organisational climate together with removing the ‘blockages in the system which prevent the well motivated able majority in education from achieving their potential’. Les Walton describes the beliefs which have underpinned the role of ‘The Supportive Interventionist’.