Multi-academy trust Flying High Partnership has been ranked one of the highest performing in the country, according to the Department for Education MAT league tables.

The accolade for the partnership followed news that its Inspiring Leaders teacher-training programme was rated as outstanding, and one of the member schools, the Flying High Academy in Mansfield, was ranked first for overall progress in the county and 11th in the country.

In the latest tables, the partnership was placed third highest in the country for reading, fourth highest for progress among disadvantaged children, and on all other markers scored well above the national average.

Primary academies in the partnership include Bilsthorpe Flying High Academy; the Flying High Academy, Mansfield; Greenwood Primary and Nursery School, Kirkby; Leamington Primary Academy and Mapplewells Primary and Nursery School, Sutton; Peafield Lane Academy, Mansfield Woodhouse.