Success North was awarded Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training status in July 2007, following a successful submission to the Quality Improvement Agency (now LSIS). Success North is a collaborative partnership led by Newcastle College, and consisting of a diverse range of training providers, groups and organisations within the Lifelong Learning sector.

Success North represents OLASS, WBL, ACL, the voluntary sector, FE and HE partners who have already made influential contributions to the partnership and within their field. The partners within Success North represent extensive coverage across the North of England, a wealth of expertise from a range of teaching and learning contexts. Specialist contributors like Tribal, and RNIB bring informed consultancy skills to support the development of resources and the reach of the CETT.

Success North partners share the common aim of:

‘raising the standards of ITT and CPD provision through the development of strategies and materials to support trainee specialisms according to both subject and context.’