Schools & Multi-Academy Trusts

Data in Leadership – Build a sustainable leadership pipeline that aligns with your School Improvement Plan, ensuring your future middle and senior leaders are equipped to drive pedagogical and operational change.

Supports with mastery of data sourcing and visualisation for reporting purposes and increasing efficiency through the power of data, all contextualised through a leadership lens to improve service delivery.

Business Data Essentials – Where data is often fragmented across different systems (SIMS, Arbor, finance software, HR portals), this programme turns administrative staff into insightful analysts, managing the administrative burden and developing the capabilities to support with operational measures across different areas of a school.

Supports across EdTech integration, MIS management (SIMS, Arbor, etc.), curriculum and absence management.

Data in the People Profession – As educational leadership moves toward evidence based strategy, we’ll help you to bridge the gap between traditional HR functions and the increasing demand for data driven decision making.

Supports in identifying trends and recognising areas for improvement across the people function such as workforce planning, staff wellbeing, performance, and CPD tracking.

ICT – IT infrastructure is crucial in an educational setting, so we’ll help you ensure your IT staff has capacity and capability to address the issues that come up in your specialist environment.

Supports in developing technical skills and knowledge of IT infrastructure and protocols, as well as soft skills, whilst keeping your operations running smoothly.

Administration – Designed to professionalise school and MAT operations by bridging the gap between standard office tasks and strategic school management, learners gain experience in stakeholder management, policies, processes and procedures, and strategic thinking.

Supports the development of administrative capability, whether that be front office, attendance, curriculum management, supplier management or school improvement.

Project Management – Ideal for those who are often tasked with managing complex projects such as curriculum rollouts, digital transformations or even building works.

Supports those working on projects, trust wide centralisation or estate management.

Accountancy – As educational institutions shift toward more centralised operations and rigorous fiscal accountability, these programmes help bridge the gap between basic bookkeeping and strategic financial management.

Supports school finance, bursarial support, and School Financial Value Standard (SFP) / the Academy Trust Handbook alignment.

HR – Ideal for HR team members or school business professionals handling day to day queries from recruitment to retirement, or those leading on people strategies, managing employee relations and influencing senior leadership, our HR programmes focus on topics such as employment law, HR administration and other, more in depth subjects.

Supports with workforce planning, safer recruitment, staff wellbeing, performance management and ED&I.

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