How to achieve cost-effective centralisation whilst maintaining high classroom standards and avoiding a 'one size fits all' approach for schools in your MAT.
Keith Sorrell, Chief Executive, Windsor Academy Trust
Andy Collings, CFO and COO, Challenger Multi-Academy Trust
Lee Miller, Chief Executive, Thinking Schools Academy Trust
Institute for School Business Leaders
David Burgess, Schoolcomms
Achieving value for money: How to demonstrate the value of centralisation and intelligent procurement across your MAT to auditors, your schools and the ESFA
Plus take away a practical guide to benchmarking
Financial review, self-assessment and healthchecks: best practice to review your current financial position, identify areas of concern and develop an action plan to address them
Plus healthcheck your staff costs
Justine Berkeley, Managing Director, SBM Services
A year on since the inception of the Levy this session highlights ways in which the levy can be utilised to help support school functions, staff training, strategy and recruitment.
Amy Lalla and Matthew Lord, Directors, Let Me Play
Discuss current best practice in areas of data strategy, GDPR and the prospects of using Machine Learning to predict outcomes and improve efficiency within the context of Ofsted trialling Machine Learning to identify schools at risk of decline.
Lisa Marks and Matt Woodruff, Groupcall
Retention strategies and effective teacher training: Exploring the financial benefits of ‘growing your own’
Emma Hollis, Executive Director of the National Association of School-Based Teacher Trainers
Tender processes, framework agreements, bid evaluations and contract negotiations: Understand the best approach to efficient procurement across your MAT to generate substantial long term savings
Andy Collings, CFO and COO, Challenger Multi-Academy Trust
How to manage a smooth transition from separate academies within a MAT to a centralised, integrated organisation: Success stories and lessons learned
Karen Sayers, Chief Operating Officer, Partnership Learning
Key strategies to ensure your board of trustees is robust, strategic and fully equipped to oversee the financial performance of your MAT
NGA
How to achieve affordable centralisation and streamlining when you are in a smaller MAT or group of schools
Institute for School Business Leaders
