Everything you need to know for joining, establishing or growing a multi-academy trust (MAT), and advice for developing independent state schol partnerships or small-school partnerships can be found here.
Centralising services in multi-academy trusts is carried out to bring efficiencies. But what can be centralised, how can it work and what are the benefits?
General annual grant (GAG) pooling is used by MATs to distribute money to their schools rather than top-slicing, but what are the benefits and challenges?
Having trust-wide safeguarding procedures ensures consistency and shares best practice across the MAT. Dai Durbridge provides a guided approach to safeguarding in a MAT
A robust due diligence process when creating or expanding a MAT is key to ensuring your organisation is not at risk. Use this checklist of questions to ask during the process
Independent state school partnerships (ISSP) promote cross-sector working to improve pupil outcomes. Suzanne O’Connell hears how Norwich School built links with others in the community
School to school collaboration within a MAT can save time and costs, reduce workload and provide CPD opportunities. Josephine Smith describes how MAT schools can collaborate
School leaders and governors must be convinced that joining a MAT is the right step for them. Paul Ainsworth outlines key questions to ask and areas to consider
