Our Shared Services team provides a wide range of valuable support to our partner schools that enables our school leaders, teachers, and support staff to prioritise their time on our children and young people.

Corporate Governance - Executive Lead: Jonathon Peck (Chief Executive Officer)

• Governance of the Trust, including clerking and coordination of governance training
• Marketing and Communications, including website compliance
• Policy administration
• Stakeholder management and engagement
• Legal
• Statutory functions

Education and School Improvement - Executive Lead: Andy Johnson (Director of Education)

Our Education and School Improvement department comprises a multi-skilled and experienced team of school leaders who are highly knowledgeable in their fields of expertise. 

• Curriculum Leadership and Management
• Behaviour, Safeguarding, and Inclusion
• SEND
• People Development (with and through the Maiden Erlegh Institute)
• Policy development and review
• Peer-led school performance reviews
• SIP development support
• Facilitation of peer networks
• Ofsted Inspection / NLE

Finance and Resources - Executive Lead: Sylvie De Groote (Chief Financial Officer)

Our Finance and Resources department ensures robust financial management and oversight through highly qualified finance professionals. 

• Coordination of internal and external audit
• Treasury management
• Financial procedures and governance
• Accounting, accounts payable, and accounts receivable
• Budget setting, monitoring, and guidance

Operations - Executive Lead: Julie Foster (Chief Operations Officer)

Our Operations department ensures our schools have access to expertise in a wide range of business and operations support functions, including:

• Procurement and complex contract management
• GDPR support
• ICT support and transformation
• Data and Insights
• Estates Management, including compliance and complex capital project management
• Catering - in-house catering management or external catering contract management
• Policy development and review

People and Culture - Functional Lead: Nikki Measures (Head of People and Culture)

• Employee relations case management
• Payroll
• Recruitment and selection
• Performance management