MAT Growth Audits

Trust Growth has become a key factor in the Academy world. MATs have grown, and are still growing, rapidly. The measurement of success of any education setting is, quite rightly, student outcomes. That is indeed what we are all here for.

There are, however, too few ways to check the overall health of the trust. Sadly, issues usually only come to light when it is too late and problems have become apparent.

Our MAT Growth Audit has been established to act as an overall health check on a trust. Using a mix of educationalists, School Improvement Partners, Education Advisers, finance and back office support practitioners, Governors and NLG’s, the audit assesses five critical areas of an organisation, and answers one key question: Is the trust ready and robust enough to welcome more schools into their family?

The benefits go far beyond helping your organisation to avoid pitfalls and strengthen the offer. Previous audits have provided RDs with information to enable them to broker negotiations with other schools or MATs, and trusts have provided their findings to schools that are interested in joining them to show their capacity and capability to lead school improvement at every level.

In short, a MAT Growth Audit can help rubber stamp your trust’s ambitions.

The process is straightforward and simple. The scope of the project is defined with an initial meeting with CEO and Trustees.

A timetable is set, work undertaken and then a draft report issued to Trustees for comment before a final version is produced.

Costs are dependent on the size of MAT and the agreed activities to be undertaken.

 

Thank you to Jeff and Peter of J&G Marshall Ltd for all your hard work in conducting our recent Governance and Growth Audit. Your professionalism combined with the rigour of the process ensured the audit was really robust. By taking time to speak with a range of people across our Trust, as well as scrutinising a wide range of documentation, we felt that you really ‘got to know and understand us’ and the final report was accurate and incredibly informative. Throughout the process we have benefited enormously from your expertise and knowledge and the outcomes of the audit have significantly helped to shape our strategic thinking around future growth. Thank you for your time, care and professionalism, it has been a pleasure working with you.

Kylie Spark, Head of Trust, Inspiring Learners Trust