Tag: MATs
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Is flexible working in schools necessary for recruitment and retention?
It’s really important that we take flexible working in the education sector seriously. We need to accept that for graduates coming into the profession, teaching and working in education is less attractive than it used to be. Comparably, other sectors are able to offer far more flexibility and agility. School recruitment to both primary and…
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“Lived, not laminated” – How Dartmoor MAT implements policies, processes and procedures
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What does a good policy look like? In thinking about policies, procedures and processes, success looks like meeting our charitable objectives as an academy trust. It goes without saying that everything we do should be furthering education and fulfilling our mission. However, we also subscribe very heavily to the work that the CST has done…
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The next evolution of MAT MIS
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Today we’re excited to launch the next evolution of MAT MIS for trust central teams. Brilliant individually, MAT MIS, School MIS and Data Warehouse from Arbor work even better together – giving your trust one, joined-up mission control. Give your schools the tools they need to manage their day-to-day, give your central team the ability…
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Three leaders share how their trusts are saving money during the cost-of-living crisis
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The cost-of-living crisis has had a huge impact on schools and trusts. It’s left budgets squeezed and puts even more pressure on schools to divert their resources to where it matters most. While the government gave an additional 2.3 billion to schools in England for each of the next two years (in Dec 2022), the…
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Why Arbor’s MAT MIS is critical to DCAT’s growth strategy
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Diocese of Chichester Academy Trust (DCAT) is a 19 school mixed phase trust in the South of England with 18 primary schools and one secondary school, with plans to add six more schools by 2025. Founded in 2014, the trust is now home to nearly 6000 students. The trust decided to move all of their…
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Perfecting the art of change management at your school or trust
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We all know the Heraclitus phrase that ‘the only constant in life is change,’ and yet change is also the thing we fear and put off until necessary. The world of education has sometimes been slow to pick up on the great and sweeping changes that we’ve seen in the rest of the public sector,…
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Arbor becomes latest CST Platinum Partner
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in MATsArbor Education is today launching a new partnership with the Confederation of School Trusts (CST) to help schools and trusts transform the way they work, maximise the power of data, and ultimately help to improve education. The Confederation of School Trusts (CST) is the national organisation and sector body for school trusts in England advocating…
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Multi-academy trust growth strategy: How to scale as one organisation
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Thinking about your multi-academy trust growth strategy? Read the full version of this article in our free ebook, ‘Creating a Cohesive Trust, Part 3’. In March 2022, the government released the schools white paper, which revealed plans for all schools to be part of “strong” multi-academy trusts (MATs) by 2030. Recent political change means the…
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How and why Prince Albert Community Trust takes on vulnerable schools
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I’ve always believed in leading with a strong moral purpose, supported by the idea of servant leadership. The simple values that we learn in everyday life, like treating others how you like to be treated, are ones that should be brought into your organisation. And I take that with me when thinking about culture. Whether…
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How to create a shared culture in your Trust
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Click here to read our latest ebook, exploring how different trusts are building a shared culture. The debate around autonomy vs. alignment for schools in Trusts has been animated over the past few years, with some MATs giving their schools independence over their policies and others preferring a more centralised approach. If we accept that…
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The MAT MIS series – three top tips for an effective communications strategy
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Why is a good communication strategy important for your MAT? Your communications strategy should help give all your staff visibility around key information, data and policies at your trust. In turn, it should help staff feel supported and like they have access to the information they need. As important as this is, your communications strategy…
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The MAT MIS series: How to make data-driven decisions for your MAT
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As a MAT central team, it can be difficult to make sure you are getting the most out of your data and making data-driven decisions. Whether you have many or fewer schools, making sure you have the right data to hand without the right tools in place can often be manual and time-consuming. We’ve put…
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Introducing: The new MAT MIS
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The wait is over – our biggest ever release for MATs is here! When we launched our group-level MIS a few years ago, we knew that we wanted to give trusts and other central teams clear visibility into their schools, an easy way to manage reporting, and a seamless login to school MIS experience. Today…
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Academies Enterprise Trust chooses Arbor as the MIS for its 57 schools
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We’re proud to announce that Academies Enterprise Trust, one of the largest mixed-phase academy trusts in England, has just chosen Arbor MIS for its 57 schools. More schools switch to Arbor than any other MIS, and we now support the three largest primary and secondary MATs in the UK! AET’s schools will join our growing…
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How to build a resilient trust: Interviews with MAT leaders and industry experts
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Last term, we launched Part Two of our popular webinar series for MAT Leaders – “Building a Resilient Trust”. In each webinar, Arbor’s CEO, James Weatherill spoke to MAT leaders and industry experts about their strategies for running a trust successfully during Covid-19 and beyond. The series explored different facets of “resilience”, including culture, change…
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United Learning chooses Arbor MIS for all 72 of its state schools
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We’re proud to announce that United Learning, the largest mixed-phase MAT in England, has just chosen Arbor MIS for its 72 state schools. More schools switch to Arbor than any other MIS, and we now support the two largest primary and secondary MATs in the UK! From Autumn Term 2020, 34 secondary schools and 23…
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Scaling your MAT sustainably: Different ways to centralise to achieve economies of scale
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Last April, we held the first in our series of free MAT CEO conferences. Over 100 Executive Leaders representing 72 MATs nationally came to London to network, exchange best practice advice, and listen to our speakers discuss strategies for achieving sustainable growth. We had such a positive response from attendees that we’ve decided to hold…
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The common barriers to scaling a MAT
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We brought together 100 MAT leaders to discuss how to ‘scale sustainably’ In April this year we brought together 100 MAT leaders from over 70 organisations to discuss different strategies for scaling their MAT sustainably, with a focus on how these varied by the degree of centralisation vs. autonomy the MAT chooses to give to…