Central Services
Our central services team delivers key non-teaching operations for the academy. We provide full support and training to key staff for all system changes associated with becoming an academy. Centralised services include:
Financial management
Centralised purchasing
Payroll
HR and legal services
Facilities management including H&S
Clerking
Policies and protocols
ICT support
The structure developed to provide these vital services across the MAT is as follows:
We aim to reduce the burden of these services for our headteachers so that they and their local governing bodies can focus upon school improvement. The success of this support was recognised in a recent H&S inspection report which stated:
Congratulations on maintaining a fault free inspection this year. this shows that the MAT relationship is working extremely effectively.