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Benefits to Joining

By working together, we become more than the sum of our parts and a great deal more than any one school could achieve alone.

For any school considering joining a MAT, school leaders will assess what the benefits and challenges are of becoming an academy and joining a MAT and these will be different for every school that is considering joining a MAT.

If you are interested in joining the Marlow Education Trust, please contact our CEO and Chair of Trustees.

What do we do?

School Improvement

A comprehensive, ambitious and collaborative approach to school improvement.  Ofsted preparation and support for school leaders and local governors. Support to improve educational outcomes for all pupils regardless of their starting point,

Finance

Provision of advice, support and oversight of finance procedures. Financial processing, budget planning, audit, filing accounts and reporting to the DfE is carried out by the Met Central Team (individual schools do not need to do this).

HR & Payroll

Provision of advice, support, tools and oversight of all HR and payroll procedures. Guidance on required reports and processing timetable. Payroll is run at Trust level.

Facilities Management

Provision of advice and guidance on reactive maintenance issues, regular health & safety audits, monitoring of required regular testing. HS&E Compliance, provision of all site related contracts. Trust Wide Agreements.Accordion content

IT Support

Provision of advice, support and guidance on the technical aspects of hardware, networking, cloud based collaborative tools and best practice with regards to data protection and security. Trust Wide agreements.

Governance

Advice, guidance and support on policies, websites, social media, promotional videos and printed media.  Provision of 'Adapt and Adopt' policies.

Legal Advice

Advice and guidance to deliver compliance in schools across all areas.

Data Management

Advice, guidance and audit to ensure schools are compliant with all aspects of data protection. GDPR, FOI. Advice, support and oversight of MIS.