Actionable Insights

When working with a Multi-Academy Trust on their growth strategy there are lots of questions to consider. Here are just a few to get started:

Are there spaces in your schools or are they oversubscribed?
How popular are your schools compared with other schools locally?
Is demand for school places outstripping supply?
How has this changed over time?
What are the pupil projections for the area?
And how accurate have these projections been previously?

Here are the answers…

As a Multi-Academy Trust taking on a new school or another Trust it is essential to conduct thorough due diligence to ensure that the school / Trust is a good fit for your MAT and that there are no hidden issues that could pose a risk to your Trust’s stability. Moreover, due diligence helps to identify potential opportunities that may arise from the acquisition.

You will have lots of questions. Here are some of the answers in my Trust Contextual Overview dashboard…

This School On A Page report shows the headline contextual information about a school. The dashboard can use either data published by the DfE to enable analysis of schools outside your Trust which could be used to inform your growth strategy, or it can be connected to your MIS to allow for live and interactive data which can be filtered by student groups. There are also links to useful published data included.

Another dashboard which can use either data published by the DfE or it can be connected to your MIS – a MAT KPI summary which aggregates school level data in a tabular form. The bars make it easy to see how the schools compare across the Trust and the RAG rating on the attendance and exclusions data compare the current position with the same period this time last year.