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Our industry-leading education software is designed by experts to improve efficiency and increase engagement within your educational establishment. Our ultimate goal is to empower educators to focus on what truly matters: delivering exceptional learning experiences to their students. Access Education software solutions give you the freedom to put education first.
Find out more: theaccessgroup.com
BookingsPlus provides tailored lettings management solutions for MATs that deliver an excellent customer experience, additional revenue and operational efficiency. Our custom-branded MAT booking platform operates as your trust's own Booking.com-style platform for lettings. Additionally our supporting team of Booking Gurus can directly engage with your customers and liaise with staff. Visit us to learn more about how to optimise your Trust's lettings activities.
Find out more: schoolbookings.co.uk
Browne Jacobson is one of the leading law firms operating in the sector. Our education team deliver a comprehensive portfolio of legal and HR services to schools, academy trust and local authorities nationally. We champion fairness, make the complex simple and forge connections between clients to find creative solutions. This is how our lawyers improve outcomes for every person, community, education institution and business we serve. We're part of an elite group of law firms ranked in Band One nationally for advising schools by both independent legal directories, Legal 500 and Chambers UK. We're proud to be seven-times winner of the EducationInvestor award for legal services for education and to be ranked by the Times and Sunday Times as a top education law firm for 2025.
Find out more: brownejacobson.com
Building Spatial Intelligence is a UK leader in 3D spatial mapping and parametric BIM, helping multi-academy trusts transform estate data into strategic insight. We integrate 3D BIM, 2D floor plans, capacity analysis, condition surveys and compliance data into a single intelligent dashboard, giving trust leaders a clear, live view of their estate.
Our work supports expansion planning, falling rolls management, CIF bids and BB103 alignment, enabling confident, evidence-based decisions. By establishing a strong spatial data foundation, BSI helps trusts future-proof their estates, align property with educational strategy and unlock smarter, more sustainable growth through digital transformation.
Find out more: buildingspatialintelligence.co.uk
Cambridge OCR is a trusted awarding organisation offering a broad portfolio of general and vocational qualifications. We're committed to making assessment straightforward, enabling every student to thrive and achieve the results they deserve – regardless of background, learning differences, academic focus or future path. Through our qualifications, support and resources, we're committed to delivering the highest standards of consistency, accessibility and fairness, year after year. We’re part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment, the University of Cambridge’s publishing and assessment department.
Find out more: ocr.org.uk
Children need simple, natural environments that promote open-ended, imaginative play. Since 1947 Community Playthings, has designed and manufactured wooden furniture and play equipment, drawing on expertise from childcare professionals across the UK and internationally. Made in our workshops in the UK, the solid wood construction and robust joinery make for products that last decades. Our furniture is mobile, modular and adaptable, enabling you to change and configure your environments to suit the needs of each child and staff member. All items carry our standard 15-year warranty, and we provide free 2-week delivery anywhere in the UK.
Find out more: communityplaythings.co.uk
humanutopia began in January 2004 with the mission to 'empower young people to make positive changes in their lives. We have gone on to deliver our highly acclaimed programmes in over 1000 schools to over 650,000 students and 50,000 staff in 7 different countries. Our work is groundbreaking, dealing head on with the most important issues facing young people. Over the past 22 years many students have changed the course of their lives after attending our events. Our unique Peer Mentoring programme - the Heroes Journey is character education at its' finest and has amassed a spectacular 50,000 young volunteers. Find out more: humanutopia.com
Ian Buss has been supporting Academies since 2010 in developing simple and effective deposit strategies to significantly increase interest earned through the only DfE approved Deposit Platform, Insignis. He offers a complementary investment policy and deposit strategy for all trusts. CST members also receive 25% of their first year's Insignis fees back as a rebate. This is applicable to all new customers setting up their Insignis platform from the 1 February 2026. Find out more: educationbanking.co.uk
Our team of dedicated Education Relationship Managers provide ongoing strategic support in the formation and growth of academy trusts. We also provide guidance on financial efficiencies and banking structures that provide our education partners with full oversight and control of their banking services. Other services include support with investment policies, decarbonisation, payment efficiencies, and staff benefit schemes such as vehicle salary sacrifice and staff financial wellbeing. We work with more academy trusts than any other bank – more than 7 out of 10 trusts choose our services over other providers. Find out more: lloydsbank.com
Since 2017, Magma Math has changed how maths is taught in Sweden. Today, over 75 % of all Swedish schools and over 500,000 pupils in the US, divided into 34 states, use Magma.
Since Magma launched in the UK in the fall of 2023, teachers have simply loved the service. They agree with Magma's core pillars in Maths education: Creativity, Collaboration, and Data-driven teaching.
Find out more: magmamaths.co.uk
Winner of the Education Resources Awards for Best Primary Resource, Teach Primary Awards 2020, Teach Early Years Awards 2021 for Best Literacy Resource. It is the world’s leading primary literacy resource with 100% of schools reporting transformation on all areas of literacy within 6 weeks. Mighty Writer is a unique physical resource that transforms children’s literacy almost overnight, guaranteed! It is designed for every class of EYFS, KS1 and for intervention in KS2 and is now partnered with Widgit to provide SEN symbols. All our CPD training is unlimited! Now used in 54 countries!
Find out more: mightywriter.co.uk
ParentPay Group's mission is to deliver technology that creates more time for learning, supporting teachers, leaders, administrators, caterers and librarians. We understand the challenges of centralising data, standardising processes across sites, demonstrating impact, and delivering value from investment. Our solutions combine to create an operating system for well-run schools – helping MATs deliver exceptional outcomes, effective operations, engaged communities, and enhanced wellbeing, at school and trust/group level.
Find out more: parentpay.com/parentpaygroup
RM Technology is a dedicated partner in the education sector, with over 50 years of experience enhancing learning through technology. As part of the RM plc group, the company supports schools, trusts, and educational organisations by providing, managing, and supporting digital infrastructure, including broadband, internet safety, and tailored hardware solutions. With a focus on creating equitable and engaging learning experiences, RM Technology enables educators to focus on teaching while ensuring robust, secure, and sustainable IT environments. They are trusted experts in transforming classrooms for the digital age, supporting millions of learners worldwide.
Find out more: rm.com
Schools’ choice offers a partnership approach to the best software, support, outsourced and consultancy solutions to trusts managing a range of assurance, data protection, financial, governance, HR and payroll disciplines.
Supporting you to optimise resources to provide the best education experience for students.
This year, Schools' choice team will be on hand to demonstrate the latest technology available to trusts to work smarter. Saving time, money, and the planet! As well as improving inclusion, flexible working and staff wellbeing.
Come and see the latest technology developments from OWL labs, Sage and our clever technology partners.
Find out more: schoolschoice.co.uk
Scriba is a meeting and governance platform developed in partnership with trust leaders and governance professionals and built specifically for schools and MATs. Scriba uses AI and next-gen technology to transform the administration around meetings, from writing minutes to tracking actions and has been designed to save time, reduce pressure, and strengthen governance. By providing intuitive tools that do the heavy lifting Scriba helps to relieve the pressure on clerks, governance professionals, trustees and governors. Less admin. More impact.
Find out more: scriba.co.uk
Trusted and loved by 25 million educators, students, and families worldwide, Seesaw is the only elementary learning experience platform, offering a suite of AI-powered, award-winning tools, resources, and curriculum for teachers to deliver joyful, inclusive instruction. Through interactive lessons, digital portfolios, and two-way communication features, Seesaw keeps everyone in the learning loop by providing continuous visibility into the student's learning experience to support and celebrate their learning. Find out more: seesaw.com
Designed with teachers at its core, SmartEducator is transforming assessment in schools through secure, AI-driven innovation. Our user-friendly platform reduces marking workloads by up to eight hours per week, enabling educators to focus on what matters most: teaching and student wellbeing. SmartEducator marks handwritten and typed assignments across subjects, delivering consistent, objective insights and personalised learning support. Built to integrate with platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Google Classroom, we combine adaptive learning, deep analytics and the highest standards of data security. Visit our stand to discover how SmartEducator empowers teachers, enhances student outcomes and protects your students’ data. Find out more: smarteducator.ai
Smartgrade is a standardised assessment platform designed for schools and Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) to create, share, and analyze standardized assessments. It provides detailed insights into student performance at question, topic and overall grade level, helping to identify learning gaps and benchmark results against national cohorts. Customers can either set up their own in-house MAT assessments or access assessments from our partners which include Ark Curriculum+, AQA, CUSP, HeadStart, United Curriculum and White Rose Education. Alongside standardised percentile ranks and standardised scores we also offer predictions as scaled scores (primary) and GCSE 9-1 grades (secondary).
Find out more: smartgrade.co.uk
Teaching Personnel, proudly part of Supporting Education Group, is the UK’s largest education staffing provider. Now in our 30th year, we work with more than 6,000 schools and multi-academy trusts, delivering teachers, support staff and tuition through a dedicated network of more than 18,000 flexible educators. With more than 80 branches across 25 locations, we combine national scale with local relationships. Our Early Years, Primary, Secondary and SEND specialists understand the pressures schools face and match the right people to the right settings, quickly and with care. For larger trust groups, our product SupplyBank helps centralise staffing, offering a 99% booking fill rate and average savings of £22 per booking per day.
Find out more: teachingpersonnel.com
Looking for reliable, proactive site staff? At TIB Services, we specialise in temporary and permanent recruitment of site managers and caretakers for schools, trusts, colleges, and more. Our nationwide network of 11,000+ candidates comes from the emergency services, military, engineering, and trades to provide you with dependable, community-focused site staff. Pre-vetted to KCSIE standards and fully trained in advance, they’re ready to make an immediate, positive impact. With supplier relationships spanning 2,000+ schools and trusts, we’re relied upon to deliver an exceptional service. In fact, 97% of our customers rate the candidate we place with them as ‘excellent’.
Find out more: tibservices.co.uk
Transformative is a trusted partner for Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs), helping them to drive digital transformation, innovation, and organisational change across the education sector. With deep expertise in digital strategy, technology and infrastructure, cyber security, EdTech, data insight and more, Transformative supports trusts to boost digital maturity, enhance productivity, and achieve sustainable organisational outcomes. They work collaboratively with stakeholders to simplify complexity, foster innovation, and improve decision-making and resilience, enabling MATs to maximise the impact of technology on both operational efficiency and teaching and learning experiences.
Find out more: thetransformative.com
Perfecting finances for school leaders
If you’re a leader in the education sector, we know you’re working hard to lead and nurture the talent of tomorrow. But are you giving enough focus to your own financial future?
Our specialists have been working with education professionals for many years. We understand that the needs of education leaders can be more complex than those of classroom teachers and are on hand to help with a variety of financial areas.
We can help you protect the life you’ve worked so hard for, and plan for the retirement you’ve always dreamed of – offering guidance on both the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) and Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS).
Find out more: wesleyan.co.uk