Berry Education is a UK based specialist support service for academy trusts in the education sector; we help trusts strengthen governance, streamline business functions and meet regulatory requirements with clarity and confidence.
Services include governance development, clerking, compliance management, appeals and exclusion management, plus training, advice and guidance and mentoring.
Its digital board effectiveness and governance assurance platform, TrustGov, provides transparent oversight and accountability and automates governance processes to save time and reduce administrative burden.
By improving efficiency, transparency and consistency Berry Education enables trusts to focus on education outcomes ensuring schools are better supported to thrive.
Find out more: berryeducation.com
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.
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Crowe UK is a leading audit, tax, advisory, and consulting firm with national presence and global reach as an independent member of Crowe Global, a top 10 accounting network. Our professionals are committed to delivering excellence with deep sector knowledge. The academy sector faces challenges balancing tradition with innovation, financial sustainability, and governance. Our team supports trusts with accounts, audits, VAT, and tax advice. We also contribute to the Department for Education’s academies working group and collaborate with ICAEW on training, ensuring clients stay informed and compliant with the latest developments.
Find out more: crowe.com/uk
Edurio is a leading provider of stakeholder feedback solutions to schools and trusts. It works with over 150 trusts as well as 2,000 schools across the UK and internationally.
Edurio has developed an advanced survey management and data visualisation platform for schools and multi-academy trusts as well as a research-based survey library. It covers topics such as staff retention, parental engagement as well as teaching and learning. The team designs surveys in partnership with academic experts and practitioners to address school management priorities and inspection requirements.
Edurio publishes research, case studies and practical guidance on evidence-driven school improvement.
Find out more: home.edurio.com
FCS Software specialises in developing cloud-based solutions for the education and local government sectors.
AppealsPro is a comprehensive, web-based application designed to manage school admission, exclusion, and transport appeals. It integrates with portals for appellants, schools, and panel members, whilst also streamlining the entire appeals process and providing full automation of previously manual tasks.
ComplaintsPro is our web-based solution for managing school enquiries, compliments and complaints, offering pre-built workflows for the automation of the handling of common complaint types.
Both solutions enhance efficiency, data security, and user experience for all stakeholders and are ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials Plus certified.
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Supporting education and purpose-driven organisations to maximise impact and sustainability. ImpactEd Group provides specialist advice and guidance, capacity building, research and evaluation, and technical expertise for education and purpose-driven organisations.
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Perrett Laver is the leading global executive search firm dedicated to organisations driving positive change in education, research, society, and the environment. We specialise in identifying transformative leaders who address today’s greatest challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities. United by our values—Passionate, Impactful, Creative, Inclusive, Collaborative—we serve purpose-driven organisations worldwide.
Our Global Schools Practice, established in 2011, is a market leader. We have advised on over 800 executive and non-executive appointments for schools and educational organisations globally, including School Trusts at regional and national levels, raising the bar in executive search quality.
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Stop trawling through school websites and policies. Robin does all the hard work for you, with its AI-powered compliance checks and policy audits for school and MAT websites.
With Robin as your compliance sidekick you’ll:
"Robin is an absolute game-changer and time-saver… it improves accuracy and frees people up…I don’t think there’s a product like it out there." Dave Kemp, IT & Data Lead, Thrive Co-Operative Learning Trust
Join 75+ MATS (750+ schools) today.
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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.
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At Trust Governance Professionals, we believe in the power of our community. We celebrate and care about trust governance professionals, committed to enhancing and developing this profession. From our flagship programme, Trust Governance Insight, and expert CPD support (level 4 & level 3 programmes and mentoring) along with bespoke projects, we bring together trust and local governance professionals from across the trust sector, empowering them to develop strong governance. We have experience working with single academy trusts (SATs) to the largest Trusts in the country, serving as clerks, regional officers, and Directors of Governance & Compliance. Contact us on admin@tgpltd.co.uk.
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