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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.
Find out more: brownejacobson.com
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
EntrySign is at the forefront of advanced visitor and contractor management, being the preferred sign-in solution for countless schools and organisations globally. EntrySign are committed to providing the latest innovations, features, and integrations to elevate on-site security, optimise building entry, enhance safety procedures, and improve regulatory compliance. EntrySign empowers organisations with a solution to effortlessly and efficiently sign in, secure and safeguard their people and premises every day.
Find out more: entrysign.co.uk
Forbes is a national force in the education sector. Acting for hundreds of educational establishments across the country has taught us that schools and colleges face a challenging combination of financial pressures and government legislation, against the backdrop of their own internal pressures and the relentless pursuit of improvement and improved student and pupil outcomes. Our Education Group is made up of specialist lawyers with extensive experience across all forms of law. With our friendly and approachable style, we work hard to build a collaborative working rapport with your team.
Find out more: forbessolicitors.co.uk
Judicium Education is the expert partner for trusts seeking excellent, dependable support across governance, health and safety and fire, employment law and HR, data protection, safeguarding and SEND. Our comprehensive, sector-specific services are designed to strengthen compliance, reduce risk, and streamline day-to-day operations. We work closely with trust leaders to provide clear, practical guidance that supports confident decision-making. By tailoring our solutions to each trust’s unique priorities and challenges, we help create safer, more effective learning environments. Trusted by hundreds of MATs nationwide, we enable trusts to focus on delivering outstanding educational outcomes for every pupil.
Find out more: judiciumeducation.co.uk
Use QDP to listen to your audience, inform strategy, and measure impact. Our independently managed, confidential, and secure platform ensures all stakeholders have a voice.
We provide tailored questionnaires covering all aspects of MAT and school life, with the choice of online or paper-based surveys.
MATs can manage projects centrally or allow individual schools to run their own. Reports are easy to understand, with internal and external benchmarking, EIF reporting, issue comparison, and trend analysis to support planning and decision-making.
Choose either SurveyManager or Gold Service membership and let QDP do the hard work for you.
Find out more: qdpservices.co.uk
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.
Find out more: robin.education
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
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.
Find out more: tgpltd.co.uk