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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Capita, funded by the Department for Education, is leading a programme to provide flexible working in Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) and schools. Delivered in collaboration with Flexible Teacher Talent and the Flexible Working Ambassador MATs and Schools (FWAMS), it includes free training/ webinars and bespoke peer support. The programme helps school leaders design flexible roles, proactively address challenges and embrace the benefits of flexible working. It highlights practices such as part-time work, job sharing, remote work, phased retirement, and personal or family days to increase flexibility. The FWAMS, who have successfully implemented flexible working in their own schools provide guidance and peer support to help navigate these challenges effectively.
Find out more: entrust.education
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
Edwin People provide a range of strategic leadership and HR services to the education sector. We build long-term, trusted relationships with senior leaders in Schools and Multi-Academy Trusts, providing support across a range of issues, adding capacity and acting as a sounding board to your internal teams. Our team have all worked in the education sector for many years, and as a result combine our knowledge of Trust leadership, HR, finance, governance and operations so that we add value as your external advisers.
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Smarter technology for stronger trusts.
Trusted by over 12,000 schools and 75% of multi-academy trusts across the UK, our comprehensive solutions transform how schools manage operations, drive improvement, and deliver better outcomes for pupils. Our solution suite includes Finance & Budgeting, HR & Payroll, Compliance & Estates, Student MIS, Parent Engagement, Cashless Catering, and Recruitment.
From Unity Schools Partnership and Kernow Learning, to Future Academies and Durrington Multi-Academy Trust, we work with leading MATs and schools to connect people with data, turning insights into action.
We’re passionate about helping individuals, teams, and entire trusts succeed. When our technology gives you time back, you can invest it where it matters most: in your people, your pupils, and your purpose.
Time creates value. Value delivers success.
Find out more: iris.co.uk/education
Award-winning Coaching Training designed by school leaders for school leaders. Our 3-Tier Coaching Accreditation Programme empowers schools and Trusts to shift away from top-down leadership towards a culture of personalised professional development, belonging and wellbeing. With a nationwide team of 22 coaches, all with a school leadership background, your colleagues will develop the skills of PURE coaching so they become confident and agile leaders, who listen, challenge and support each other with confidence and competence. Join our mission of Lifting Up The Education System From Within by empowering your staff with PURE coaching:
Personal - Unconditional - Relevant - Empowering
Find out more: leadershipedge.org.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
Supercharge your benefits offering with free financial education that genuinely supports your colleagues. Discover how our free mortgage benefit and no‑fee mortgage advice can reduce employee stress, boost retention and deliver real, measurable value - without costing your business a penny. We make it effortless to give every employee access to expert advice that can save them money and improve their long‑term financial wellbeing. If you want a high‑impact benefit that employees actually use and appreciate, come and speak to us. We’ve been delivering this successfully for 26 years. Find out more: rad-new.com
SAMpeople is the UK’s fastest-growing education HR system, designed by education HR specialists. Our HR, recruitment and payroll software and expert, hands-on HR advice help over 1,800 schools and trusts hire, manage and support their staff with clarity and confidence every day.
Find out more: sampeople.co.uk
Independently top-ranked as a leading UK law firm for education providers, Stone King is deeply committed to its education practice. It delivers high quality, full-service legal advice informed by national know-how but delivered locally through its network of offices in Bath, London, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and Cambridge.
Stone King lawyers are trusted advisors to a range of SEND providers. They understand both the challenges and opportunities faced by educational institutions providing special educational provision, and this expertise enables them to help organisations to be proactive rather than reactive in responding to key legal challenges.
Find out more: stoneking.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
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
