School Support & Compliance Services

ACADEMY CONVERSION

Ensuring you cover all the bases for a smooth transition to becoming an academy

The planning and preparation required for converting to an academy requires controlled project management, to ensure that all requirements are delivered on time. Schools need to consider how stakeholders should be consulted, and the impact including building and land transfers, and TUPE requirements.

As an experienced provider of conversion services, we will project manage your transition to an academy, supporting you throughout the process of forming into a MAT, or joining an established MAT.

Benefits

To date we have supported 21 projects. We have developed our support, in consultation with schools, initially assisting with TUPE arrangements during conversions to providing a fully comprehensive project management conversion service. By partnering with The Education Space, you will work with our team of consultants, that will oversee each stage of your project.

Through a strategic approach to development, growth and natural maturity, we aim to support schools to reduce your ‘challenge curve’ as they expand, ensuring they remain financially sustainable.

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Products

• Application forms submitted, requests from DfE for supplementary information responded to and documents signed and returned to the DFE within deadlines.

• Project funding secured from the DfE for

Academy Conversion; Trust Start-up Grant and

Sponsor Capacity Funding.

• Co-ordination of Staff and Public consultations and submission of reports to the Governing Body.

Contract types

• Bespoke project designed and agreed in advance

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Custom Data Analysis

The Education Space MIS Support team can offer bespoke analytics driven from live MIS and finance data, using the latest data visualisation tools, to offer greater clarity for school leaders.

Enhanced Finance Support

The Education Space MIS Support team can offer enhanced on-site and remote finance support, performing key finance routines on behalf of a school, to assist and support school business manager function in schools.

Governance Review

A successful school requires good governance, to not only comply with regulations, but to achieve its objectives and drive improvement.

We assess the effectiveness of the governance arrangements by attending governing board meetings, reviewing key documents, interviewing key individuals and recommending improvements.

Peer Governance Review

We carry out a governance review for each partnership, comparing and contrasting what works well, and the good practice that could be shared.

Stress Management

When partnerships are formed, new roles with greater responsibilities are created. Schools and partnerships have a responsibility to help staff manage any stress involved in their new role.

We work with schools to reduce stress absence, support vulnerable members of staff and staff with high levels of responsibility or prominent roles within an organisation.