CJK Aurora
Our AI powered operating model assessment offers a comprehensive and systematic review of the current state of four core aspects of your Trust: Performance, Organisation, Capabilities, and Governance.
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We use benchmarking data to provide real-world comparisons, helping to uncover opportunities for improvement, optimisation, and support for future growth.​

Identify
Discover where you can make improvements to your operating model
Compare
Understand the costs and quality of your trust's operations compared to other trusts of a similar size and structure
ClariFy
Uncover the true level of centralisation and specialisation of your Trust's business processes
inform
Make better, data-driven, strategic decisions about your operating model
REPORT
Written report including findings which can be shared with stakeholders
BENCHMARKING
Benchmarked end to end per pupil costs for HR, IT, Estates and Finance.​
INSIGHTS
We will provide high-level future options for improvement of your operating model
WORKSHOP
Workshop with CJK and your strategic team to present and discuss findings

Value
How do you know you are getting value for money from your trust’s operational services?
We provide an independent, external review of your trust’s operational and business functions. We use benchmarking data to provide real-world evidence to underpin your strategic decision-making.

Optimisation
Back-office inefficiencies often stem from a lack of functional expertise, insufficient automation and integration, fragmented processes, and replication of tasks.
Our comprehensive analysis will highlight opportunities to reduce costs and enhance the quality of your services.

Future
To plan effectively for the future, it is essential to assess where you are now.
By understanding your current strengths and weaknesses, you can design an operating model that is cost-efficient and capable of adapting to your trust’s evolving needs.

Join Club Aurora
Join our benchmarking club to receive an annual review of your trust's operating model. ​
After completing an initial current state assessment, we will review annually to compare your trust’s progress over time against key areas.
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This process offers valuable insights to guide continuous improvement, strategic decision-making and planning.

What our clients say
CEO, TKAT

“CJK Associates helped us get a really clear view of our current services. CJK’s benchmarking was really helpful, as was the independent gathering of views from our trustees, headteachers, and operational teams. CJK then supported us to develop a strong framework for moving forwards. They were knowledgeable about the barriers that needed to be overcome, clear about the solutions, and provided us with great direction”.


CEO, Dartmoor MAT
“The work of CJK Associates gave a laser sharp appraisal of our current position in terms of both strategic mapping and operational efficiencies; the proposals emanating have helped us to streamline where needed and to grow functions where this was necessary. An invaluable partnership that has brought better strategic fit and resultingly operational excellence”.

CEO, E-ACT
“The initial assessment was incredibly valuable in collating a range of information on process, costs and service quality. Going through the exercise promoted us to process map, brought to light variation in regional delivery practice and provided insight into the aggregate impact of services in schools as well as evaluation of an individual service. The partnership with the CJK team made the process of discovery useful to the executive team and the board as we charted what a change programme might look like. The careful attention to Headteacher feedback also reflected our organisational culture with the opportunity to co-construct future models with input from across E-ACT”.