We will assess your operations (Finance, HR, IT and Estates) culture, organisation, governance, systems, people, processes and performance to produce a ‘current state assessment’ which is benchmarked against other Trusts.

We will work with you to design and analyse costed options for your future organisation, governance, systems, processes and skills, and the steps to implement them. We will benchmark costs of proposed designs against other trusts.

We help your decision-making regarding options for growth. We will support you to evaluate potential partners for merger, help you to establish a new multi-academy trust, and work with you to get your trust ready for growth.

We will work with you to design and analyse costed and evaluated options for your combined operating model,  either pre- or post-merger, benchmark against other trusts to support informed data-driven decision making

Bespoke executive coaching and mentoring for CEOs/ COOs. Chris Kirk will work with you one-on-one to empower you to navigate challenges, achieve your goals and unlock your full potential.

We will facilitate a strategy review to align your vision and make decisions about the sort of trust you aspire to be, including  standardisation, centralisation or school level agency, in each area of operational and educational activity.