Looking for growth support for your Multi-Academy Trust? We can help!

In case you’re new to Place Group, we provide unmatched support to Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) with their growth ambitions and plans.

Here are just a few of the areas that we can offer specialist support in, but if you can’t see what you’re looking for, call us on 0845 548 5677 to hear the extensive list of our available services.

How Place Group can support you:

•    Identifying maintained schools and trusts who may be receptive to a discussion about growth, mergers, onboarding and partnership working
•    Brokering critical discussions between identified schools and trusts
•    Academy conversion project management, including support with the requisite consultation; due diligence; application to convert; governance and operational transition
•    Compelling Trust Capacity Fund (TCaF) and Trust Establishment and Growth Fund (TEG) applications, for which we have a 95% success rate*
•    Production of excellent MAT growth strategies, change projects and business plans
•    Production of free school bids, including presumption competition applications
•    Project management of pre-opening new (free) schools
•    Our multi-award-winning end-to-end procurement tendering service: Schools’ Buying Club
•    Our managed framework, Everything FM, which can help your MAT procure a wide range of Facilities Management services – FAST and COMPLIANTLY! From catering and cleaning, grounds and buildings maintenance to construction and sustainability projects.
•    Estate planning and project management, specifically meeting your net-zero decarbonisation targets and reductions in energy emissions/cost.

* Next round of TCaF/TEG opened 1 April 2023. Applicants will need to have had trust growth project/school onboarding approved by the relevant regional director.

Growth is our mantra.

Place Group established its own Multi-Academy Trust in 2012. From 1 school to 10, with many more in the pipeline, we have unique, experienced insight into the challenges and efficiencies of MAT growth and operation.

Get in touch for an exploratory and friendly chat at contact@place-group.com or call us directly at 0845 548 5677 to explore how Place Group can efficiently support your trust.