Benefits To Joining A MAT

• First and foremost: To improve outcomes for pupils with SEND
• White Paper: ambition by 2030 for all schools to be in a MAT. Over 50% of schools are now in Trusts.  We have chosen go into partnership as three schools with SEND expertise. 
• Stronger and better together:  same issues, 1 stronger voice. 
• Free Schools: only Trusts can run Free schools. 
• Central School Improvement  - support for SEND pedagogy, curriculum, assessment. All 3 schools re-inventing the wheel in individual schools. Lots of time and money wasted by duplication of making our schools fit government mainstream policies. More focused sharing of expertise
• Central Finance and Estates Management - collective voice to negotiate funding and commissioning. We can bid on funding to improve the estates and manage the works ourselves
• Central Therapies Hub – set up and run a sustainable therapy hub employing our own therapists for universal and targeted support.
• Central Legal - huge amount of time spent in tribunal and responding to consultations for places. This will allow Headteachers to concentrate on Teaching and Learning