When joining TSAT you will be joining an established multi-academy trust (MAT).
Over the past 5 years we have focussed on providing an effective central management structure for key school services, such as finance, facilities, HR, catering, health & safety, data management and many more.
Any school that joins us will have access to all of these services:
School Improvement
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H&S
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- Director of Primary / Secondary Education - support and challenge.
- Inclusion - support and challenge.
- Learn Sheffield school improvement support.
- Cross-trust working and support.
- Deep dives.
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- H&S management plan, inclusive of risk assessments, accident investigation, policy implementation.
- H&S audits and action plan.
- Disaster management and recovery planning.
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IT
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Catering
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- Remote and on-site support.
- Full IT budget management and procurement.
- MIS system.
- IT strategy.
- Security systems.
- Centrally managed IT helpdesk for managing issues and queries.
- Cross-trust support and cover.
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- Full catering provision inclusive of staff management and procurement.
- Menu development and food standards planning.
- Full allergen management and special diets.
- Taster menus provided for open evenings/parent evenings.
- Support with FSM uptake.
- Catering team management including sourcing supply.
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HR
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Finance
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- External HR provision through outsourced advisor.
- Internal HR and Compliance support for complex cases.
- Payroll services.
- Well-being strategy and staff surveys.
- Day to day HR support and guidance.
- Recruitment service.
- Online training package.
- Staff flu vaccinations.
- Trust car and cycle to work scheme.
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- Finance support.
- Month end support.
- Internal and external audit support and guidance.
- Budget management.
- Weekly cost centre reporting.
- Month end management accounts.
- Finance and budgeting systems.
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Communications
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Governance
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- Internal communications for leaders and staff.
- Stakeholder engagement support.
- Crisis communication management.
- Press relationship management.
- Central relationship management with unions.
- Promotional campaign support.
- Website support.
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- Strategic leadership.
- Scheme of delegation and agenda planning for the local governing board.
- Clerking.
- Training.
- Membership of Chairs Advisory Council.
- NGA and Key for School Governors membership.
- Trust policies.
- Legal support.
- Insurance.
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Data Protection
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Safeguarding
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- Support from outsourced Data Protection Officer.
- Full support and management of subject access requests, data breaches, freedom of information requests.
- All data protection policies completed on behalf of the school.
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- Trust safeguarding lead.
- Supervision meetings for school safeguarding lead.
- Safeguarding support with GDPR and subject access /freedom of information requests.
- Trust safeguarding policies and guidance.
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Inclusion
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Facilities
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- Trust wide inclusion lead and director to support.
- Cross-trust inclusion team meetings.
- Termly 1:1 inclusion lead meetings to discuss high profile cases and support.
- Support for local authority meetings regarding inclusion.
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- Full strategic management of facilities inclusive of project and budget management.
- Asset management planning and costing.
- Statutory compliance auditing and checking.
- Building supervisor performance management.
- Building supervisor cover management.
- Shared materials and resources.
- Central procurement of services.
- Contract management.
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This is not an exhaustive list. The service provision at TSAT is always evolving to support all the schools. We believe that working together is better.