MAT Membership Benefits

What can we offer your school?

If you’re considering joining Vine Schools Trust, you may be interested to know what you will get from your 5%. We are proud offer our member academies an excellent service that helps them to create stability and drive positive change in their schools.

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Core Offer

Diocese of Chelmsford SLA
Access to ‘What If’ training
Matched funding for - Church School Leadership, NPQH, NPQSL, NPQML, OTP, ITP and School Business Management Diploma.
Academy Improvement Consultant for a single conversation with headteachers
Academy Improvement Lead supporting HTs with school improvement
HR service
Legal service
H&S service
Occupational Health service subscription
Governor services subscription
Collective purchasing agreements
Support to prepare and submit DfE returns
Internal audit and compliance monitoring (RO visits)
Audit costs (external)
Teachers’ pension audit
Financial and budget support software
Preparation and submission of VAT return
Financial strategic support and planning
Finance support and helpdesk services
Support and training for the academy finance lead
Coordination of financial compliance
Compliance and monitoring to assure academy leaders of financial compliance
Facilities management and health and safety compliance monitoring

Members

Stability and protection in a fast-changing educational landscape
Maintaining the integrity and independence of good and outstanding schools
Collaboration and sharing of best practice
Training and development opportunities
Strong strategic and operational guidance and advice
A dedicated Academy Improvement Consultant
Access to the ‘What If’ programme to develop Christian Character
Support to develop excellent RE teaching
A climate for further innovation
Wider range of curriculum opportunities
Support for academies requiring rapid improvement and those aspiring to become ‘Outstanding’
Improved capacity to provide extended services
Reassurance of compliance with all legal regulations
Economies of scale and cost savings for centrally procured services
Access to an established back office operational framework
There is a financial benefit to being part of a multi-academy trust. The Vine has a holdback of only 5% of which approximately 3% is spent directly back on your academy.

The Vine Schools Trust

Has a proven track record in School Improvement.
Has gone through the long process of setting up a MAT from the ground up
Has vast experience of the academy conversion process. OTP, ITP and School Business Management Diploma.
Has built relationships and a reputation with the DFE, RSC EFA and Teaching Schools
Has a local, regional and national outlook
Has the benefit of economies of scale in procurement of goods and services.
Has an experienced professional central team that care.

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‘I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit’

JOHN 15:5

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Registered address: The Diocese of Chelmsford Vine Schools Trust, Diocesan Offices, 53, New Street, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1AT.