27th April 2026
A managed service partnership can bring consistency to supply staffing across a multi-academy trust, but Thrive Education Partnership's leaders started with a harder question: what do our schools give up? Edwin learned each school's ethos and pupil profile before building a single trust-wide booking process around them. Seven schools, one route, a 100% fill rate.
Cheviot Learning Trust, a family of 18 schools across Northumberland, partnered with Still Human following a trust merger to embed a trust-wide staff wellbeing strategy. Through Wellbeing Champion training, a staff wellbeing charter, CPD workshops and targeted leadership support, the programme strengthened resilience and leadership capability across every school in the trust.
A managed service partnership cut supply costs by 50% in a single term at Connect Multi Academy Trust. Eight primary schools had been booking supply independently across more than 25 agencies, with spend and quality significant enough to reach the trust's risk register. Edwin introduced a single compliant supply model, a transparent rate card and real-time workforce data through School Portal+. Spend fell £260,000 year on year, and the trust now plans cover rather than chasing it.
Shadwell Primary School had struggled for years to recruit teaching assistants, with smaller applicant pools and fewer candidates with classroom experience. Already working with Vision for Education for supply staff, the school turned to Edwin's National Teaching Assistant Programme for a structured route into the classroom. Three candidates went on to secure permanent teaching assistant roles and one progressed into initial teacher training.
Edwin is already a trusted education partner for many schools and multi-academy trusts, so whether you're looking for practical support, fresh thinking or simply somewhere to share ideas with peers, we'd love to hear from you.