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MAT Optimise

Tailored planning and optimisation services for Multi-Academy Trusts, helping you make strategic decisions about your school estate and resources across multiple sites.

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Comprehensive MAT Optimisation Services

Our MAT Optimise service provides Multi-Academy Trusts with detailed analysis and planning tools to make the most of their educational estate and resources across multiple schools. We help you identify opportunities for improvement, plan for future needs, and secure necessary funding.

Using our proprietary methodologies and extensive experience in the education sector, we deliver actionable insights that lead to tangible improvements in space utilisation, resource allocation, and educational outcomes across your trust.

Our team works closely with you to understand your specific challenges and goals, ensuring that our recommendations are tailored to your unique context and requirements.

Key Benefits

  • Optimise use of existing school spaces across your Trust
  • Strategic planning for multiple sites
  • Identify funding opportunities and cost savings
  • Data-driven development planning
  • Trust-wide resource allocation optimisation

Our MAT Optimise Services Include

School Space Planning

  • School Internal Space & Mainstream Projections
  • School/Other Assets External Space Mapping
  • BB103 Sufficiency Review
  • BB103 Development Plan
  • Timetable/Efficiency Assessments

Projections & Planning

  • Early Years, Mainstream and SEND/AP Projections
  • Pupil Home Locations
  • Deprivation Data
  • Potential Risks
  • Changes to Local School Places

Funding & Resources

  • Capital Funding Identification
  • Options Appraisal
  • Local Developments
  • LA High Level Profile

Estate Management

  • School Block Age
  • DEC Energy Ratings
  • DfE Condition
  • School Level Profile

Development Planning

  • BB104 Sufficiency Review
  • BB104 Development Plan
  • Early Years

Success Story

Diverse Academies Trust

Trust-wide space optimisation
Strategic resource allocation
Secured additional funding

Return on Investment

£1 of 1st Planner Fees Resulted in £84 of capital investment, equating to ROI of 8,385%

How We Helped

Diverse Academies Trust needed to optimise their school estate across multiple academies, while planning for changing demographics and educational requirements. Our MAT Optimise service provided a comprehensive analysis of their current estate and future needs.

We identified opportunities to repurpose underutilised spaces, developed accurate projections for pupil numbers, and created a strategic plan for estate development that aligned with available funding sources across the entire trust.

Ready to Optimise Your Multi-Academy Trust's Educational Estate?

Contact us today to discuss how our MAT Optimise service can help you create high-quality school places while maximising your resources across your trust.