What-We-Offer (ID 1059)

• Leadership and Peer Support
  Leadership and Peer Support

  Weaver Trust fosters a collaborative and supportive environment where leadership and peer support are central to its ethos.Through structured career pathways,allstaff are encouraged to develop professionally, with opportunities for mentorship and shared learning across schools.This approach not only enhances individual growth but also strengthens the collective expertise within the Trust.Leaders at all levels are empowered to share best practices, engage in continuous professional development, and contribute to a culture of mutual respect and shared accountability.This commitment to leadership and peer support ensures that both staff andchildrenthrive in a dynamic and nurturing educational community.

• Facilities Management
  Facilities Management

  At Weaver Trust, our highly experienced Central Team support our schools in all aspects relating to premises and estates, and whilst the day-to-day responsibility for our school buildings and grounds is delegated to our Headteachers, our Central Team is able to support our schools in regards to the maintenance, upkeep, and improvement of our individual school estates, as well as to our MAT estate as a whole.

  
  Our Central Team are responsible for tendering and contracts, and will therefore ensure that thoroughly vetted and approved providers are in place for all of our schools, covering services such as grounds maintenance, security, energy efficiency, and waste management. Our Central Team will also ensure that vetted and approved providers are in place for all compliance requirements, such as asbestos, legionella, COSHH, and all other aspects of Health and Safety, ensuring that all surveys, inspections, audits and risk assessments are completed to the highest possible standard, and ensuring that all of our sites are compliant with all relevant guidance and legislation.
  Comprehensive school condition surveys are undertaken to establish and prioritise the need for any required improvement works, with this contributing towards our school specific estate strategies, as well as to our trust-wide estate strategy. These estate strategies enable us to constantly drive standards and consistently make improvements across our sites. These estate strategies also enable our Headteachers to work alongside our Central Team in order to identify any prioritises that are eligible for external condition improvement funding, and to submit bids in regards to these. Alongside this, our Headteachers can also submit applications for internal capital investment projects, with a central trust capital investment fund being made available to all of our schools.

  
  Our Trust also benefits significantly from our extensive network of Site Maintenance Officers and Caretakers, who have an incredible wealth of knowledge, experience, and expertise regarding our premises and estates, enabling them to collaboratively work together to resolve queries, concerns, or issues that may arise, both at individual schools, or across our MAT estate as a whole.

• Central Financial Management
  Central Financial Management

  Since the inception of our Trust, we have developed a robust and centralised infrastructure to support the back-office services required by our academies. The business support team has grown and evolved in line with the increasing demands, and currently includes a range of specialised roles. Based on our current structure and resources, we are confident that this team possesses the necessary capacity and expertise to support the continued growth and expansion of our academies in the future.

  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Finance & Operations Manager
  • Finance team
  • Payroll Assistant

  The following business support services are provided to all our academies:
  • Financial management/audit
  • Estates & capital
  • Procurement

• Continued Professional Development
  Continued Professional Development

  Weaver Trust’s mission is to be a ‘Trust of Opportunity,’ which does not stop with the children. In order to provide the best possible opportunities for our children, we endeavor to offer a variety of CPD suited to the needs and ambitions of our staff. A collaborative, inclusive culture allows our team to identify training needs or ambitions to further develop staff and facilitate this.

  
  At Weaver Trust, we offer two main packages of CPD: Our school CPD offer, with whole Trust training, alongside bespoke support and training packages, and our Career Pathway Packages with specific groups and career stages in mind.

  School CPD Offer
  Our school CPD offer is always based on the most recent educational research and provides staff in each school with training opportunities surrounding different concepts, such as ‘Pedagogical Choice,’ ‘Adaptive Teaching,’ ‘Executive Function’ and ‘Schemas in the Early Years.’ Once the training has been provided and the concepts implemented as appropriate, the Central Trust Education Team works with leaders to support in measuring the impact and identify any next steps.
  Alongside the research based training offer, the Trust Central Team works with school leaders to develop bespoke packages of support and development to suit the priorities of each individual school.

  Career Pathways Programme

  Our Career Pathways Programme identifies the different groups of staff at different stages in their careers and provides bespoke training, again, based on research.

  
  ECT Training
  As well as working with ECT training providers, Weaver Trust run an ECT training programme with a different focus each sessions. The subjects of each session range from marking and feedback to behaviour and are written to reflect the needs of the individual ECTs and the schools they are working in.

  
  Aspiring Leaders’ Training
  This programme is aimed at people with aspirations of becoming a school leader, whether that be in near future, or a ‘one day’ ambition. The programme focuses on leading people with a look into emotional intelligence, leading with vulnerability, school culture and difficult conversations. The programme is designed to provide an insight into the intricacies of leading people.
  Leadership Programme
  The leadership programme provides current school leaders with a safe space to reflect. Each session has a focus, such as team dynamics, or culture and is delivered in a collaborative and reflective way.

  
  Subject Leadership
  Subject Leaders meet up throughout the year, again with a focus for each session, such as action planning, monitoring or assessment. These meetings provide subject leaders with an opportunity to network and discuss research, or any findings within schools.

• Human Resource Management
  Human Resource Management

• Payroll Services
  Payroll Services

  The Weaver Trust Payroll & HR team is the first point of contact for any questions about pay or contracts. Updates—such as changes to home or email address, bank details, marital status, or name—will all be handled by Payroll & HR to make sure records are accurate and payroll is processed correctly. Our dedicated central team applies one robust set of processes and compliance checks across every school, ensuring pay is accurate, on time, and fully aligned with HMRC and pension regulations. This consistency reduces errors, frees individual schools from complex statutory tasks, and lowers overall costs through shared software and training. Because payroll data flows directly into the Trust’s HR and finance systems, leaders gain real-time staffing insights for budgeting and statutory reporting, while staff enjoy streamlined self-service portals and a single helpdesk for queries. Staff can reach the team by phone or email, and every enquiry is handled promptly and professionally.

• Legal Services
  Legal Services

  We are proud to work in partnership with Hill Dickinson, who offer comprehensive legal support tailored to the needs of our Trust. Their services encompass a wide range of areas, including:
  • Academy Conversions and Governance: Providing guidance on establishing academy trust companies, negotiating commercial transfer agreements, and advising on funding agreements with the Secretary of State.
  • Employment and HR Law: Offering expert advice on employment contracts, policies, disciplinary procedures, redundancy, and TUPE transfers, ensuring compliance with education sector regulations.
  • Policy and Compliance: Assisting with the development and audit of contracts and policies, ensuring adherence to statutory requirements and best practices.
  • Training and Development: Delivering training sessions on HR and legal developments, keeping us informed and compliant with evolving legislation.

• Excellence in Inclusion and Behaviour Management
  Excellence in Inclusion and Behaviour Management

  At Weaver Trust Our core purpose is to provide educational experiences and opportunities that allow all children, no matter their starting point or personal circumstances, to experience learning success. Our vision is for all of our children to flourish and realise their true potential. We believe in providing opportunities to inspire each child, so they believe in their own ability to achieve their very best. We develop the whole child, enabling all our children to live life in all its fullness, through exciting learning experiences.

  All Weaver Trust schools strive to be highly inclusive. The Trust provides a regular programme of evidence based CPD for all staff. This includes training on Curriculum Adaptation for SEND, Embedding Executive Function, Effective Strategies for Teaching Assistants and development of Early Career Teachers.

  The Trust SEND and Inclusion Manager also provides support and guidance for SENCos with all aspects of the Graduated Approach and Statutory Assessment. This includes bespoke individual casework, direct work with children and families and strategic planning for each school. Should Mediation or Tribunal processes be initiated, this can also be fully supported and managed. We work closely with colleagues in Health, Social Care and Local Authority services to ensure effective multi-agency working, with children and families at the heart of all we do.

• Curriculum Design, Development and Implementation
  Curriculum Design, Development and Implementation

  Curriculum Design
  We offer a coherent, knowledge-rich curriculum which has been carefully planned to position the experiences, so knowledge is built in small steps over time…
  Why do we children need to be filled with knowledge?
  1. To evoke action and enact change in our world.
  2. To allow our children to have their own opinions, which enables them to be well-informed global, moral citizens.
  3. To move onto their next phase in education.

  Interconnections
  Our curriculum is linked with interconnections that help children develop a deeper understanding of carefully considered concepts. As with the knowledge rich curriculum, the interconnections are progressive and link children’s learning to modern day, ensuring they revisit the concepts in different contexts which refines and embeds understanding.
  These concepts bring learning to life, and give real meaning to the acquisition of knowledge. This results in our pupils become global citizens with a strong moral compass who able to form their own opinions and choices on factors impacting on society.

  Curriculum Development
  Our curriculum is ever evolving to ensure that all children receive the very best educational offer – these changes and adaptations are often based on research alongside working collaboratively with our school staff to ensure that the Weaver Trust curriculum continues to be exemplary.

  Implementation
  Our Weaver Trust Education Team will provide training, support and continued professional development for school leaders, teaching and support staff to ensure that the implementation of the curriculum is successful. The Central Team will work closely with individual schools to provide a bespoke offer to each school.