School Improvement Partners
Growing and improving Multi Academy Trusts are having to widen both the reach and impact of their professional development provision as they expand to meet the needs of increasing numbers of staff in a wider range of roles.
A membership of VNET Education is an ideal solution to bridge the gap between what you can offer within your MAT team and offering tangible school improvement support for your schools. By ensuring not all of your support is ‘in house’ but is similarly carefully structured, your vision for improvement and CPD can have great impact in improving the outcomes for children in your schools.
Multi Academy Trusts choose tailored packages of support from our membership offer. Some choose a full membership with every element for each academy and some just choose the support that complements their own school improvement offer. For some Multi Academy Trusts we write completely bespoke work.
Review Visits
We work closely with MATs to develop focused reviews according to their needs. For instance;
Curriculum Review
An external review is useful if curriculum development is high on your MAT’s agenda. We work with MAT leads to develop an approach which gives a consistent overview of practice in schools across your MAT. It identifies areas for development for both the individual schools and your MAT as a whole.
School Review – External Validation
We can provide you with a supportive, robust external review of schools across your MAT from one of our experienced associates. Areas of strength and areas for development are identified using a wide range of review strategies.
Focused Review on Improving Outcomes
We work with MAT leads to develop an approach which gives a consistent overview of practice in schools across your MAT. It identifies areas for development both for the individual schools and your MAT as a whole. In addition to this we can put in a tailored package of support to accelerate your work in this area.
MAT Effectiveness Review
The VNET MAT Effectiveness Review focusses on:
- MAT Vision
- Quality of Education (including Curriculum, Support for Staff CPD & Recruitment)
- Impact of MAT on raising standards and outcomes for pupils
- Accountability within the MAT ( Trustees/Trust governors/LGBs)
Through a dialogue with the trust senior leadership team, scrutiny of records and documentation along with visits to schools and conversations with school staff, the review addresses the following key questions:
- How clearly is the vision articulated and understood and shared by MAT schools?
- How well does the trust know its schools including the quality of education and the curriculum provided?
- What is the impact of the trust in improving the quality of education and outcomes for pupils?
MATs find the external scrutiny from VNET invaluable. Please email the team to request a conversation and quote.
The following elements may form part of bespoke package:
School improvement partners
- Three in-school SIP visits: termly visits providing guidance to drive improvement, validate progress, and support leadership.
Leadership and management
- Guided strategic school self-evaluation and improvement planning: sessions to support aligning SIDPs with the new Ofsted report card system and self-evaluation expectations
- Using your IDSR to drive improvement for all pupils: guided sessions using your school's data to drive pupil insight and achievement
- Leadership development for inspection readiness: online twilight for your SLT on equipping school leaders with skills for strategic oversight and governance
- Leadership peer review groups: collaborate and innovate with fellow leaders
- Leadership series: half-termly sessions designed for middle and developing leaders
- HMI updates: Allowing you to keep up to date with developments to the inspection framework
Teaching and learning
- Moderation for improvement, EYFS, Years 1-3 and 4-6
- Professional communities: in-person Maths, English, Science, Geography, History, and EYFS professional networks
- Subject leadership peer review groups: collaborate and innovate with fellow leaders
- Pupil premium network
Conferences
- Annual conference: Spring 2026 Inclusion, keynote – Amjad Ali
- Deputy and assistant headteachers’ conference
Networks
- Leadership breakfasts
- Deputies network
- Governor forum
- School business managers network
- Small schools' network
- Walkthrus ongoing network for cohorts 1 and 2
Staff Insets – training for the whole team!
- Adaptive teaching for TAs, 11.00am-12.00pm, 2 September 2026 – moving beyond simply "helping" to using scaffolding and modelling that builds pupil independence over time.
- Adaptive teaching for Teachers, 1.00pm- 2.30pm, 2 September 2026 – grounded in the "graduated approach" (assess, plan, do, review), we will examine how to identify barriers quickly and adjust practice in real-time.
Projects
Projects offer us a way to bring experts into the county to share a wider perspective with our members. One project of your choice is included in your membership, additional projects are available to book at £350+VAT each.
- SEND – Gary Aubin: What is good curriculum design for SEND and Inclusion – set your curriculum re-draft off in the right direction by addressing the needs of all children.
- Mixed Age, High Standards: This project is designed to strengthen leadership approaches so that mixed-age schools become high-clarity, high-expectation communities, not overstretched ones.
- Writing – the essentials: Three online sessions across spring and summer addressing three key areas. Send all your staff!
Projects – bringing experts into your schools
Projects offer us a way to bring experts into the county to share a wider perspective with our members.
SEND – Gary Aubin
Mixed Age, High Standards
Writing – The Essentials
Academic Year 26/27 Pricing
As each MAT package is bespoke, the pricing varies in line with what’s included. We know budgets are tight and we will work with you to create something that offers great value to you and your schools.
Using Pupil Premium Funding
"We use Pupil Premium funding to pay for VNET because it supports CPD at all levels across our school allowing all of our children to benefit from quality first teaching".
Please contact us to book a time to have a discussion about a package for your multi-academy trust.
Find out about the membership package for 2026/27