How to harness data and power your trust with MAT-level reporting

The two main benefits a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) can bring to its schools are strategy and cost savings.

So it can deliver on these, a trust needs data; with a bird’s eye view of estates, agreements and other obligations, leaders can instantly see what efficiencies can be made.

The result? More of your budget gets spent on pupils and curriculum outcomes.

What happens when MAT-level reporting isn’t centralised

Without the right tools, you can waste time scrambling for data and digging for contracts across the trust. Even when you’ve finished, there’s still a concern that information about assets,  maintenance, incidents, or time-sensitive agreements might be missing or outdated.

When that happens, the power to strategise and drive efficiency is lost. Think about roof repairs, for instance. What happens if you don’t have data across all your schools about work that needs doing? There is a real financial difference between arranging three repairs at once and calling the same specialist out on three separate occasions.

This is just one potential issue. Other problems can catch leaders out if they don’t have the correct information to hand. One costly example is when a contract auto-renews – you might miss the opportunity to renegotiate or look elsewhere and find your trust is tied to less favourable terms.

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What’s the solution to good MAT-level reporting?

MATs need to set standards from the top, forecast future costs, prioritise tasks, anticipate issues, and ensure that unexpected events can be factored in and tracked.

Every Compliance By IRIS centralises important documents and live data, ensuring day-to-day operations stay efficient thanks to:

• RAG-rated dashboards
• interactive data visualisation
• heatmaps
• real-time compliance tracking
• incident reporting

Here’s how it can make a difference to your school or trust.

Save money

Every Compliance’s centralised reporting equips leaders with a comprehensive view of the trust, its estate and other assets.

When your system consolidates data from all schools, trust leadership can identify trends, pinpoint areas needing attention – such as where assets are deteriorating or need replacing to ensure consistent curriculum delivery – and ensure policies are effectively implemented.

From there, leaders can drill down into the data, understand the latest activity and prepare for any key dates.

Better use of funds

Gone are the days of buying in small quantities at the last minute.

Instead, you can benefit from the bulk-purchase power your trust can bring. You can leverage informed decision-making, better resource allocation, and stronger governance practices.

And because all the information is in one place, you can also use it to write effective bids and provide robust evidence to stakeholders of how money is being spent.

Tracking time-sensitive agreements

Alerts in Every Compliance  stop contracts from overrunning, helping you avoid being tied to auto-renewals and providing you with time to either re-negotiate or look to another provider. Meanwhile, everything it tracks can be brought together in a comprehensive report at the click of a button.

Reduce risk

We believe data should also be able to help you calendar upcoming compliance tasks and pre-plan maintenance.

With Every Compliance, you can map out where there might be ongoing maintenance issues and see what needs attention to meet policy and regulation with the help of real-time risk scoring.

Our solution’s ability to quickly track unplanned problems means that you can easily create an audit trail and spot trends in the data.

Save time

Manual compliance tracking often consumes valuable time that could be spent on other critical tasks. Every Compliance Manager automates these processes, freeing staff to focus on educational outcomes and strategic priorities. Some save up to 85% on their work programme.

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A trusted name

Backed by 15 years of experience, Every By IRIS provides robust solutions tailored to the nuanced needs of MATs and schools. Its product suite is designed to grow with trusts, accommodating their evolving requirements while maintaining high standards.

Hear from experts on MAT-level reporting

Join IRIS for a webinar to assist MATs in making the best of Every Compliance’s powerful features.

Hosted by Stephen Blackbeard, Education Senior Sales Development Executive, this session will demonstrate how MATs can leverage the platform to streamline reporting processes and enjoy efficient and comprehensive oversight across all schools.

The webinar will discuss how Every Compliance Manager provides robust, user-friendly reporting tools that deliver real-time insights into compliance status, risk management, and overall performance.

Stephen will also provide practical tips and showcase methods that help you maximise the platform’s potential.

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