Helping schools and trusts navigate what matters most.

Leading a school or multi-academy trust comes with big decisions and competing priorities. You need people who understand your world. 

  • 4.2M+

    Hours of education delivered 25/26

  • 770,000+

    Hours of SEND support delivered in 25/26

  • 10,000+

    Registered teachers and support staff

  • 6,800+

    School, colleges and trusts

The challenges shaping education

We see the same big themes coming up time and again in our work with schools and trusts.

How do you build an organisation that can keep growing? Attract and keep good people? Make limited funding go further? Make sure every learner gets the support they need? These things are rarely separate. Decisions about your workforce affect budgets, organisational change affects people, and inclusion affects everything from staffing to culture.

Together, they give us a good place to start — understanding what matters most to you and what else might be connected.

 

How we help

What you need will depend on the challenge you’re facing. Edwin brings together teams working across staffing, managed services, people, leadership, culture, safer recruitment and more.

You might need one team for something specific, several working together, or a longer-term relationship with Edwin. There's no set way to work with us, we shape our support around you.

  • Staffing

    We help schools find trusted teachers, teaching assistants and cover supervisors who are right for them.

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  • Managed service partnership

    We help trusts take control of supply staffing across their schools, making it simpler to manage people, costs and quality.

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  • People, leadership, and culture

    We help trusts get the best from their people and leaders, adapting our support as their needs change.

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  • Safer recruitment

    We combine technology and expert support to help schools check candidates quickly and thoroughly.

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  • Character education and enrichment

    We help young people build the confidence, resilience and character they need for life beyond school.

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  • Specialisms

    We help SEND, Catholic and other specialist school settings find the people and support they need.

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There's more to Edwin than the services we provide.

Not everything that makes a difference comes with a service description. Sometimes it’s seeing the bigger picture, spotting a connection others might miss or recognising that the problem you started with isn’t quite the problem you need to solve.

It’s harder to put a label on, but its value is very real. That’s the Edwin advantage.

Events for MAT leaders

Leadership doesn't happen in isolation, and the best ideas don’t always come from a report or a conference. They come from conversations with people who understand some of the choices you have to make.

Join a growing community of education leaders through leadership roundtables, executive briefings, research and white papers, webinars and events, thought leadership, and practical guides.

12 November 2026
Newcastle Upon Tyne

With Ofsted’s newly launched inspection framework and the proposals for MAT‑level inspection, we are convening a series of CEO Roundtables to explore a central question that will shape the future of our system: How should MATs be inspected by Ofsted?

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24 November 2026
Manchester/ Liverpool TBC

The complexity of what our children and families now face: poverty, mental health, SEND, fractured local services, sits beyond what any single institution can solve alone. We are convening a series of Roundtables to explore a central question that we believe will shape the future of education leadership: What does it mean for a trust/school to lead as a place, not just deliver services into it - and how do we realise the partnership dividend for the children and families we serve?

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26 November 2026
Sheffield

With Ofsted’s newly launched inspection framework and the proposals for MAT‑level inspection, we are convening a series of CEO Roundtables to explore a central question that will shape the future of our system: How should MATs be inspected by Ofsted?

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Real organisations. Real challenges. Real impact.

The best way to understand Edwin is through the experiences of the organisations we work with.

Schools and trusts we partner with

We’re proud to partner with over 6,000 schools and 800 multi-academy trusts.

  • Thrive MAT
  • Connect MAT
  • Ebor Academy Trust
  • Think Differently Education Trust
  • Reach2
  • Leo Academy trust
  • Link education trust
  • Advance learning partnership
  • NEAT Academy Trust
  • Smart Multi-Academy Trust
  • Ascent Academies’ Trust
  • NLLT

Sector partners

Edwin works alongside leading sector bodies, government agencies, and specialist organisations that share our values and commitment to the future of education. 

  • NASEN
  • GCA Framework
  • REC
  • NASS
  • Schools North East
  • Foundation for Education Development
  • NNoSS
  • Confederation schools trust
  • ESPO
  • Valuematch
  • CPC

Let's start the conversation.

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.

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