The best way to understand Edwin is through the experiences of the organisations we work with.
Cheviot Learning Trust, a family of 18 schools across Northumberland, partnered with Still Human following a trust merger to embed a trust-wide staff wellbeing strategy. Through Wellbeing Champion training, a staff wellbeing charter, CPD workshops and targeted leadership support, the programme strengthened resilience and leadership capability across every school in the trust.
A managed service partnership cut supply costs by 50% in a single term at Connect Multi Academy Trust. Eight primary schools had been booking supply independently across more than 25 agencies, with spend and quality significant enough to reach the trust's risk register. Edwin introduced a single compliant supply model, a transparent rate card and real-time workforce data through School Portal+. Spend fell £260,000 year on year, and the trust now plans cover rather than chasing it.
A managed service partnership can bring consistency to supply staffing across a multi-academy trust, but Thrive Education Partnership's leaders started with a harder question: what do our schools give up? Edwin learned each school's ethos and pupil profile before building a single trust-wide booking process around them. Seven schools, one route, a 100% fill rate.
Shadwell Primary School had struggled for years to recruit teaching assistants, with smaller applicant pools and fewer candidates with classroom experience. Already working with Vision for Education for supply staff, the school turned to Edwin's National Teaching Assistant Programme for a structured route into the classroom. Three candidates went on to secure permanent teaching assistant roles and one progressed into initial teacher training.
Riverside Foundation has partnered with Commando Joe's on a two-year youth resilience programme, bringing character education to pupils across 15 schools in Carlisle, Hull, Tower Hamlets and Halton. The programme focuses on building empathy, resilience, confidence and teamwork in young people, with early feedback from teachers highlighting improved attendance, behaviour and pupil wellbeing.
When Vision Trust and The 1590 Trust decided to merge, Edwin People guided both organisations through the entire process; from strategic planning and DfE application through to leadership structure, stakeholder engagement and post-merger integration. The merger completed on schedule, forming Spark Education Trust, now overseeing 15 schools across the Tees Valley.
Edwin People supported Ascent Academies Trust, a four-school SEND MAT in the North East, through a rigorous CEO recruitment process. From initial stakeholder consultation and candidate pack design to multi-stage interviews and final selection, the team managed the full process, removing the administrative burden from Trustees while ensuring the highest safeguarding standards throughout.
Edwin People supported Advance Learning Partnership, a 19-school MAT, with an independent executive pay review for its CEO and senior team. Working closely with the Trust Board and Trustees, the team delivered a rigorous benchmarking exercise fully aligned with DfE Academy Trust Handbook requirements, ensuring pay decisions were transparent, justifiable and evidence-based.
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.