School & trust leaders
Improving the quality of education in your schools
This session can be booked alone, but it is part of the Development for MAT trustees programme.
Training & development
26/03/2025
18:00-20:00
Zoom
Event date
26/03/2025
Time
18:00-20:00
Location
Zoom
The MAT board plays a key strategic role in ensuring all pupils benefit from a high-quality education with a rich, engaging curriculum. This session explores how to provide pupils with the knowledge, skills and qualities to achieve their full potential.
At a glance
This session will cover: Â
A quality curriculum for every pupil  Â
Meeting the needs of vulnerable pupils: SEND, disadvantaged pupils  Â
Using progress attainment and performance data to monitor educational quality Â
Triangulation: Knowing your schools Â
Working with pupil groups and investing in staff development
Meeting Ofsted expectations 
About this workshop
- New MAT trustees or those soon to start in the trustee roleÂ
- Existing MAT trustees looking to check or refresh their understanding of the roleÂ
- Trust leaders wanting to develop their understanding of good MAT governanceÂ
This session will develop your understanding of:
- How the board can and should contribute to establishing and maintaining a high-quality educational experience for all pupils, including the disadvantaged, the vulnerable and those with special needs and disabilities.
- How the board should use progress, attainment and other data sources to determine strategy, monitor school performance, target support and focus on improvement where needed.
- The critical importance of a properly trained and supported staff team to ensure quality education and good outcomes.
- Led by an experienced facilitator with expertise in MAT governance, this small-group session will allow you to work with other MAT trustees to understand good governance in ensuring and improving the quality of education.
- The session will be interactive using a mixture of participant activities and facilitator-led explanation and discussion.
- It will be supported by session materials, including a Resource Toolkit to direct and facilitate your next steps.
about this programme
Choose your learning option
Development for MAT trustees programme
- take the full Development for MAT trustees programme
- book the whole programme and assign different members of your trust board to the most appropriate workshop for their governance role
- choose your cohort and book
Individual workshops
- select individual workshops to fill any gaps in knowledge
- choose your session(s) and book
Member price
£
125
for each workshop
Non-member price
£
150
for each workshop
Other workshops in the programme
Browse and purchase individual sessions within the Development for MAT Trustees programme.