Working at Greenwood Academies Trust

The Greenwood Academies Trust (GAT) currently has 34 open academies educating approximately 17,000 pupils across seven local authority areas including Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire, Leicester City, Northamptonshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Central Bedfordshire.
The Trust was formed in 2009 by the Governing Body of the outstanding Greenwood Dale School in Nottingham. Greenwood Dale was one of the first two schools in the country to be allowed to set up its own Foundation to sponsor Academies.
GAT is a ‘not for profit’ organisation. Any income received is spent for the benefit of our pupils. Support services for finance, ICT, procurement, human resources, catering, data, curriculum development, staff development, health and safety and extended opportunities are led by the Education Support Team operating across the Trust. The Education Support Team budget has a maximum annual cost of 5.5 per cent of the Trust’s budget which means that 94.5 per cent of the Trust’s budget goes directly to individual academies. We do not pay bonuses to our staff, nor do we provide company cars or free private healthcare. We do not pay our Trustees.
Making a difference. If you really want to make a difference to the life chances of pupils then why not join an organisation that can demonstrate experience in providing these opportunities for its staff?

GAT is well established multi academy trust and has a track record of working to help raise standards in areas of social and economic deprivation and / or educational underachievement. The Trust has improved the overall effectiveness of 20 academies since they joined GAT. A further two academies have remained good.

A supportive leadership and central team. GAT is led by educationalists who have significant experience in a wide range of schools with expertise in areas such as curriculum, SEND, staffing and finance. The central team provides a wide range of high quality services to academies, enabling them to focus on teaching.

GAT is a not for profit educational charity. We always prioritise our resources to achieve outstanding educational outcomes for our pupils.

A close knit support network. With academies across the East Midlands the chance of sharing best practise and collaborative working is second to none.

We offer extensive development opportunities. We are keen to promote from within, so if you are looking for a career with real potential for progression, then GAT is the place for you.

Professional development is actively encouraged at all levels. The Learning Alliance is the CPD arm of the Trust which offers a programme of development courses to all employees. Find out more by visiting www.greenwoodacademies.org/learningalliance.

We support working parents. Every employee is eligible for childcare vouchers for registered childcare providers, to offset some of the costs of being a working parent. The cost of the vouchers is taken out of your wages before tax and national insurance, meaning that you make a saving on the costs of your childcare every month.

Helping you plan for the future. Teachers joining the Trust will become a member of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. For support staff we adopt the Local Government Pension Scheme which is one of the most competitive in the country.

Candidates moving from the public sector without a break in service can be reassured that continuous service will be honoured.