Case Study:
Diverse Academies Trust
Founded in September 2011, Diverse Academies Trust is a
multi-academy trust consisting of 14 academies – six secondary, six primary and
two special – across Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.
Jamie Tegerdine, Strategic Lead for Teaching, Learning
& Professional Development, joined us to discuss how the trust has
benefited from our brand-new One Platform membership.
Powerful CPD management for leaders
Diverse Academies Trust places a huge focus on ensuring that
it delivers high-quality and informative professional development to its staff.
Reflecting on the trust’s journey with The National College, Jamie said: “We've
been members with The National College for a few years now.”
With The National College, school leaders also gain access
to CPD management software unlike anything else on the market: an online space
where they can take full control of planning, directing, recording, and
reporting on all CPD activity across the trust in just a few clicks.
“We have around 1,200 staff members across the trust, so it
provides a great way of tracking their professional development and what is
being completed on the platform,” Jamie added.
“It reduces workload, and we have that data at our
fingertips to show which staff have accessed the training.”
One platform, one provider, one price
At The National College, we take the hassle out of CPD
delivery and management with a unique, cost-effective option for educators: one
provider, one platform, one price.
Jamie revealed: “It’s great that with the new platform,
everything is all in one place and all of our details have moved across to the
new website.”
“It’s much easier being able to find all of the online
safety resources and the professional development from The National College all
in one place.”
He continued: “We’ve had a lot of good feedback on that.”
“It’s very simple to use and easy to navigate too.”
“The whole platform looks much sleeker, and I found that I
could use it myself without having to ask for help or read any further
information, which is a good sign. It’s very straightforward”
“Now that the platform is combined, I think that will push
our staff to use it much more and will make things a lot easier,” he concluded.
Meeting statutory requirements
Our One Platform membership offers unlimited access to over 2,500
webinars, courses, guides, policy templates and resources, delivered by
education and online safety experts of national and international renown, to
help trusts meet their statutory requirements and drive up standards.
Jamie said: “From a trust point of view, the statutory
safeguarding courses are really useful for us.”
“It gives us consistency across the whole trust, and
everyone can complete the same training on the platform,” he explained.
He added: “I think for us, the biggest benefit is having
access to personalised learning.”
“It’s great that people can just drop on to the platform and
choose what they would like to learn about.”
He commented: “We hear staff members sharing recommendations in meetings too, which is really good.”