Northern Education

Developing Federations & Partnerships

Our Senior Associates have significant experience of partnership working. We are skilled in working with teams to establish new organisational arrangements such as federations.

We can provide a wide range of services to support the formation of new partnership arrangements including:

  • A Feasibility study
  • Action Planning and Risk Analysis
  • Consultation on TUPE and stakeholder engagement
  • HR & TUPE: Employer liabilities, due diligence, payroll and staff terms & conditions
  • Governor training and development to understand and carry out any new roles
  • Funding Agreement Annexes
  • Legal documents and policies
  • Any Commercial Transfer Agreement: contracts, assets, loans and balances
  • Financial Management: Governance, financial systems, company reporting and audit
  • Communications and Marketing
  • Cost Management services
  • A complete Project Management Service to support the Headteacher and Governors in the transition