What Transform Trust does

Transform Trust is a not-for-profit Multi Academy Trust (MAT) established in 2013 and headquartered at 11 Castlebridge Office Village, Kirtley Drive, Nottingham, United Kingdom. It operates as a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (Company No. 08320065) and is regulated by the Education and Skills Funding Agency. The trust runs a family of 27 primary schools serving over 9,000 children across Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, employing more than 1,400 staff. Its core product is the consolidated operation of member primary schools under a single trust governance structure, with each school retaining its individual identity and Local Governing Body while benefiting from trust-level shared services, school improvement support, governance professional services, and collective purchasing power.

Transform Trust's offering extends beyond school operations into a portfolio of trust-level services and enrichment programmes. Transform Applied is the adult learning and CPD arm using a 'Learn It – Live It – Legacy' methodology. The trust is designated as an Apple Regional Training Centre, providing technology-focused professional development. For pupils, the trust runs the Transform Children's Parliament (elected Y6 representatives from each school), Transform10 (ten activities every child should experience by end of Y6, informed by over 2,500 children), the Leadership for Children Programme (launched 2018, based on the Future Engage Deliver framework), the Transform Children's Shadow Board (introduced 2025/26), the Children's Enrichment Programme (Big Camp, Sports Festivals, Performing Arts Festivals, Transform Choir), and the annual Transform Children's Celebration awards. Trust Guardians provide a school-level welfare, attendance, and equal-access support function. Core technology is not proprietary or productised; the trust is an educational operator rather than a software company, with no public API, no mobile app, and no documented AI capability.

Transform Trust generates revenue primarily through UK government per-pupil funding administered by the Education and Skills Funding Agency, supplemented by Pupil Premium, supplementary grants (e.g. Office of Zero Emission Vehicles EV charge-point funding, Nottingham City Council Workplace Travel Service grants), and contributions to shared central services from member schools. As a not-for-profit, all income is reinvested into educational provision; the trust has no parent company and no external investors. Distribution is direct: schools formally join the MAT through a regulated academy conversion process, and Transform Applied sells CPD to the wider educational community. The trust operates a sales-led GTM motion focused on recruiting new schools into the MAT, with a dedicated 'Join Us' presence on its website.

Name

Transform Trust

Legal name

Transform Trust

Website

https://transformtrust.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Transform Trust is a not-for-profit Multi Academy Trust operating 27 primary schools serving over 9,000 children across the East Midlands. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Nottingham, it provides shared school improvement, governance, enrichment programmes, and professional development through Transform Applied.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nottingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Academy Funding: As a Multi Academy Trust, Transform Trust receives government funding through the Education and Skills Funding Agency. Member schools contribute to and benefit from shared services, central support, and collective purchasing power.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Transform Trust is a Multi Academy Trust that operates 27 primary schools across the East Midlands, serving over 9,000 children with 1,400+ staff. It delivers primary education directly through its member academies while providing trust-level shared services including school improvement support, professional development via Transform Applied, governance support, safeguarding oversight (Trust Guardians), and trust-wide enrichment programmes such as Big Camp, Sports Festivals, Performing Arts Festivals, and Transform Choir.

Product overview

Transform Trust is an Innovative Multi Academy Trust (established 2013) operating as a unified platform of 26 primary schools serving over 9,000 children across Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire. The trust's portfolio consists of its core educational offering — the 26 member schools — supported by a suite of trust-level services including Transform Applied (adult professional development), an Apple Regional Training Centre, a School Improvement Team, and governance support. For students, the trust provides enrichment programmes including Transform10, Children's Parliament, a Leadership for Children Programme, Transform Children's Shadow Board, Children's Enrichment activities (Big Camp, Sports Festivals, Performing Arts Festivals, Transform Choir), and an annual Children's Celebration event. The trust positions itself as an enabling organisation that empowers member schools to drive their improvement journeys while maintaining their individual identities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Transform Applied: The adult learning and professional development arm of Transform Trust, offering CPD for staff across the trust schools and wider community using the 'Learn It – Live It – Legacy' approach.
• Transform Community
• Transform Children's Celebration

Products and services

• Transform Trust Schools The core educational offering of Transform Trust, comprising a family of primary schools serving over 9,000 children across Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, and Derbyshire. Member schools maintain their individual identity and community focus while benefiting from trust-level support and shared services.
• Transform Applied

Named customers27 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered supporting, core and minor.

• Zen EducatesupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerZen Educate is a sponsor for the Transform Children's Celebration event. As a not-for-profit organisation, Transform Trust relies on the generosity and support of local businesses like Zen Educate to make the celebration event possible.
• Nottingham City CouncilcoreOthersNottingham City Council's Workplace Travel Service (WTS) provided grants for the installation of EV charge-points at Transform Trust city schools. Rosslyn Park Primary was the first Transform Trust school to receive a WTS grant.
• Office of Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV)coreOthersOZEV provided funding for EV charge-points at Transform Trust schools outside the Nottingham City Council area, supporting the trust's environmental commitment.
• Funky FurnitureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal company that designed and delivered the magical tree-themed library at Zaytouna Primary School, bringing to life the concept for the reading space.
• Bookmark Reading CharitysupportingOthersGifted a large replenishment of books as well as many items of furniture to Zaytouna Primary School's new library.
• Apple Regional Training CentrecoreTechnology or IntegrationTransform Trust is designated as an Apple Regional Training Centre, providing technology training and support related to Apple products and solutions for education.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Oasis Community Learning: Oasis Community Learning is a UK charitable Multi Academy Trust running academies nationwide with community-embedded programmes and trust-wide enrichment — analogous to Transform Trust's community focus and Transform Community sub-brand.
• L.E.A.D. Academy Trust: L.E.A.D. Academy Trust is a primary-focused UK MAT with an emphasis on leadership development and CPD for staff — closely matching Transform's primary-heavy mix and Transform Applied/Lesson Study CPD emphasis.
• REAch2 Academy Trust: REAch2 is one of the largest primary-focused MATs in England, operating a network of primary academies with centralized support services. Its primary-heavy school mix and centralized support model parallel Transform Trust's structure.
• Harris Federation: Harris Federation operates a large network of primary and secondary academies across London and southern England with centralized school improvement and professional development — directly comparable in operating model.
• United Learning: United Learning is a large charitable Multi Academy Trust running schools across England with a school-improvement and professional-development ethos very similar to Transform Trust, including CPD offerings for staff.
• Star Academies: Star Academies is a large UK Multi Academy Trust operating primary and secondary schools across England. Like Transform Trust, it recruits member schools and provides centralized school improvement and enrichment services, making it the closest direct structural peer.
• Academies Enterprise Trust (AET): AET is one of the largest MATs in England operating primary and secondary academies nationally with a school-improvement focus — comparable in scale aspirations and central-service model to Transform Trust.
• Academy Transformation Trust: Academy Transformation Trust is a UK MAT with similar naming convention and school-improvement focus, recruiting and supporting member academies across multiple regions — directly comparable as a peer MAT.
• E-ACT: E-ACT is a national UK MAT operating primary and secondary academies with centralized improvement support — structurally comparable to Transform Trust as a multi-school charitable operator.

Regional players

• Greenwood Academies Trust: Greenwood Academies Trust operates primary and secondary academies, predominantly in the East Midlands and surrounding regions, making it both a direct peer and a regional competitor in some of Transform Trust's catchment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TransformTrust
• Facebookfacebook.com/TransformTrust1

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries27 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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