ATTAIN ACADEMY PARTNERSHIP

Name

ATTAIN ACADEMY PARTNERSHIP

Legal name

Attain Academy Partnership

Website

https://attain.essex.sch.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chelmsford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. UK Government Academy Funding: Attain Academy Partnership operates as a government-funded Multi Academy Trust (MAT) in the UK public education sector. Funding is received through Master Funding Agreements and Supplementary Funding Agreements with the Department for Education, audited annually.

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Attain Academy Partnership is a Multi Academy Trust (MAT) that operates seven primary schools in mid-Essex, delivering primary education from Nursery through Key Stage 2 to children and families. It also operates the Chelmsford Schools Partnership (CTSA), a teaching school alliance providing continuing professional development (CPD), National Professional Qualifications (NPQs), school-to-school support, and School-Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) to approximately 49 member schools in the region.

Product overview

Attain Academy Partnership operates as a unified Multi Academy Trust (MAT) consisting of seven primary schools in mid-Essex. The trust functions as both an educational provider for its own academies and as a professional development hub through the Chelmsford Schools Partnership (CTSA), which extends support to approximately 49 member schools. The portfolio includes core educational delivery across its academies, professional development services (CPD Directory, NPQs, Attaining Excellence framework), teacher training (Essex Primary SCITT), and specialized curriculum programs (Cultural Champions, Pupil Forum, Wellbeing Services). The CTSA component provides school-to-school support, collaborative CPD weeks, and networking opportunities, making the overall offering a platform combining direct school operations with a broader educational support network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Chelmsford Schools Partnership (CTSA): Teaching school alliance providing CPD and school-to-school support, operating as an affiliated partnership of 43 primary and 2 secondary schools in the Chelmsford area.

Quantifiable outcome

• Key Stage 2 SATS results consistently above national average with many children achieving the higher standard in reading, writing and mathematics

Named customers8 records

Segments1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Essex Primary SCITTcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024Essex Primary SCITT (School Centred Initial Teacher Training) offers high quality one-year, full-time school-centred teacher training for graduates wishing to teach in primary schools and early years settings. Newlands Spring Primary School is a Lead School within this programme and works in partnership with other schools. Programmes cover age ranges 0-5 and 5-11.
• Saffron Teaching School HubcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024CTSA works as a strategic partner of the Saffron Teaching School Hub, through which member schools access NPQ programmes designed, delivered and assessed in partnership with Teach First. CTSA is listed as a local delivery partner for eight NPQs and the Early Headship Coaching Offer.
• Royal Ballet and Royal Opera HouseminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Attain Academy Partnership has collaborated with the Royal Ballet and Royal Opera House to provide rich, authentic and immersive arts experiences for both pupils and staff across the trust's schools. These collaborations are part of the trust's innovative Arts and Culture cross-Trust team strategy.
• Dunham McCarthyminorOthers · 1 January 2024Attain has partnered with Dunham McCarthy, members of the Institute of Professional Will Writers regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, to offer a free will writing service for Attain employees and their partners. Sessions are conducted virtually.
• Discounts for TeachersminorOthers · 1 January 2024All Attain staff can access discounts across a range of major retailers through the Discounts for Teachers platform, a staff benefit providing retail discounts.
• Welbee ToolkitminorOthers · 1 January 2024Attain provides staff access to the Welbee Toolkit, an essential wellbeing learning resource for staff working in education, as part of the trust's Staff Wellbeing Charter commitments.
• New Era Education Ltd / New Era TechnologycoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2024Attain Academy Partnership's websites are hosted by New Era Technology (formerly New Era Education Ltd), using the DB Primary platform. The trust website and all academy websites run on this platform.
• Chelmsford Schools Partnership (CTSA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2013CTSA (Collaborate, Trust, Share, Achieve) is a teaching school alliance established in March 2013 when Newlands Spring Primary School Academy Trust became a National Teaching School. Attain's CEO Susannah Edom-Baker is also Director of CTSA. CTSA provides locally delivered CPD, school-to-school collaboration, and NPQ programmes to 49 member schools in Chelmsford and mid-Essex. In 2021 CTSA transitioned to operate as a strategic partner of Saffron Teaching School Hub, continuing to support member schools.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• REAch2 Academy Trust: The largest primary-only multi academy trust in England, operating more than 60 primary academies. Directly comparable to Attain as a primary-focused MAT that converts and operates schools under DfE funding agreements, with comparable governance and back-office structures.
• GEMS Learning Trust: A primary-focused multi academy trust operating several UK primary schools with bespoke curriculum and arts enrichment. Directly comparable to Attain's primary-only, locally-anchored MAT model with a curriculum-led differentiation strategy.
• Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust: A primary-led multi academy trust with a child-centred ethos, bespoke curriculum, and arts-led enrichment. Closely comparable to Attain's combination of primary-only operations, community-anchored governance, and differentiated curriculum offer.

Regional players

• Pioneer Educational Trust: An Essex-area multi academy trust operating primary and secondary academies in the same mid-Essex catchment as Attain. Closely comparable regional peer competing for the same schools, families, and CTSA-style professional development market.
• Anglian Learning: A multi-stage multi academy trust across the East of England. Comparable to Attain through its East-of-England footprint, MAT governance model, and shared back-office approach, though broader in age range.
• Forest Academy Trust: An Essex-based multi academy trust operating primary and secondary schools in similar geographic markets to Attain. Comparable regional peer competing for the same DfE funding streams, teacher talent, and pupil admissions.
• The Active Learning Trust: An East-of-England multi academy trust operating both primary and secondary schools. Comparable regional peer sharing DfE funding structure, MAT governance, and East-of-England operational footprint with Attain.
• NET Academies Trust: An East-Anglia-based multi academy trust operating primary and secondary schools. Comparable regional peer sharing East-of-England positioning and similar DfE-funded MAT operating model.

Broad incumbents

• The White Horse Federation: A larger multi-stage multi academy trust operating primary and secondary schools across multiple regions. Comparable as a broader MAT operating model with centralised back-office functions, though significantly larger and more geographically dispersed than Attain.
• Academies Enterprise Trust (AET): One of the largest multi academy trusts in England, operating primary, secondary and special schools nationally. Comparable as a broad incumbent MAT using the same DfE funding model, though at materially larger scale and broader age-stage coverage than Attain.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AttainAcad

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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