The Spring Partnership Trust

What The Spring Partnership Trust does

The Spring Partnership Trust (trading as Spring Trust) is a charitable Multi Academy Trust (company limited by guarantee) that operates five state-funded primary schools in the London Borough of Bromley, South East London: Elmstead Wood Primary School, Hayes Primary School, Leesons Primary School, Midfield Primary School, and St Mary Cray Primary Academy. Founded in 2014, the trust serves approximately 2,000 pupils aged 4–11 with over 350 dedicated staff, and is governed by a Board of Trustees led by two Co-CEOs (Corinne Sheehan and Gulcin Sesli) and a Chair (John Cliff).

The trust centralises curriculum, professional development, governance, and operational services across its member schools, which retain their individual identities and local catchment areas. Core offerings include a shared common curriculum, SEND support (including a Resource Provision at Midfield Primary School), National Professional Qualifications, apprenticeship-levy-funded Masters programmes, in-house leadership development, and an Early Career Teacher Programme delivered with Thames South Teaching School Hub. Data Protection Officer services are outsourced to School Pro.

The revenue model is government-funded: the trust receives per-pupil allocations from the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) and statutory data/reporting flows to the Department for Education. A secondary, immaterial revenue stream comes from facilities-for-hire (indoor/outdoor space across all five schools plus a swimming pool at Midfield). The trust is not a technology company and does not offer a proprietary product or SaaS platform; its value proposition is collaborative educational delivery and centralised back-office scale economies for member primary schools.

Name

The Spring Partnership Trust

Legal name

The Spring Partnership Trust

Website

https://springpartnershiptrust.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Spring Partnership Trust is a charitable Multi Academy Trust operating five state-funded primary schools in the London Borough of Bromley, serving approximately 2,000 pupils aged 4–11 with over 350 staff via shared curriculum and governance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education Services

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

K–12 Support & School Improvement Nonprofits (BPAGADAB)

Keywords

• Primary education services
• Multi academy trust
• State-funded schools
• Curriculum delivery
• School governance

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Education Funding: As a Multi Academy Trust, The Spring Partnership Trust receives government funding based on per-pupil allocations from the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA). Funding supports educational delivery across five primary schools.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Spring Partnership Trust is a charitable Multi Academy Trust that delivers primary education (Early Years through Key Stage 2) to approximately 2,000 pupils across five state-funded primary schools in the London Borough of Bromley. Its core service offering includes inclusive curriculum delivery, SEND support (including Resource Provision at Midfield Primary School), teacher training and professional development, and centralised governance and back-office services to member schools.

Product overview

The Spring Partnership Trust is a Primary School Multi Academy Trust based in South East London, established in 2014. It does not offer a technology product or SaaS platform. Instead, it operates five primary schools: Elmstead Wood Primary School, Hayes Primary School, Leesons Primary School, Midfield Primary School, and St Mary Cray Primary Academy. The Trust provides educational services to approximately 2,000 pupils with over 350 staff members, focused on curriculum delivery, professional development, and collaborative school improvement across its member schools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Primary Education at Elmstead Wood Primary School
• Primary Education at Hayes Primary School
• Primary Education at Leesons Primary School
• Primary Education at Midfield Primary School
• Primary Education at St Mary Cray Primary Academy
• Facilities Hire
• Professional Development Programmes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• School ProcoreOthersSchool Pro serves as the Data Protection Officer for the Spring Trust. Their role is to oversee and monitor the Trust's data protection procedures and ensure compliance with GDPR.
• Thames South Teaching School HubcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe trust runs an enriched Early Career Teacher Programme in conjunction with Thames South Teaching School Hub, providing structured development for new teachers entering the profession.
• Department for Education (DfE)coreOthersThe trust shares pupil and workforce data with the DfE on a statutory basis. This data sharing underpins school funding, educational attainment policy, and monitoring. The trust also participates in Department for Education data collections such as the school census.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• ARK (Absolute Return for Kids): A national education charity operating a network of academies including primary schools. Comparable in mission orientation toward educational equity for disadvantaged pupils, which Spring Trust explicitly targets in Bromley.
• Oasis Community Learning: A large national MAT with primary and secondary academies, including in London boroughs. Comparable operating model with broader geographic spread, providing a benchmark on scale economics.
• United Learning: A national Multi Academy Trust with a substantial primary school estate. Useful benchmark for centralised services, teacher training pipelines, and school improvement at greater scale than Spring Trust.
• Harris Federation: A much larger London-based Multi Academy Trust operating both primary and secondary schools. Provides benchmark on what a scaled MAT can achieve on outcomes, recruitment, and central services efficiency.

Direct peers

• Reach Academy Feltham: A small primary-focused Multi Academy Trust in Greater London with a comparable collaborative ethos and school-improvement mission. Similar scale and operating philosophy make it a close comparable for benchmarking.
• The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT): A larger Multi Academy Trust operating primary and secondary schools across South East England, including in Bromley-adjacent boroughs. Provides direct comparison on per-pupil funding efficiency and central services scaling.
• Cybnus Academies Trust: A South East London primary MAT whose Deputy CEO also serves as a Spring Trust trustee, indicating close operational overlap. Operates multiple primary schools in similar London boroughs with comparable government funding model and pupil demographics.
• Inspire Partnership Academy Trust: A regional primary Multi Academy Trust in England operating under the same ESFA per-pupil funding regime with shared-curriculum and central-services structure comparable to Spring Trust.
• Greenwood Academies Trust: A multi-region primary MAT with a comparable collaborative model and central curriculum infrastructure. Comparable governance and per-pupil funding economics.

Others

• Thames South Teaching School Hub: Spring Trust's named partner for the Early Career Teacher Programme. Not a direct competitor but an ecosystem partner that shapes teacher pipeline quality, making it a relevant comparable for teacher development infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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