Strategic growth, HR and recruitment support designed for Catholic schools and MATs
At Edwin, we work with Catholic schools, trusts and Diocese across England to support organisational growth, leadership recruitment, strategic HR and workforce planning, and compliant staffing solutions. Helping Catholic education leaders navigate change while staying true to their ethos and values.
Explore Edwin's Catholic education support
Catholic schools and trusts are balancing significant operational and financial pressures while protecting the ethos, mission and identity at the heart of their school communities.
How can we help?
MAT growth and organisational change
Our Edwin People team supports schools and trusts through periods of growth, merger and structural transformation. Helping leaders to successfully strengthen organisational design, workforce structures, and operational readiness.
Our team can support with:
- MAT expansion
- Mergers and academisation
- Governance complexity
- Operational alignment
- Integrating teams and cultures
HR support for Catholic schools
From workforce analysis to retention strategy, our Edwin People team help Catholic schools and trusts build sustainable staffing models that improve visibility, reduce risk and support long-term organisational goals.
Edwin People can support with:
- Retaining mission-aligned talent
- Workforce succession planning
- Safer recruitment
- Strategic HR
- Culture and wellbeing support for leadership and staff
Bespoke executive recruitment
Our Edwin People team help Catholic schools and trusts identify and attract leaders aligned to organisational values, culture and long-term strategic direction.
Workforce planning and supply solutions
Through our supply agencies, Edwin delivers compliant supply solutions that reduce administrative burdens on central teams, improve quality assurance and provide greater control over staffing spend across trusts.
Managed Service Partnership (MSP)
Edwin's MSP model provides a centralised solution for sourcing, vetting, and managing your temporary workforce. Rather than dealing with multiple agencies and inconsistent processes, it allows schools or MATs to consolidate recruitment under one accountable partner. This partnership gives teams total control over supply spend, ensuring every placement is compliant, transparent, and aligned with your ethos and mission.
Why choose an MSP approach?
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A managed service partnership centralises all temporary and permanent hiring through one partner, ensuring total compliance and spend visibility across every school in the trust.
Our managed service partnership streamlines hiring and safeguarding oversight to provide total clarity on staffing data and spend for schools, multi-academy trusts (MATs) and local authorities in need of financial and provision support.
Managed service partnerships drive significant savings by prioritising direct hiring, enforcing CCS Framework pricing, and optimising trust-wide workforce planning to reduce agency reliance.
With School Portal+ you have access to crucial data, from spend and compliance to fulfilment rates. Clear reporting that empowers both school leads and board members to make informed, strategic decisions.
Our managed service partnership provides rapid cover for emergency supply through pre-vetted talent pools while typically filling permanent vacancies within weeks by leveraging dedicated sourcing and multi-agency networks.