In addition to significant educational expertise, Bright Tribe’s management team has proven professional and commercial expertise gained in education, industry, government and finance. Being part of the Bright Tribe community means that schools are entitled to, and have access to, a range of school management and administrative support services. These functions and services are provided either directly by Bright Tribe or through a rigorously procured and performance measured supply chain.

These services are managed centrally to enable our academies to focus on delivering the very best education for their pupils and their communities. This also ensures consistent quality of service provision, provides operational efficiencies and cost savings and ensures best value.

Core Services Entitlement

• Governance – support and challenge for governing bodies, including governor recruitment and training support, governor networks and forums and governor portal.
• Finance - business practice support and advice, accounting/financial and MIS systems, insurances procurement, funding application support and access to value for money procured framework suppliers.
• Human Resources (HR) management and legal advice – including advice and support, HR support line, DBS check provider procurement, access to HR resources and legal support.
• ICT – infrastructure audits and improvements: support with MIS configuration and use; secure and fully MIS integrated web-based portal providing a collaborative teaching and learning environment; access to a suite of flexible integrated reporting tools and a suite of apps to support personalised learning; ICT training modules.
• The learning environment – statutory compliance audit, buildings and facilities performance audit, estate improvement plan, savings and efficiency advice, reactive maintenance helpdesk, insurance bureau, utility procurement.
• Marketing and public relations (PR) – branding and communications, school re-launch and opening support, local marketing and PR planning and support, pupil recruitment support, website design and development, community engagement, crisis management, on-going graphic design and website support.

Enhanced Services

• In addition to these core entitlements, Bright Tribe also provides a range of enhanced services that are available to schools. We will be happy to provide further information about any of these additional services.