Education
IT support for multi-academy trusts
Central oversight across every school, without flattening each one — joined-up IT, phones and security a trust team can actually manage. We already do this across the South West.
Running IT across a multi-academy trust is a balancing act: the central team needs visibility and control, but each school needs its own setup to keep working. Cobalt joins your schools onto shared systems and one support model, so the trust can manage everything from one place.
Standards across the trust
We help bring every school up to the same standard — Microsoft 365 set up consistently, security baselined, backups tested — so the trust isn't only as strong as its weakest site. United Schools Federation and Alumnis Multi Academy Trust are among the trusts we support.
The brief
What multi-academy trust it support actually needs from IT & comms
Central control vs local needs
A trust IT lead needs oversight across every school without breaking how each one runs day to day. We join sites onto shared systems and support, keeping central control and local identity both intact.
Inconsistent setups across schools
Trusts often inherit schools with very different IT. We bring them onto a consistent standard — 365, security and backup set up the same way — so the whole trust is on solid ground.
Security across every site
A trust is only as secure as its weakest school. We baseline Cyber Essentials and tested backups across all sites, so one weak link can't take the whole trust down.
One team, every school
Chasing multiple suppliers across multiple schools is a drain on a small central team. With Cobalt it's one provider for IT, phones and security across the trust — one number to call.
What we'd put in place
The services that fit multi-academy trust it support
Proof
Businesses like yours that we already look after
Real South West organisations we support. Read the full story on each case study.
FAQs
Common questions
How do you support a trust without breaking each school's setup?
We join your schools onto shared systems and one support model so the central team gets oversight, while each school keeps its own numbers and local setup. Central control and local identity both stay intact.
Can you bring our schools up to a consistent standard?
Yes — that's a common job for us. Trusts inherit schools with very different IT, and we bring them onto a consistent setup: Microsoft 365, security and backup configured the same way, so the whole trust is on solid ground.
Do you already support trusts?
We do — United Schools Federation, Alumnis Multi Academy Trust and Lipson Co-operative Academy are among the education clients we look after across the South West.
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