Websites for MAT's Multi Academy Trusts
Websites for MATs need to do more than look smart. They need to make a trust easier to manage, help each school keep its identity, and give staff a CMS they can update without fighting the system.
The real problem
Most trust website projects are operational projects wearing a design brief.
Multi academy trust website design is not the same as building one ordinary school website and copying it several times. Parents, staff, governors, prospective schools and central trust leaders all need different things from the same platform.
The best MAT websites solve the publishing workflow as well as the public-facing design: shared functionality, clearer compliance content, easier school onboarding and enough flexibility for every school to feel like itself.
What trusts need
A shared platform, not a set of disconnected websites.
Shared trust-wide tools
Vacancies, calendars, term dates, policies, file downloads, alerts, staff listings and structured homepage areas can be built once and reused across the trust.
School identity stays intact
Each school can keep its own logo, colour palette, imagery, local information and priorities while still feeling part of the wider trust.
Editors can keep moving
WordPress gives staff a familiar editing experience, with clear templates and reusable content blocks instead of a restrictive old CMS.
Compliance is easier to manage
Centralised policy and statutory content patterns reduce duplication and make school website compliance less painful across multiple sites.
Project proof
We have already solved this for academy trusts.
For The CAM Academy Trust, we moved a suite of school sites away from a restrictive CMS and built a more flexible WordPress foundation. For Anglian Learning, we created a scalable school website system that could support a large and growing network.
- Multi-site WordPress foundations for school networks
- Our Schools directories with logos, details, maps and filters
- Controlled policy, governance and online safety content
- Staff, leadership and vacancies publishing workflows
Shared school functionality, controlled trust content and a familiar WordPress editing experience.
View project A reusable WordPress foundation for schools that needed consistency, speed and individuality.
View projectWhat a better MAT website should deliver
Useful for families, manageable for staff, scalable for the trust.
Search intent
Built around the phrases trust teams actually search for.
Planning a trust website project?
Let us help you turn a group of school sites into a platform.
We can review your current sites, identify duplicated admin, and map out a WordPress structure that works for the central trust team and the individual schools.