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There’s never been a more vital time for your Trust to ensure your School Estate is managed as well as possible in order to secure available funding so you can achieve optimum ROI.

Trusts are now also charged with meeting both Good Estate Management for Schools (GEMS) and, as part of the DfE best practice, producing a route map to decarbonising their estate.

Trusts are now also charged with meeting both Good Estate Management for Schools (GEMS) and, as part of the DfE best practice, producing a route map to decarbonising their estate. Trusts are now also charged with meeting both Good Estate Management for Schools (GEMS) and, as part of the DfE best practice, producing a route map to decarbonising their estate.

Warneford Consulting’s clients enjoy a high conversion rate for their Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) submissions.

In partnership with Immortalis Solutions, Warneford Consulting offer their academy school clients access to their unique school sector Strategic Estate Management Service (STEM) which creates a costed plan for capital works programmes.

Warneford Consulting offer a range of energy related surveys and services that assist their school clients with their individual journey towards decarbonising their school estates and select the most appropriate funding route to achieving this.

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Engergy Consultancy

With ambitious government targets for 2050 Net Zero carbon emissions across all sectors, including the academy one, we all have a role to play. There are carbon reporting responsibilities in the form of Streamlined Energy Carbon Report (SECR), where trusts will need to baseline and report future measures taken to reduce their carbon emissions.

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CIF BID WRITING

Warneford Consulting provides a Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) bid service on a no-win no fee basis. We have achieved many successful CIF bids and appeals through our expert consultancy which includes writing your CIF bid and all the guidance and consulting necessary to win a bid. We provide Director level involvement from day one of engagement with us.

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Strategic trust estate management (STEM)

Due to the nature of the dynamic system, we are able to undertake estate due diligence services and evidence what impact any new schools would have on the existing trust’s plans and programmes before any mergers take place.

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Latest Podcasts

21. Developing the Trust – Edward Thomas November 2022

November 22, 2022 No Comments

The latest episode from Tim Warneford’s Developing the Trust podcast series sees Tim in conversation with Edward Thomas, Director of Operations at the Academy Transformation Trust. A MAT with 20 schools, Tim and Edward discuss the importance of accurate data and how this forms the foundation for quantifying future capital programmes. Edward takes the listener on the Trust’s journey from a £40 million building compliance and condition black hole to balancing the books within 5 years.
They look at the impact of the year on year 25% reduction in School Condition Allocation will have on the trust’s estate. If you are interested in Good Estate Management for Schools, this is the episode for you.

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20. Phil Reynolds; Kreston Reeves and PLR Advisory

May 31, 2022 No Comments

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For this episode Tim Warneford is in Sittingbourne in Kent to speak to Phil Reynolds. Phil has spent over 20 years specialising in academy schools accountancy firstly at pecialist accountants Kreston Reeves and now with his own consultancy PLR Advisory We explore how specialist accountancy can assist schools determine a trust strategy and how upskilling in house SLTT through training and development can achieve operational wins.

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18. CIF Update and How to Create a Successful Bid

May 11, 2021 No Comments

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The hot topic of conversation across the sector is the recent update from the ESFA, revealing that the much awaited publication of the 2021-22 round of Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) awards, have been postponed until ‘mid-June’. This episode looks at the impact of the delay, why CIF bids fail and how to ensure your CIF submission stands the best chance of success.

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