Multi-Academy Trust & School-Group Membership

Empowering Trusts & School-Groups through Development, Expertise, and Operational Excellence

ISBL is proud to offer trusts & school-groups a powerful, cost-effective way to build operational excellence and professional capability across your entire organisation.

One subscription. Whole-trust impact.
With a single ISBL group membership, your trust can give all staff and governors full access to ISBL’s services, resources, frameworks, insights, and research, creating a shared professional language and consistent approach to operational leadership.

What’s included?

  • Professional Standards & Capability Insight
    Staff can self-assess against ISBL’s nationally endorsed Professional Standards using our Brilliant Assessments tool, providing a clear view of strengths and development priorities across key operational domains like Finance, HR, Procurement, Estates, Digital, Sustainability, and Marketing.

  • Certification Without Extra Training Costs
    Recognise existing expertise and support career progression with certification options that require no additional training.

  • Comprehensive Training Portfolio
    From entry-level programmes to executive leadership development, ISBL offers flexible training for every career stage.

  • OpEx for Education™ Framework
    Access our unique operational excellence framework, diagnostic services, and targeted interventions to embed sustainable, efficient, and resilient practices.

  • Professional Communities
    Join networks of high-performing practitioners through forums, special interest groups, and international collaborations.

What does it cost?

A single school or academy trust (SAT) is £309 per annum (small)

A trust or school-group with 2-10 schools is £772.50 per annum (medium)

A trust or school-group with 11-16 schools is £1,236 per annum (large)

A trust or school-group with 17 or more schools is £2,000 per annum (extra large)

How do I find out more?

Simply email us at membership@isbl.org.uk and we will send you our Trust and School-Group information pack, and arrange a call to discuss your membership and the benefits it can offer.

Or you can call 024 76 231221 and press 4 for ‘membership’ to have an initial conversation with one of our team.

Trust and School-Group Consultancy

We also offer a trust and school-group consultancy support service that will provide members with access to leading sector experts, who assist the sector across areas such as planning for growth, due diligence, developing central teams, strategic financial planning, recruitment, retention and performance management, and people development. Click here for more information about our Consultancy Support.