MAT SHOWCASE 2025

A dedicated space showcasing groundbreaking practices implemented by Multi Academy Trusts

Showcasing MAT Innovations That Inspire

The MAT Showcase: What Makes It Essential?

At the Schools & Academies Show we know the value of dialogue and exploring ideas, and for that reason we have developed a brand-new feature for our show floor for London 2025.  Introducing the MAT Showcase, a unique space for trusts to highlight the innovative and novel practices they have been engaging in.

Whilst our traditional content of presentations and panel discussions will always hold a dear place in our heart, this interactive feature will allow our delegates to learn about some of the cutting- edge work being undertaken in trust business management, the integration of technology, managing and retaining workforces and estates.

Through an array of soapbox talks, live demonstrations and engaging artefacts, a careful selection of some of the country’s leading trusts will share the story of how they seek to address some of the biggest challenges in the trust system.

Leading the Way in Educational Excellence

Be it aiming for operational excellence or integrating technology into your school estates or embedding it into the very core of your pedagogy, the MAT Showcase will allow our delegates to speak with the trusts involved at a leisurely pace, without the constraints of programming timing, and learn first had from the showcasing trusts how to address these pressing issues.

Live Demonstrations

Live teaching demonstrations will allow you to see first-hand exactly how technology can be interwoven into quality first teaching, at any key stage, to support pupil outcomes.

Soapbox Talks

Soapbox talks will provide informal and relaxed spaces to speak with representatives present and hear from them about the journey their trust has undertaken.

Get Answers & Engage

Trust representatives will be available throughout the day, allowing delegates to ask questions, explore ideas, and engage in meaningful conversations.

Driving Change & Delivering Impact

MAT’s Featured in the Showcase Include:

Ideas don’t spread on their own; they thrive through connections, shared understanding, and finding common ground. That’s the essence of the MAT Showcase; an opportunity for delegates and trusts to share their stories, experiences, and journeys, to sparking meaningful change.

E-Act

Discussing operational excellence strategies.

STEP Academy Trust

Sharing their journey of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion practices in their staff and pupil recruitment.

TEAM Education Trust

Showcasing how their approach to inclusion across the trust .

MAT Showcase Agenda:

10:30am - 10:45am

Using data to understand the whole child

Soapbox Talk

  • Developing and implementing an Holistic tracker

  • Creating a national data set to influence policy and national outcome measures in specialist settings

Speakers: 

  • Mr Matt Morris Director of Transformation and Mrs Sarah Baker CEO, TEAM Education Trust

  • Sarah Baker, Chief Executive Officer, TEAM Education Trust

11am - 11:15am 

Planning a Classroom for All Learners 

Soapbox Talk  

  • Use of Inclusive planning grids to connect learning in the classroom 

  • Creating a Classroom toolkit for use in both mainstream and specialist settings 

Speakers:   

Mrs Sarah Baker, CEO and Mrs Charlotte Butcher Primary Improvement Lead and Executive Principal,  TEAM Education Trust 

11:30am - 11:45am 

Recruitment and Career Pathways within STEP  

  •  How we have grown our recruitment into the trust.  

  • How we develop our people. 

  • How we build opportunities for career growth. 

 Speakers:   

Tom Garry, Director: STEP Ahead Teaching School Hub, Step Academy Trust  

12pm - 12:15pm 

Sharing Local Expertise at a National Level 

Soapbox Talk  

  • Developing a national conference open to both mainstream and specialist sectors 

  • Creating and seizing opportunities to influence beyond our Trust  

Speakers:   

Mr Matt Morris, Director of Transformation, TEAM Education Trust 

12:30pm - 12:45pm 

Operational Excellence Strategy - Powering Schools, Protecting Futures Soapbox Talk  

  • How E-ACT is embedding sustainability into operations through solar energy, behaviour change, and data-led efficiency.  

  • Generating over 1.6 million kWh annually, reducing CO₂ by 267 tonnes, and saving £500,000+ a year across 28 academies with more to follow.  

  • How student-led engagement and DfE Net Zero initiatives are driving long-term change and reinvestment in education.  

Speakers:   

  • Chris Wiseman, Deputy CEO and COO, E-ACT  

  • Vicky Fraser - National Sustainability Lead & Project Manager for Capital and Estates, E-ACT  

1:30pm - 1:45pm 

Operational Excellence Strategy - Learn. Improve. Repeat  

Using After Action Reviews to Drive Change

  • How E-ACT uses After Action Reviews (AARs) to embed continuous improvement across operational services.

  • Simple, no-blame reviews driving reflection after incidents, projects, and service changes.

  • Building a proactive culture through staff-led insight, shared learning, and reduced repetition of issues.

Speakers: 
Chris Wiseman, Deputy CEO and COO, E-ACT 

2:30pm - 2:45pm   

Awe & Wonder: Inclusive technology

Soapbox Talk

  • Use of new technologies to create an inclusive learning environment

  • Creating engagement through the use of technology

Speakers: 

Miss Emma-Jo Kelly,  Trust Computing Specialist Teacher and Awe & Wonder Lead,  TEAM Education Trust