CfBT Schools Trust (CST) is a Multi-Academy Trust comprising 20 schools based mainly in the East of England and the Thames Valley. Currently our schools use a number of different providers for HR and Payroll services. We wish to procure an HR support function and payroll service to cover all our schools. There will need to be a phased approach to include schools as current single provider contracts end. Through this single contract we hope to achieve the following:

— Increased efficiency,

— A single service specification,

— Consistent good quality service to schools and the centre,

— Single relationship manager for the overall contact (named contacts at school level),

— Reduced cost in total HR and payroll spend,

— Access to staffing information and reporting through 1 single portal,

— Flexibility,

— Self service system.