Plymouth CAST multi-academy trust manages a dispersed estate of 35 schools across Devon and Cornwall, many of which face the challenges common to older educational buildings, such as ageing infrastructure, escalating energy costs, dispersed data and inconsistent compliance management.
The trust also faced operational inefficiencies and was under pressure to meet net-zero targets, align with the Department for Education’s emerging Estate Management Level 4 standards, and deliver more efficient, transparent and accountable estate management – all within constrained budgets and limited internal technical capacity.
What the judges said
“This is exactly what the industry needs: a scalable, user-focused, data-driven model that works within the budget constraints of the public sector.”
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