Success Stories

Cleaning Services

Create Partnership Trust, based in Birmingham, is a Multi Academy Trust of four Primary Schools: Brookfields Primary School, Conway Primary School, Greet Primary School and Hodge Hill Primary School. The Background Until January 2020, the Trust’s cleaning services provision was a mix of in-house run services at three of the schools and an externally outsourced …

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Catering Services

Saint Cecilia’s Church of England School is a Church of England Secondary School based in Wandsworth, London. The school is an 11-18 mixed secondary school. The school opened in September 2003 on the site of Wandsworth Boys School and currently has over 1000 pupils on roll. The school is growing and will expand by 30 …

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Management Information System

Faringdon Learning Trust is a multi-academy trust, of over 3000 students. It includes 7 primary schools and a secondary school in Oxfordshire. The Trust is based in Faringdon, in the Vale of White Horse. The Background Minerva was approached by Anne Lynn, Chief Operational Officer, to run a tender for a Management Information System across …

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Multi-Lotted Tender – Planned and Preventative Maintenance, Cleaning & Grounds Maintenance

Europa School was established in 2012 and is an all through school for pupils aged 4-18 in a rural setting near Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Currently there are just under 1,000 pupils enrolled at the school. It is a bilingual school with IB world school status offering IB Diploma as the end qualification. The site is extensive  and consists of a …

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Catering Services

All Saints Schools Trust is a Multi Academy Trust based in Suffolk. There are 11 primary schools in the Trust that participated in this tender. The schools are situated in Bury St Edmunds, Eye, Laxfield, Thorndon, Woodbridge and Wortham.  The Trust’s school sizes range from 70 to 250 pupils and have either a fully equipped …

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Catering Services

The Langtree School is a secondary academy based in Woodcote, near Reading, Berkshire. The school is a co-educational secondary, for pupils aged 11 to 16 and presently has just over 600 pupils. The school is a small, rural school in South Oxfordshire which is oversubscribed and take a ‘bulge year’ every fifth year. The Background …

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Bradfield College

Founded in 1850, Bradfield College is a co-educational independent senior boarding and day school based in the beautiful setting of Bradfield, near Reading. Bradfield caters for 724 pupils of which 613 are boarders. The Background The school were introduced to Minerva via their auditors who were aware of their desire to ensure they were getting …

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Hall Grove School

Hall Grove is an independent co-educational school for pupils aged 4 to 13. Based in Bagshot, Surrey, the school was founded by the Graham family in 1956 and had just 6 pupils. Today the school, owned by Mr Graham’s son Alastair, has a thriving community of over 330 pupils. The Background Working with Liz Doran, …

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Rookwood School

Based in Andover in Hampshire, Rookwood School is a co-educational independent day and boarding school serving pupils aged between 3 and 16 years of age. With an average class size of 14 they have a roll of more than 330 pupils. The Background Having worked with the Bursar, Jonathan Frost, in a previous life as …

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St Martin’s School, Northwood

St Martin’s School was founded by Lionel Woodroffe in 1922 and moved to its current location on Moor Park Road in 1924. It is an independent day school currently serving around 385 boys between 3 and 13 years of age. The Background Minerva was introduced to St Martin’s, Northwood via a mutual business contact in …

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Prince’s Mead

Overlooking the beautiful Itchen Valley, Prince’s Mead School was founded in 1949 in Winchester and moved to its present home, Worthy House, in 1999. Co-educational for ages 3 to 11 this vibrant school has around 265 pupils. The Background The bursar, Richard White, met with Minerva at the Independent School Bursars Association Annual Conference. Having …

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St Neot’s Preparatory School

St Neot’s is a co-educational day and weekly boarding school, set in rural surroundings in the North East corner of Hampshire, bordering Surrey and Berkshire. We welcome children between the ages of 3 months and 13 years. The Background New bursar Andrew Brown was appointed in December 2012 and joined the school at a time …

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Sherborne School – Laundry

Sherborne School was established in 1550 as King Edward’s School, a free grammar school for local boys. The school took on its current form as a boys’ boarding school in the 19th century. This change was due to the vision of Reverend Hugo Daniel Harper, who was headmaster from 1850 to 1877. Today, the school …

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Bradfield College Reprographics

Founded in 1850, Bradfield College is a co-educational independent senior boarding and day school based in the beautiful setting of Bradfield, near Reading. Bradfield caters for 724 pupils of which 613 are boarders. The Background Having previous worked on a number of spend categories for the College, Minerva was asked to assist with a review …

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Oxfordshire Academies Payroll

Oxfordshire has 34 academies across the county. There are also a number of maintained schools due to change to academy status in the coming months. The schools range from primaries with 30 staff members to secondary schools and multi academy trusts of over 400. The Background Minerva was introduced to a group of 33 academies …

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GASBM Collaborative Telephony

The Gloucestershire Association of School Business Management (GASBM) is open to all serving Business Managers, Bursars, School Administrators and Finance Officers in the area. A thriving group with membership of over 170 schools; meetings are held three times a year with a combination of presentations and, increasingly, workshop style discussions. In addition, they have a …

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Swindon Academy – Cleaning (OJEU)

Swindon Academy is an all through school catering for pupils aged 2-19 years across two sites in the Pinehurst & Penhill areas of Swindon. The academy has been independent of the local authority since gaining academy status in October 2007. The academy currently accommodates almost 1600 pupils & staff. Swindon Academy’s main aim is to …

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Aylesbury Vale Academy – Facilities Management (Multi-Lot OJEU)

Aylesbury Vale Academy is a multi-cultural co-educational secondary school in Aylesbury and incorporates Berryfields Church of England Primary School. The school was Buckinghamshire’s first Academy and is sponsored by the Anglican Diocese of Oxford as the primary sponsor and Buckinghamshire County Council as co-sponsor. The school caters for pupils between the ages of 3-19 and …

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Acer Trust – Catering Services

Acer Trust was formed in early 2017 having previously been a single school Multi Academy Trust (West Oxford Schools Trust). They are now a multi academy trust of seven Oxfordshire based schools; currently they have four primary schools and three secondary schools in the Trust. The plan for the Trust is to drive for constant …

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Saint Cecilia’s CofE School – Reprographics Equipment and Associated Services

Saint Cecilia’s Church of England School is a co-educational comprehensive school for pupils aged 11-18 years in the Diocese of Southwark and the London Borough of Wandsworth. It opened as a voluntary aided school in September 2003 and grew incrementally until reaching a full set of year groups in the 2007/2008 academic year. The school …

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