XpertHR already works with other sector bodies throughout the higher education and charity sectors to produce salary benchmark datasets and provide tools to help boards to make fair, evidence-based decisions about executive reward through its Cendex service. The executive leadership remuneration benchmarking that it will create for the school trust sector with this research will offer welcome support to school trusts and their boards.
The survey will be open from 28th June 2021 through 10th September 2021. Questions will cover the number of employees and pupils on roll within each trust, and areas such as the level and function of executive roles, current core remuneration and benefits. The data will undergo independent analysis by sector specialists. A national report will be published in early October 2021 to share the key findings of this work. A new salary benchmarking service for executive leaders in school trusts in England will be available in Cendex mid-October to support executive performance reviews undertaken this autumn.
The Confederation of School Trusts (CST), and our Platinum Partner, Browne Jacobson LLP, support this survey as it will build a significant piece of evidence for the sector. CST members, and contributors to the survey, will additionally be able to access the full benchmarking data set in Cendex at a preferential rate.
We would ask for trust leaders to please encourage your HR Director, or equivalent, to respond to the survey to ensure the benchmarking data reflects a complete picture of the current landscape.
