What percentage of the budget would the Trust retain?

In the range of 2%-3.5% of the General Annual Grant. The cost is low because the Trust is local, enabling services to be shared. The Trust does not believe in developing a large bureaucracy and uses the income to support teaching and learning, leadership and governance development across its schools. Schools also benefit from quality back room office functions and they save money through procurement and, if they wish, deployment of their staff across other schools.