How Leigh Academies Trust recruits with Jobtrain

How Leigh Academies Trust recruits with Jobtrain

About Leigh Academies Trust

Leigh Academies Trust (LAT) is a multi-academy trust based in Strood, Medway. Since 2008, it has expanded to oversee more than 30 academies across Kent, Medway and South East London, educating over 20,000 pupils aged 2 to 19. LAT’s Vision 2030 strategy focuses on strong governance, inclusive curricula, equal progress for all learners, and professional development for staff. It also supports training and workforce growth through the Thames Gateway Teaching School Hub, Kent & Medway Training and LAT Apprenticeships.

How many schools are in Leigh Academies Trust? LAT currently runs over 30 academies and employs over 4,000 staff, serving communities across Kent, Medway and the South East of England.

Before implementing an ATS System

How Leigh Academies Trust recruits with Jobtrain

The recruitment and HR team at Leigh Academies Trust provides a service to over 30 academies, each with their own needs and identity. To balance the need for corporate consistency and individual identity, their Jobtrain candidate portal is branded in line with their corporate careers site, but with each job advertised representing the logo of the academy in which the job is based.

Goals and objectives of implementing Jobtrain

  • Support their growing schools and recruitment needs
  • Build long-term talent pools and networks
  • Balance autonomy within individual schools but with consistency of process and standards across the trust
  • Reduce administration

The outcome

With Jobtrain, Leigh Academies Trust now supports recruitment for over 30 schools across Kent, Medway and South East London with:

  • Online job approvals: Faster, tracked and controlled
  • Quick vacancy set-up: Schools create vacancies quickly and consistently using ready-made templates: faster, less admin time, more consistency
  • Automatic job posting: Roles shared instantly to Indeed, social media and job boards
  • Centrally managed application forms: Consistent, flexible and easy for HR to update
  • Candidate management tools: Securely stored, online tracking, automated updates, SMS and email communication
  • Talent networking and job alerts: Supporting long-term recruitment pipelines.
  • Online offers and onboarding: Secure and automated creation of packs for greater efficiency and with far less admin

Conclusion

Our partnership with Leigh Academies Trust has helped transform how schools across Kent, Medway and South East London manage recruitment. By moving to an online applicant tracking system, LAT has reduced administration, improved consistency and built a scalable recruitment process that can support its continued growth.

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Leigh Academies Trust recruits for over 30 academies across Kent, Medway and South East London, serving learners aged 2 to 19.

LAT is based in Strood, Medway, with academies located across Kent, Medway and South East London.

The ATS provides shared templates, centrally managed application forms and online approval workflows, so hiring stays consistent while each academy retains its identity.

Vacancies are created in Jobtrain and published to the Trust’s careers site, then automatically shared to Indeed, job boards and social media to increase reach.

Approvals, vacancy creation, candidate management, communications, offers and onboarding are completed online in our Jobtrain ATS, reducing admin and improving tracking.

The candidate portal follows the Trust’s branding, while each advert displays the relevant academy’s logo and details, combining local visibility with central control.