Sapientia Education Trust brings together 16 schools across Norfolk and Suffolk, supporting over 6,000 pupils and staff.
As the Trust expanded, legacy systems couldn’t deliver consolidated or intercompany reporting. VAT and purchasing were handled outside the finance system, creating manual work and inefficiency.
The Trust partnered with ION to deploy Sage Intacct for Education. ION guided requirements, migration, configuration, and training.
Since implementation, automated workflows and flexible purchasing approvals have reduced manual work. The Trust’s systems now integrate smoothly and consolidation happens automatically.
These improvements deliver accurate real‑time reporting and make month‑end close much faster.
Automated consolidation and real-time reports mean Trust leaders get accurate insights at a click, and board packs are produced rapidly.
Supplier payment performance improved by 33%. Adding new schools is now faster, reducing external costs and supporting scalable growth across the Trust.
