The Trust's relationship with The National Pedtech Partnership continues to grow & thrive.

In June 2025, the Inclusive Multi Academy Trust became one of the founding members of the National PedTech Partnership, a national alliance of school leaders committed to a pedagogy-first approach to digital technology in education.

The Partnership brings together over 30 school groups representing state and independent schools, mainstream and special provision, from nursery through to sixth form. Collectively, founding partners account for close to 800 schools and a quarter of a million pupils. It is, in the truest sense, a community of purpose rather than a commercial proposition.

We were invited to be part of this because of what we already believe and practise. Our digital vision has always started with the child, not the device. Technology earns its place in our schools by removing barriers, freeing teachers to focus on knowing their pupils, and extending what is possible for every learner regardless of starting point, language, or learning need. That is entirely in step with what the Partnership stands for.

The two-year research programme spans some of the most important questions facing schools right now: how digital tools affect learning and assessment, what equity and dignity look like in a digital environment, how artificial intelligence changes what it means to teach and to learn, and how schools can be confident that technology is genuinely adding value rather than adding noise. As a founding member, IMAT contributes to shaping those findings. We are not passengers in this work.

Our CEO James Roach has spoken at BETT Global as part of the National PedTech Partnership, exploring digital dignity, belonging, and what it means to build a genuinely inclusive digital culture in schools. His contribution to that conversation reflects what our schools practise every day: that the most important thing about any digital decision is whether it serves the human beings at the centre of it.

We are proud to sit alongside some of the most forward-thinking school groups in the country in this work, and we are proud that IMAT's voice, grounded in the realities of a diverse, multilingual Watford community, is part of the national conversation about where digital education goes next.

To follow the research and findings from the National PedTech Partnership, visit their LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-pedtech-partnership/posts/?feedView=all