Operational Readiness
Where duplicated work and scattered information are costing you staff time.
The Anthill Group
The work you do makes a difference.You should be able to show it.
We find what is getting in the way, fix what is not working, and build what is missing.
Thinking
Your MIS is a bad search engine
Your staff enter the same information in three different places. Nobody really knows why.
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Case Study
The evidence of a child’s progress is often so fragmented, it's invisible.
Your board pack is assembled by hand, by one person, every time.
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Case Study
The Outdoors Group is growing fast. We are building the IT function that carries it.
The Audit Readiness Checklist - twenty questions to ask before an inspection
↓The ProblemYou're growing. Nobody is sure the systems behind the growth are keeping up.
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Thinking
The five numbers your board should be able to see without a board pack
A key person is thinking about leaving. Nobody else knows what they know.
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Case Study
One place to start the day, for a workforce that is almost never at a desk
Thinking
What we find when we map how an organisation actually works
Thinking
The difference between a process problem and a systems problem
The Infrastructure Gap - the five things your systems aren't doing
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Case Study
Using AI in a school without giving it a child’s name
You've bought software your staff work around rather than with.
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Thinking
A custom evidence dashboard for a mid-sized charity
The Software Register - map what you have and who owns it
↓The ProblemThree teams. Three ways of doing the same thing.
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Three scorecards. Fifteen minutes each.
Free, no account, and a real result on screen before it asks you for anything.
AI Oversight
Whether you know how AI is already being used, by whom, and at what cost.
Inclusion Readiness
Whether the evidence behind your inclusion practice is there when somebody asks.
Coming soon. Being written now.
How we work
Most organisations that complete the scorecard want to talk. Here is what happens next.
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Discovery
A conversation to understand where you are. What you have, what's missing, and what the priority should be.
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Operations Audit
A workshop with your staff to map how the organisation actually runs. Where work lives, who owns what, and where the friction is.
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Consultancy
Working with you to close the gaps. Process design, system configuration, and the change management that makes it stick.
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Bespoke Systems
Where the gap needs a system, we build it. Designed around how your organisation actually works.
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Embedded Partnership
A retained relationship, typically a few days a month, where we stay close enough to see what's coming before it becomes a problem.
What our clients say
Testimonial 1 of 3, Andy Holder
We engaged The Anthill Group to undertake a systems and workload audit at Coombe House School following a period of significant growth. What stood out was their deep understanding of the specialist education sector and the way they approached the work with professionalism, empathy and without judgement.
Anthill quickly gained the trust of staff across the organisation, creating space for honest and candid conversations about the challenges we were facing. They were then able to bring together a wide range of perspectives and operational detail into a clear, coherent and highly credible analysis of our situation.
The final report did more than identify problems. It helped us understand how we had arrived at them, provided practical recommendations for improvement, and gave us confidence about the steps we needed to take next.
I would strongly recommend The Anthill Group to any education organisation looking for insightful, constructive and sector-informed support around their systems, workflows, workload and MIS / IT infrastructure.
Andy Holder
Managing Director, Coombe House / Dorset Centre of Excellence
Contact us
Everything starts with a conversation. Get in touch and let’s have a chat.