It is one of the largest 10 charities with the most employees in the UK,[1] with central offices in Peterborough, London and Salford.
[2] United Learning Trust was formed in 2002 as a subsidiary of the United Church Schools Trust (which comprised independent schools only) in response to the government's invitation to develop new state academies.
[4] Inspectors noted: "No matter what their background, all groups of students make outstanding progress as they move through the years.
"[5] In 2012, it was agreed that United Church Schools Trust and United Learning Trust should come together under the same branding, 'United Learning', bringing together the state and independent schools represented by the two related charities.
[8] The trust handles all the central bureaucracy that the schools need to have in place, for instance updating all of the statutory policies, such as these used in Lambeth [9] human resources, capital spending and procurement.