Established in 2018, TSO Education supports maintained schools, single academies, MATs and local authorities with senior-level education, finance and governance expertise, backed by specialist associates where required.
TSO Education was founded by Jacqueline Tomkins and Peter Tomkins, combining finance leadership and school leadership experience to deliver practical, sector-grounded assurance tailored to live trust environments.
Our scrutiny practice grew from trust demand for assurance that is technically accurate and operationally realistic. We focus on what leadership teams can implement in live school environments, not abstract recommendations that stall after reporting.
Our reviewers include former trust CFOs and senior education professionals who understand operational realities, committee expectations and year-end accountability pressures. Where a trust chooses a specialist focus, we use reviewers with specialist knowledge in that area.
We deliver remote, on-site and hybrid scrutiny nationwide with work directly supervised by named directors and backed by specialist associates with school or trust backgrounds where needed.
You get bespoke programmes designed for your context, with realistic recommendations that can be embedded by leaders and tracked through governance.
Assurance quality depends on both technical testing and implementation follow-through. We structure findings so audit and risk committees can see progress clearly and challenge delays where required.
Our model is collaborative with leaders, but independent in assurance judgment and responsive to the changing needs of the trust.
We combine evidence-led fieldwork with practical dialogue so recommendations are both robust and deliverable. This improves action completion rates and strengthens confidence in annual assurance outputs.
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