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WEST NORFOLK ACADEMIES TRUST

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What are employers required to submit?

Any employer with 250 or more employees on their ‘snapshot date’ at the end of the financial year must submit both:

• a gender pay gap report showing their breakdown of pay and bonuses by gender
• an action plan outlining how they intend to address the gender pay gap and support employees experiencing menopause – these are voluntary for the 2026 to 2027 reporting year

For more detail, see the gender pay gap and action plan guidance for employers (opens in a new window).

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1. Latest gender pay gap report (2025 to 2026)

View the full gender pay gap report

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2. Latest action plan (2026 to 2027)

WEST NORFOLK ACADEMIES TRUST submitted the following supporting narrative with their action plan:

The West Norfolk Academies Trust workforce demographic is overwhelmingly female. This is largely because there are fewer males employed in a large number of support staff roles within our schools, for example teaching assistants, cleaning staff, Catering and administration. These roles almost all fall within the lower two quartiles of the salary data. The majority of these roles are part-time, often giving flexibility to work within school hours and term-times. For this reason when looking at the average hourly rate of its staff, it will appear that women are paid less then men. In reality all roles are assessed and graded according to that of the roles responsibilities, regardless of who will fill the position. For example when looking at Leadership posts, which all fall within the upper quartile, there are actually more female than male employees. As a trust, we firmly uphold the principle of opportunity and progression being equally available to all employees, irrespective of gender. We are committed to reducing the gender pay gap and will continue to monitor pay progression closely as well as reviewing other potential ways of supporting this, such as flexible working benefits.

Read more about this organisation’s equality policies or strategy on their website (opens in a new window)

Action plan

What is an action plan?

Employers with 250 or more employees can produce and publish a voluntary action plan alongside their gender pay gap data. Their plan shows the steps they are taking to address their gender pay gap and support employees experiencing menopause.

This will be mandatory from spring 2027, subject to legislation.

To create an action plan, employers review a list of evidence-informed actions recommended by the government. They can identify any that are already an established part of their working practice (‘embedded actions’), and choose at least 2 new actions to focus on (‘planned actions’).

You can see the full list of actions (opens in a new window) and guidance for employers on creating an action plan (opens in a new window).

WEST NORFOLK ACADEMIES TRUST added the following ‘planned’ actions to their action plan for 2026 to 2027:

• Make job descriptions inclusive
• Encourage applications from a range of candidates
• Advertise leave policies in job adverts
• Train managers to support employees experiencing menopause

They indicated that the following ‘embedded’ actions are already an established part of their working practice:

• Reduce unconscious bias in CV screening
• Use fair and structured interview techniques
• Advertise flexible working arrangements in job adverts
• Automatically consider eligible employees for promotion
• Encourage employee development through actionable steps
• Offer mentoring, sponsorship and other development programmes
• Increase transparency for pay, promotion and rewards
• Enhance and promote flexible working and leave policies
• Set up menopause support groups and networks
• Offer workplace adjustments to employees experiencing menopause
• Conduct a menopause risk assessment for your workplace
• Review policies and procedures to meet the needs of employees experiencing menopause

View the full action plan

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3. All gender pay gap reports and action plans

Reporting year	Submission type	Status
2026 to 2027	Gender pay gap report	Due 30 March 2027
	Action plan (optional)	Submitted voluntarily	View action plan
2025 to 2026	Gender pay gap report	Submitted	View report
2024 to 2025	Gender pay gap report	Submitted	View report
2023 to 2024	Gender pay gap report	Submitted	View report
2022 to 2023	Gender pay gap report	Submitted	View report
2021 to 2022	Gender pay gap report	Submitted	View report
2020 to 2021	Gender pay gap report	Submitted	View report
2019 to 2020	Gender pay gap report	Submitted	View report
2018 to 2019	Gender pay gap report	Submitted	View report
2017 to 2018	Gender pay gap report	Submitted	View report

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4. About WEST NORFOLK ACADEMIES TRUST

• Registered address: Queensway, Gaywood, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4AW
• Sector: Education
• Employee headcount (on 31 March 2025): 500 to 999 employees