Case Study: Girls’ Day School Trust improves employee engagement with Oak Engage

Girls’ Day School Trust boosts employee engagement with Oak Engage as 62% of staff access myGDST in 3 months

The Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST), a UK network of 26 independent girls' schools, faced a significant challenge with employee engagement and communication. Their existing channels were one-sided and inefficient, relying on sporadic emails and a static SharePoint site used only for document storage. This left a dispersed workforce of 5,000 employees without a modern platform to connect, collaborate, or easily access the information needed for their roles.

To address this, GDST partnered with Oak Engage to implement a modern intranet platform called myGDST. The solution transformed internal communications, creating a central hub for collaboration, policy management, and news. The results were substantial, with 62% of staff accessing the platform within the first three months. The implementation delivered measurable time savings, improved version control, and even enabled the seamless onboarding of an entire new school into the trust. Oak's platform was credited as a game-changer for fostering a unified culture and providing valuable analytics to track engagement.

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