What is holding back inclusion in schools?
Tom Preston, Director of Thrive, argues the issue is not clarity, but capacity, and why inclusion must be built into system design, not added on. Read more: https://twp.ai/9OVF8Z
Tiffany Beck OBE from PLMR shares what to expect from our upcoming crisis communications masterclass starting on 16 April.
Plan for, manage and mitigate reputational risk across safeguarding, complaints, inspections and social media. Book your place now: https://twp.ai/9OVNGX
Join us Wednesday for our next member engagement meeting. We’ll focus on the specialist tier and system reform, with Hilary Spencer and Dr Anne Heavey from Ambition Institute on the new inclusive teaching framework. CST members can register via MyCST.
(2) Crisis communications focuses on managing reputational risk across safeguarding, complaints, inspections and social media. Book now: https://twp.ai/IlpdZv
(1) As trusts plan for the term ahead, two CST masterclass series start 16 April.
Leading trust mergers focuses on strategic, operational and cultural alignment for successful growth. Book now: https://twp.ai/9OV9Bn
We are pleased to welcome HCR Law, Geldards LLP, and Moxton Education as recognised suppliers to CST. Explore our recognised suppliers directory, organisations with a proven history of working with school trusts: https://twp.ai/9PbxmP
(2) Thank you to our conference sponsors, HFL Education, Smartgrade, Pearson, Magma Maths.
With thanks to our community supporters, AQA, Evidence Based Education, and Steplab.
Wishing all our delegates a safe journey home.
(1) Thank you to everyone who joined us for CST’s #SchoolImprovement Conference today. Our sessions today deepened our thinking about not just what improvement looks like, but how it is stewarded deliberately and at scale.
We welcomed Dr Anne Heavey and Dr Neil Gilbride for our final keynote today. They introduced Ambition’s new Inclusive Teaching Framework, exploring how trusts can better understand and respond to the full range of pupil needs.
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In workshop series two, delegates attended a range of sessions exploring professional development at scale, collaboration in response to reform, building capacity through context, leadership agency, and improving reading outcomes across trusts.
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Danielle Lewis-Egonu, Cygnus Academies Trust, explored the realities of leading improvement across a trust. This session focused on culture, belonging and alignment at the heart of the work.
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Delegates are now attending their first workshops today. Sessions will explore subject-specific professional development, curriculum coherence, sustaining outcomes over time, and leading high-impact inclusion in practice.
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In her keynote, Daisy Christodoulou MBE, No More Marking, examined how AI is reshaping assessment practice, raising important questions about reliability, professional judgement and pupil learning.
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In our opening keynote, Dr Ben Jensen explored what effective curriculum reform looks like in practice, focusing on how high-quality curricula are designed and implemented consistently across schools.
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Steve Rollett welcomes delegates joining us this morning for CST’s School Improvement Conference 2026. Today, we will explore our theme, School improvement: Stewardship at scale.
Communicating with the public through the media is a crucial part of a trust leader's toolkit, say PLMR's Leon Emirali and Tiffany Beck OBE.
Communicating with the public through the media is a crucial part of a trust leader's toolkit, say @PLMRLtd's Leon Emirali and Tiffany Beck OBE, in our latest guest blog post: https://twp.ai/E6I3HX
This year’s Annual Conference theme, Connecting, will explore what sustainable reform requires: strong relationships, shared purpose and confident civic leadership. Find out more and book your place: https://twp.ai/9PcZSm
Booking is currently open for CST members.
(2) These themes will also be explored at the CST School Improvement Conference 2026. Join us on 26 March in Birmingham to explore practical approaches to stewarding improvement at scale. Book your place:
(1) We are pleased to share our latest paper developed with ImpactEd Group which explores how trusts are working to improve outcomes for disadvantaged White children. Read the paper: https://twp.ai/9PcVQN
(2) With thanks to our exhibitors, and our community supporter PLMR.
Wishing all our delegates a safe journey home.
(1) Thank you to everyone who joined us for #CSTComms today.
From the evolving Ofsted landscape to the role of brand during uncertainty, today’s sessions explored the growing strategic role of communications in school trusts.
In our final session, we’re giving the floor over to the community to select and discuss the topics that matter most, selected at our pitch session earlier in the day.
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In her session, Jen Fook from Ted Wragg Trust shares how they have refined their approach to parent communications.
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Fiona Taylor from Evolution Academy Trust shared how she worked with colleagues to demonstrate the strategic value of communications within her organisation.
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Kate Caine, Yorkshire Causeway Schools Trust, shares her tips on how to get good footage from a mobile phone, and how you can empower colleagues to bring their communications to life.
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Sophie Turner and Esi Mensah, Information Commissioner's Office, examined the legal landscape and practical steps trusts can take to manage requests effectively.
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We have just heard from Mark Leech, Ofsted, who shared insights on the new inspection report format and how trusts can support parents, staff and media in understanding the changes.
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In the next session, Michelle Rosemond from REAch2 Academy Trust will explore how brand can act as a stabilising force during uncertainty.
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Jane Livesey and Richard Ronksley from Altus Education Partnership are now sharing how strong relationships with communities, parents and local businesses can strengthen trust reputation and make communications more effective.
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Delegates are now invited to bring forward the issues they want the community to tackle in our session later this afternoon.
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