Confederation of School Trusts

We are the national organisation and sector body for school trusts in England advocating for, connecting and supporting executive and governance leaders.

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Supply staffing is sometimes seen as a cost to avoid - but it can be a powerful opportunity to connect and learn, says Edwin's Charnice Scott, in our latest guest post on Trust: The CST Blog.
Read how here: https://t.co/Xjv5ULPFRo

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Thank you to every delegate who joined us in Birmingham for #CSTConf26, and to our sponsors: @SyncStoreUK, Edurio, IMP Software,@tes, BeReady, ParentPay Group, Edwin, @Ambition_Inst, @MagmaMaths and Fuze. Save the date for next year: 14 & 15 October 2027.

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Ed Dorrell and Katie Carr, Public First, in conversation with Nimish Lad, Creative Education Trust, discussing how we improve education outcomes for white working-class children at #CSTConf26

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Sir Ian Bauckham CBE spoke about how @ofqual is approaching on screen assessments and what impact AI might have on qualifications of the future

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Introducing the Centre for Multi-School Effectiveness.

Announced yesterday at #CSTConf26 by Steve Rollett, the Centre will launch in spring 2027 and investigate what makes multi-school organisations effective, helping strengthen the evidence base around sustained improvement.

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@Ofstednews (2) He also shared an overview of the first year of the new education inspection framework and announced further refinements, including a new independent appeals pilot.

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(1) Day two of #CSTConf26 opened with Sir Martyn Oliver, reflecting on the mission of school trusts to improve children’s life chances and how @Ofstednews can support that work.

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@Steveellis06 @LeoraCruddas You can watch or read it here: https://t.co/UNyzvdUc9o

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(1) @LeoraCruddas CBE, Chief Executive of CST, reflected on the history of trusts deliberately taking on some of the most challenging schools and refusing to accept that low attainment is inevitable.

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This morning at #CSTConf26, the Rt Hon @LucyMPowell, Secretary of State for Education @educationgovuk delivered her first major speech to education leaders, setting out a new focus on oracy in the revised National Curriculum.

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We’re underway at #CSTConf26. Two days of conversation, challenge and new thinking begin at the ICC Birmingham, under this year’s theme, Connecting.

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In our latest guest blog post @Ambition_Inst's Hilary Spencer explains how they have built on their Inclusive Teaching Framework to offer free, in-house professional development materials to prepare for SEND reforms.
Read more: https://t.co/GZIs2AbtiT

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In the run up to CST's 2026 Annual Conference, what do @eduriocom's national surveys tell us about connecting? Ben Haslewood looks at the evidence for connecting from pupils, parents, and staff in this guest blog post on Trust: The CST Blog.
Read it here: https://t.co/0Bls7WMBkY

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In our latest guest blog post, Sync's Head of Education Richard Anderton says evidence-informed use of tech can transform it from a bolt-on to a powerful tool to strengthen teaching, remove barriers and improve outcomes.
Find out how: https://t.co/UaU6tnBGA2
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In our latest guest blog post FFT Education's Pete Collison suggests some questions for trustees to ask about exam results - those past and those to come.
Read his suggestions: https://t.co/YVEvVwZr7n

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In our latest guest blog post, Dan Morrow from @CeltAcademies says trusts and government should embrace a "constitutional upgrade" to make all trusts cooperative civic trusts.
Read why here: https://t.co/EE4ZqaVZud
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@cierzo1 @tes The methodology is on our website: https://t.co/pnS9SpROBK

We don't claim a "slam-dunk" - schools are too complex for that - but looking at 12,443 schools over nearly two decades there is compelling evidence that schools in trusts made substantial gains relative to others.

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@ImpactEd_Group Explore the research here: https://t.co/mij787Yr1u

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New research looking at nearly two decades of school data shows that schools that become academies improve more than other state-funded schools.
Advancing Education ranks schools year-by-year against national figures, cutting through changes in exams and inspection rules.

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Also published today is a new study by @ImpactEd_Group, combining a review of existing research with fresh analysis of national school data.
The Trust Effect report focuses on sponsored academies finding improvement across attainment, pupil progress, and inspection outcomes.