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A Note from the Editor
Trust is an important word at CST. We are of course the sector body for school Trusts, but as members will recognise, the word trust means so much more than that to us.
We talk about trust as a relational principle, a core value, a fundamental promise – but Trust is also the name of this, our online journal for executive and governance leaders. Trust shares a birthday with CST and since their respective inceptions in 2018, it has formed part of the growing offer for CST members.
It is this growth that has prompted us to review Trust Journal and its relationship with our members and our other communication channels, such as the weekly CST Blog. We think the best way to build on the legacy of Trust Journal and to cater for members' appetite for more regular, easily accessible topical pieces is to now transition away from Trust Journal and focus entirely on the CST Blog, which has been renamed Trust: The CST Blog.
As we begin to make this change, I would like to briefly reflect on the journal’s journey over the past four years and pay tribute to all those both within and beyond the CST network who have made the curation of all the stimulating content possible.
Trust has been published twice termly since the beginning of the 2018-19 academic year. Since its launch, we have released 24 editions comprising 216 articles, written by 164 authors, and read by over 120,000 people.
Our editorial committee, the architects of each edition’s content, have drawn on their extensive networks to secure articles from the key thinkers, influencers, and decision makers from across education, and the very best experts from our valued Platinum and Strategic Partners.
Reviewing the back catalogue, the introduction to each of the editions has inadvertently charted the policy and political shifts throughout what has been a time of great change and sustained uncertainty (indeed, in the time Trust has been published, we have seen seven different Secretaries of State for Education and four Prime Ministers).
Trust also coincided with one of the most challenging periods in modern times, as the sector and the country battled a pandemic and all its fall out. Many of the contributions to Trust chronicle how the sector responded heroically to the unprecedented challenge of navigating that time and worked tirelessly to keep children learning.
As Editor throughout this period, I have had the privilege of working with the wide variety of contributors who generously gave up time in their busy schedules to write for us. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all for their professional generosity in sharing their knowledge and experience which, I hope, has made Trust an interesting and valued part of the CST membership offer. I am sure that Trust: the CST Blog will build on the success of the journal and continue to provide our members with regular pieces of high-quality, thought-provoking, topical content.
Introduced by Leora, this, the 25th and final edition of Trust Journal celebrates all that has been achieved by the sector, Trust, and CST during that relatively short time. I do hope you enjoy revisiting some of the most popular articles from the 24 previous editions of Trust as much as I have enjoyed editing it.
