Welcome to the first edition of our Journal for Executive and Governance Leaders. We call it ‘Trust’. We aim for Trust to be a regular, digital, periodical for our new organisation, the Confederation of School Trusts (CST, formerly FASNA) and for our wholly owned subsidiary, National Teacher Accreditation (NTA, formerly NIPT). Trust will offer colleagues articles and features by some of the leading thinkers and decision makers in education. Through Trust we aim to keep you informed of the latest and most important developments in education along with topical features of interest about issues which challenge us.
Read moreOver the past decade, academies have become a powerful force in education reform. With half of our children and young people in England educated in the...
Read moreI’ve been around from the beginning of the academy movement. Academies have seen a huge transformation of the system. When we started, academisation...
Read moreA new school year presents us with the perfect opportunity to set out priorities and build on existing developments, to ensure every child receives an...
Read more"Can I borrow your school field please?” That question led to a life in governance locally, regionally and nationally. The trade-off for using the school...
Read moreMATs are still new, complex and evolving in the education sector, which means leaders can often find themselves reacting to what is happening around them;...
Read more"Governance” is not a word or topic that typically sets the pulse racing. However, we all know that effective governance practice is critical to the...
Read more