Welcome to the July edition of Trust. I am pleased to provide my synopsis of the range of subjects covered in this issue.
Read moreWe launched the Confederation of School Trusts on 11 October 2018. By this edition of Trust, we are thirty-eight weeks old and I thought it would be a...
Read moreIn June 2019, I was delighted to lead alongside Leora Cruddas, the CEO of the Confederation of School Trusts, (CST) a short series of roadshows with CEOs...
Read moreIt’s good timing to be writing for Trust as new teachers are very much on my mind right now. I have recently started chairing the DfE expert group that...
Read moreSince multi-academy trusts were created, or school trusts as we would now know them, there has been much discussion about what it is that great MATs do...
Read moreHow do people react when you tell them you work in teaching? Do they look at you with respect and admiration, celebrating your work to benefit the future...
Read moreAt the Spring CST conference on Effective, Accountable and Ethical Governance I was asked for the one piece of advice I would give to a new trustee. My...
Read moreAcademy trusts’ financial circumstances are becoming more challenging and increasing numbers are now seen to be at risk of insolvency. With the fall...
Read moreSocial Value UK defines social value as "the quantification of the relative importance that people place on the changes they experience in their lives”....
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