Confederation of School Trusts

(2) Thank you to our conference sponsors, @HFL_Education, @SmartgradeUK, @pearson, @MagmaMaths. With thanks to our community supporters, @AQA, @EvidenceInEdu, and @Steplab_co. 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_Inst new Inclusive Teaching Framework, exploring how trusts can better understand and respond to the full range of pupil needs. #SchoolImprovement

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. #SchoolImprovement

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. #SchoolImprovement

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. #SchoolImprovement

In her keynote, @daisychristo @nmmarking examined how AI is reshaping assessment practice, raising important questions about reliability, professional judgement and pupil learning. #SchoolImprovement

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. #SchoolImprovement

@steverollett 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 @PLMRLtd's Leon Emirali and Tiffany Beck OBE, in our latest guest blog post: twp.ai/4ixYtP

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: twp.ai/4ixKGi Booking is currently open for CST members.

@ImpactEd_Group (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: twp.ai/E6HkcR

(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: twp.ai/4ixGEJ

@ProfKime @EvidenceInEdu shares what he’ll explore at the CST School Improvement Conference 2026. Join us on 26 March in Birmingham to explore School improvement: Stewardship at scale. Explore the programme and book your place: twp.ai/4ivwAv

(2) With thanks to our exhibitors, and our community supporter @PLMRLtd. 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. #CSTComms

In her session, Jen Fook from Ted Wragg Trust shares how they have refined their approach to parent communications. #CSTComms

Fiona Taylor from Evolution Academy Trust shared how she worked with colleagues to demonstrate the strategic value of communications within her organisation. #CSTComms

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. #CSTComms