“However hard it’s been, and it has been very difficult most of the time, schools never stopped, not once, to put themselves first. At every moment they have done their civic duty. I think they are exceptional. I think they are a national treasure.”
This week we talk to Leora Cruddas, CEO of The Confederation of School Trusts (CST), about her views on the role of trusts in the education system and how CST has been supporting its members during COVID-19. We think about the various ways in which schools in trusts have potentially fared better over the past year and consider some of the longer-term consequences of the pandemic.
We talk about:
Leora ends the podcast by reading some extracts of a poem by Maya Angelou called ‘Continue’ you can read it in full here
You can learn more about CST and its work here
“As we were going into a global pandemic and a national crisis, what CST members needed was an organisation that pivoted to speak directly to them and act directly for them, so that’s what I decided CST had to become.”
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Key Voices #124 - Exams, policy-making and trusts with Sir Jon Coles
Key Voices #123 - Work ready and world ready with Aspirations Academy Trust and Ian Livingstone CBE
Key Voices #122 - ‘Equality, diversity and inclusion among school staff’ with Edurio
Key Voices #121 - Review of the year with The Key
Key Voices #120 - Ditching discriminatory hair policies: A Key Voices Takeover
Key Voices #119 - LGBTQ+ Inclusion with Stonewall and The Key
Key Voices #118 Applying mindfulness techniques during transition with Bovington Academy
Key Voices #117 Launching an academy trust during a pandemic, part 3 with TEAM Education Trust
Key Voices #116 - Careers after Covid with David Chapman
Key Voices #115 - The power of local collaboration with Haringey Education Partnership
Key Voices #114 - The future of remote governance
Key Voices #113 - Rolling out the Early Career Framework
Key Voices #112 - Race, identity and School Leadership with Viv Grant and Colette Morris
Key Voices #111 - Day in, day out school improvement with Paul Ainsworth
Key Voices #110 - School leadership, social media and pandemic parenting with Dr Victoria Carr
Key Voices #109 - A culture of improvement: reviewing the research on teacher working conditions with David Weston
Key Voices #108 - Managing stress with Maria Brosnan
Key Voices #107- Headteachers at the heart of their communities with Derek Peaple
Key Voices #106 - Building evidence around the impact of EdTech products with Michael Forshaw
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