“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.”
Key Voices #105 - Launching an academy trust during a pandemic, part 2 with TEAM Education Trust
Key Voices #104 - Reflections on the realities of school leadership with Kate Owbridge
Key Voices #103 - ‘Exploring Ethnicity: School Business Leadership in England’ with ISBL and ABBLed
Key Voices #102 - How can we achieve true equality for young people with SEND? With Simon Knight
Key Voices #101 - ‘Let’s talk about Flex’ with Emma Turner
Key Voices #100 - Priorities for action in education and youth with Loic Menzies
Key Voices #99 - Challenges and opportunities of remote teacher training and development with Oxfordshire Teaching School Alliance and Oxfordshire Teacher training
Key Voices #97 - Finding out what parents are thinking with Karen Wespieser MBE from Parent Ping
Key Voices #96 - SEND governance: schools that work for all learners with Professor Adam Boddison
Key Voices #95 - Practical advice for meeting the new RSE requirements with Josie Rayner-Wells
Key Voices #94 - Launching an academy trust during a pandemic with TEAM Education Trust
Key Voices #93 - Christmas 2020 review
Key Voices #92- School leader wellbeing and how governors can support it with Dr. Helen Kelly
Key Voices #91 - Teaching, learning and moving up the ladder with Jo Jukes
Key Voices #90- Collaboration, innovation and creativity with Desmond Deehan
Key Voices #89 - Talking to young people about social media with Rubbi Bhogal- Wood
Key Voices #88 - Teacher wellbeing and self-care with Adrian Bethune and Dr Emma Kell
Key Voices #87 - Governance: challenge, chairing and COVID-19
Key Voices #86 - ‘Back on Track’ with Mary Myatt
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