“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 #65 - ‘Making great practice common practice’; the role of peer review with Dr Kate Chhatwal OBE
Key Voices #64 - The changing role of trusts with Michael Pain
Key Voices #63 - Putting staff first with John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley
Key Voices #62 - Teacher and leader development with Claire Heald
Key Voices #61 - Focussing on Alternative Provision with Debra Rutley and Eleanor Bernardes
Key Voices #60 - Lessons in system leadership with Sir David Carter, Executive Director of System Leadership, Ambition Institute
Key Voices #59 - Reflections on governance with Neil Collins
Key Voices #58 - SEND policy, funding and inspection with Dr Adam Boddison
Key Voices #57 - Staff wellbeing during the coronavirus pandemic and beyond with Sinead McBrearty
Podcast #56 - School business leadership during Covid-19 with ISBL, part one
Key Voices #55 - Reflections on 40 years in Special Education and mental health with Barry Carpenter (CBE, OBE, PhD)
Key Voices #54 - Being 10% braver with WomenEd Co- Founder, Vivienne Porritt
Key Voices #53 - Careers education with Will Millard and Dr Sam Baars at CFEY
Key Voices #52 - The role of teacher autonomy in retention and job satisfaction with Jack Worth
Key Voices #51 - Building belonging with Cathal Lynch
Key Voices #50 - What are teachers thinking? with Laura McInerney from Teacher Tapp
Podcast #49 - Governing matters with Naureen Khalid
Podcast #48 - Taking a school-led approach to mental health Dean Johnstone Founder and CEO Minds Ahead
Key Voices #47 - The continued evolution of school business leadership with Stephen Morales
Key Voices #46 - Looking ahead to 2020 and beyond
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