“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 #5 - Governors for Schools: An interview with Louise Cooper, Chief Executive of Governors for Schools
Key Voices #4 - The knowledge to act: An interview with The Key's Chief Marketing Officer, Sarah Hernandez
Key Voices #3 - GCSE scrapping, pupil strikes and violent pupils: the news this week
Key Voices #2 - Teacher pay rises, pupil mental health, recruitment standards: the news this week
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