7 & 8 July 2025 at the Park Regis Hotel, Birmingham

CST CEO Leadership Summit 2025

CST CEO Leadership Summit Advance tickets now available

Advance tickets are now available for this popular event, which brings together school trust leaders from across the country.

The summit – exclusively for trust accounting officers – will focus on the strategic issues that matter most to school trusts, with speakers drawn from trust practitioners, policy experts, and the wider sector.

Full details of the programme and speakers will be released nearer the date but you can secure your place now.

Be inspired

Be inspired

Hear from some of today's leading educational thinkers

Time to think

Time to think

Give you and your leadership team time to re-think how your trust works

Meet and share

Meet and share

Connect with colleagues from school trusts across the country

Work smarter

Work smarter

Engage with innovative providers to the school trust sector

Join the CST Chief executives professional community

This summit is an extension of the CST Chief executives professional community - a unique space for school trust leaders to network, share, and learn, all year round. Community membership is an integral part of CST membership.

Be inspired and learn Our keynote conference speakers

Sir Martyn Oliver

HM Chief Inspector, Ofsted

Sir Mo Farah CBE

Athlete and campaigner

Dame Rachel de Souza

Children’s Commissioner for England

Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE

Scientist and broadcaster

Ticket options Book your delegate place

Summit, dinner, and accommodation

Summit, dinner, and accommodation

£475

CST members only: Full conference access on both days, including dinner and overnight accommodation on day one and lunch on day two

Book your place

£570 inc VAT at 20%

Summit, dinner, and accommodation
Summit and dinner only

Summit and dinner only

£425

CST members only: Full conference access on both days, including dinner on day one and lunch on day two.

Book your place

£510 inc VAT at 20%

Summit and dinner only

Summit sponsors in association with

About the summit CST CEO Leadership Summit 2025

The event programme is provisional and subject to change. Booking terms and conditions apply.
Imagery is from past events and may not reflect the 2025 programme.

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