The CST CEO Leadership Summit is on 7 & 8 July 2025, at the Park Regis Hotel, Birmingham at Broad Street, B15 1DT.
The full programme will published nearer to the event date, but delegate registration is expected to begin at around 15:00 on 7 July, with the main programme starting at 16:00. The summit includes an evening dinner. The summit will finish at approximately 15:30 on 8 July.
Overnight accommodation is available as an inclusive option in your summit ticket, together with dinner on 7 July and lunch on 8 July.
Alternatively, you can choose to arrange your own accommodation. The non-residential ticket includes everything except for overnight accommodation.
We recommend delegates use public transport wherever possible. The venue is a 15 minute walk from Birmingham New Street station.
There is secure onsite parking available for an additional fee at St Martins Place next to the Park Regis, Birmingham and electric vehicle charging is available. For details, please visit the hotel website.
There is a turning circle directly in front of the hotel entrance for drop offs and pick-ups only with a maximum 10 minute stay.
Central Birmingham is covered by a Clean Air Zone which requires drivers of certain more polluting vehicles to pay a fee. You can find details of this on the Brum Breathes website.
Delegate tickets include full attendance at both days of event, and access to resources after the event through the CST professional community platform. Tickets also include overnight accommodation as an inclusive option, and dinner on day one, and lunch on day two. You can also choose to arrange your own accommodation – nhe non-residential ticket includes everything except for overnight accommodation.
Tickets do not include travel.
We aim to make our events as inclusive as possible. If you have any dietary requirements or additional needs, then please add these at the point of booking wherever possible.
Alternatively please email conference@cstuk.org.uk as soon as possible so that we can work with the venue to make any necessary adaptations.
Our summit aims to be a friendly but professional event, and we recommend a dress code of smart casual or business clothes.
Filming and photography may take place during the event for promotional and archival purposes by both CST and our partners; if you do not wish to be included please let a member of CST staff know. Please read our photography policy for full details.
Our events may also be reported on by the professional media and on social media.
Wherever possible we work with speakers and programming partners to make copies of presentations and workshop resources available to delegates after the event. These will be posted on CST professional community platform.
By booking a place at the conference you agree that we may share your name, job title, organisation, and email address for the purposes of delegate registration and conference administration. We will enter into data sharing agreements with carefully selected partners who will facilitate these services on our behalf.
Please contact conference@cstuk.org.uk if you have any concerns.
If you are no longer able to attend the event, we are usually happy to accept a suitable substitute delegate from the same organisation, such as a deputy CEO. Please provide as much notice as possible for any name changes and contact us at conference@cstuk.org.uk – if there are any resulting dietary or other additional requirements, please let us know.
Alternatively, we may be able to offer a full or partial refund. This depends on the amount of notice you can give, and reflects our fixed costs and potential to re-sell your place:
We may occasionally need to cancel or reschedule events due to circumstances outside of our control. If this is necessary, we will contact you to explain the reasons for the change and the options for your booking.
While we make every effort to publish accurate information, the event programme, speakers, and related arrangements are provisional and subject to change at short notice.
By booking a place at the conference, you agree to accept our Terms and Conditions for events.
Our events typically include an accompanying exhibition, targeted to the interests of our delegates. This gives companies and organisations the opportunity to make new connections with school trust decision makers, and delegates to explore innovative ways of improving their practice.
For more details, please contact partnerships@cstuk.org.uk to discuss partnership opportunities.