If you are interested in exhibiting at CST’s Data and Digital Transformation Conference 2026, please get in touch with our Partnerships Team at partnerships@cstuk.org.uk.
Arbor is home to the UK’s most-popular MIS and school management software. Give your staff time and power back with an MIS that makes every day easier and more collaborative. Join-up your critical school operations with specialist, top-rated HR, Finance and timetabling tools. Make your school data meaningful and easy to action with market-leading benchmarking and reporting. Join the 7,000 schools and trusts using Arbor to transform the way they work.
Find out more: arbor-education.com
At Baltic Apprenticeships, we believe workplace training is the most powerful tool for skills development. Since 2007, we’ve been dedicated to delivering high-quality, digital training to aspiring professionals across England in the education sector.
As an Ofsted Outstanding and award-winning training provider, we specialise in Data, IT, Digital Marketing, Software Development, and Sustainability training.
We offer both short courses for immediate skills development and long-term apprenticeship programmes that build lasting expertise, giving employers flexible options to upskill their teams and grow talent strategically. Find out more: balticapprenticeships.com
Browne Jacobson is one of the leading law firms operating in the sector. Our education team deliver a comprehensive portfolio of legal and HR services to schools, academy trust and local authorities nationally. We champion fairness, make the complex simple and forge connections between clients to find creative solutions. This is how our lawyers improve outcomes for every person, community, education institution and business we serve. We're part of an elite group of law firms ranked in Band One nationally for advising schools by both independent legal directories, Legal 500 and Chambers UK. We're proud to be seven-times winner of the EducationInvestor award for legal services for education and to be ranked by the Times and Sunday Times as a top education law firm for 2025.
Find out more: brownejacobson.com
Building Spatial Intelligence is a UK leader in 3D spatial mapping and parametric BIM, helping multi-academy trusts transform estate data into strategic insight. We integrate 3D BIM, 2D floor plans, capacity analysis, condition surveys and compliance data into a single intelligent dashboard, giving trust leaders a clear, live view of their estate.
Our work supports expansion planning, falling rolls management, CIF bids and BB103 alignment, enabling confident, evidence-based decisions. By establishing a strong spatial data foundation, BSI helps trusts future-proof their estates, align property with educational strategy and unlock smarter, more sustainable growth through digital transformation.
Find out more: buildingspatialintelligence.co.uk
Part of Cambridge OCR, Cambridge Insight assessments help schools and groups of schools to better understand, increase and demonstrate the value they can add to students' lives. Working with teachers, department heads and school leaders, Cambridge Insight assessments, reports and guidance reveal each student's and cohort's unique qualities. Allowing schools to make strategic decisions to improve teaching practices and allocate resources. Their digital tools are at the forefront of educational insight, spanning across a broad range of insight assessments and using the highest-quality data to provide detailed reports and accurate exam predictions.
Find out more: ocr.org.uk
CENTURY Tech is an award-winning AI education technology company focused on the learning, teaching and assessment space.
Our team of teachers, neuroscientists and technologists develop world-leading artificial intelligence tools for schools, colleges, universities, tuition and training providers.
Founded by entrepreneur Priya Lakhani OBE in 2013, CENTURY’s vision is to provide every teacher and learner with intelligent tools that help them succeed.
Using our proprietary innovative AI technology, developed over 10 years of working with educational institutions around the world, we provide unparalleled Actionable Intelligence with our learning, teaching and assessment platform. Find out more: century.tech
Clever is on a mission to connect every student to a world of learning. As the leading identity platform for education, more than 100,000 schools worldwide use Clever to power secure digital learning experiences. With Clever’s layered security solutions, schools can protect access and identities for all staff, teachers, and students. With a secure identity platform for schools and a network of leading application providers, Clever is committed to advancing education with technology that works for students everywhere. Clever, a Kahoot! company, has an office in San Francisco, CA, but you can visit us at clever.com anytime.
EntrySign is at the forefront of advanced visitor and contractor management, being the preferred sign-in solution for countless schools and organisations globally. EntrySign are committed to providing the latest innovations, features, and integrations to elevate on-site security, optimise building entry, enhance safety procedures, and improve regulatory compliance. EntrySign empowers organisations with a solution to effortlessly and efficiently sign in, secure and safeguard their people and premises every day.
Find out more: entrysign.co.uk
The Fischer Family Trust has been valued for 25 years by school professionals. FFT Education Datalab produces independent, cutting-edge research on big data, education policy and practice. The FFT Aspire for Trust subscription gives more than 350 school trusts the full set of trust and school dashboards — a full ‘helicopter view’ from tracking achievement and attendance, to robustly identifying trends and raising aspirations for all across your schools. New for 2025 is the Secondary Tracking add-on; save with a clear, easy to use view of achievement from Year 7 to Year 13.
Find out more: fft.org.uk
Smarter technology for stronger trusts.
Trusted by over 12,000 schools and 75% of multi-academy trusts across the UK, our comprehensive solutions transform how schools manage operations, drive improvement, and deliver better outcomes for pupils. Our solution suite includes Finance & Budgeting, HR & Payroll, Compliance & Estates, Student MIS, Parent Engagement, Cashless Catering, and Recruitment.
From Unity Schools Partnership and Kernow Learning, to Future Academies and Durrington Multi-Academy Trust, we work with leading MATs and schools to connect people with data, turning insights into action.
We’re passionate about helping individuals, teams, and entire trusts succeed. When our technology gives you time back, you can invest it where it matters most: in your people, your pupils, and your purpose.
Time creates value. Value delivers success.
Find out more: iris.co.uk/education
Since 2017, Magma Math has changed how maths is taught in Sweden. Today, over 75 % of all Swedish schools and over 500,000 pupils in the US, divided into 34 states, use Magma.
Since Magma launched in the UK in the fall of 2023, teachers have simply loved the service. They agree with Magma's core pillars in Maths education: Creativity, Collaboration, and Data-driven teaching.
Find out more: magmamaths.co.uk
Stop trawling through school websites and policies. Robin does all the hard work for you, with its AI-powered compliance checks and policy audits for school and MAT websites.
With Robin as your compliance sidekick you’ll:
"Robin is an absolute game-changer and time-saver… it improves accuracy and frees people up…I don’t think there’s a product like it out there." Dave Kemp, IT & Data Lead, Thrive Co-Operative Learning Trust
Join 75+ MATS (750+ schools) today.
Find out more: robin.education
Schools’ choice offers a partnership approach to the best software, support, outsourced and consultancy solutions to trusts managing a range of assurance, data protection, financial, governance, HR and payroll disciplines.
Supporting you to optimise resources to provide the best education experience for students.
This year, Schools' choice team will be on hand to demonstrate the latest technology available to trusts to work smarter. Saving time, money, and the planet! As well as improving inclusion, flexible working and staff wellbeing.
Come and see the latest technology developments from OWL labs, Sage and our clever technology partners.
Find out more: schoolschoice.co.uk
Smartgrade is a standardised assessment platform designed for schools and Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) to create, share, and analyze standardized assessments. It provides detailed insights into student performance at question, topic and overall grade level, helping to identify learning gaps and benchmark results against national cohorts. Customers can either set up their own in-house MAT assessments or access assessments from our partners which include Ark Curriculum+, AQA, CUSP, HeadStart, United Curriculum and White Rose Education. Alongside standardised percentile ranks and standardised scores we also offer predictions as scaled scores (primary) and GCSE 9-1 grades (secondary).
Find out more: smartgrade.co.uk
SMID is a powerful data analysis toolkit designed to support schools in improving student outcomes. With a range of tools including Transition Matrix, Progress 8, Attainment 8, and EBacc, SMID makes it easy for teachers and staff to track student progress, identify trends, and intervene when necessary. The software is intuitive and user-friendly, allowing for easy access and analysis of data across all year groups and subject areas. SMID is also backed by excellent customer service and technical support, ensuring that schools have all the resources they need to make informed decisions about teaching and learning. With SMID, schools have a comprehensive system for gathering and using data to drive student success.
Find out more: smidreport.com
VenturEd Solutions UK comprises of market-leading education technology products trusted by school establishments all around the UK. Our solutions provide customers with tangible benefits by reducing costs, offering school staff more time to focus on their priorities, and working alongside leadership teams to achieve their strategic priorities.
Our family of products make huge differences towards the way our schools work and improving outcomes. Our suite includes communications, payments, analytics, data integration solutions, and a school marketing package. Find out more: venturedsolutions.co.uk
