6 February 2025 at the Eastside Rooms, Birmingham
Booking has now closed for this event. If you would like to be added to our waiting list, please contact conference@cstuk.org.uk.
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle
Great education leaders and teachers need a great finance and operations team working with them to deliver high quality inclusive education. This is truer now than ever when resources are constrained, and levels of need are high. The deployment of resources must always be in service to advancing high quality education. In fact, it is essential to school improvement.
This year’s conference will explore how trusts can optimise their operational functions to build capacity, drive improvement and deliver coherent and consistent support for their schools in the new policy and funding landscape. Keynotes will consider the current fiscal climate for public services and its implications for our sector, and explore research, innovation and the growing body of tools and knowledge to support high performance in trust operations. The workshop programme will offer insight into how trusts are rethinking the deployment of their resources, technology, data and the culture of trust services to increase their schools’ capacity to deliver a great education for all children.
Hear from some of today's leading educational thinkers
Give you and your leadership team time to re-think how your trust works
Connect with colleagues from school trusts across the country
Engage with innovative providers to the school trust sector
This conference is an extension of CST's Finance and Operations professional communities - unique spaces for school trust staff to network, share, and learn, all year round. Community membership is an integral part of CST membership.
Chief Operating Officer / CFO, Ormiston Academies Trust
Chief Operating Officer / CFO, Ormiston Academies Trust
Research Fellow, The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
Research Fellow, The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
Senior Fellow, Institute for Government
Senior Fellow, Institute for Government
Booking has now closed for this event. If you would like to be added to our waiting list, please contact conference@cstuk.org.uk.
CST members only: Full conference access including keynotes, workshops, lunch, and resources
Sold out£420 inc VAT at 20%
CST members only: Full conference access including keynotes, workshops, lunch, and resources plus a networking dinner the night before the conference
Sold out£468 inc VAT at 20%
Non-CST member place for conference including keynotes, workshops, and lunch
Sold out£498 inc VAT at 20%
Our conference takes place at the Eastside Rooms, Birmingham.
We recommend using public transport wherever possible to attend. The venue is within Birmingham’s Clean Air Zone and there may be additional fees for driving to the venue.
Eastside Rooms
2 Woodcock Street
Birmingham
B7 4BL
The conference takes place on 6 February 2025.
Delegate registration will begin at 08:30 with the main programme running approximately 09:15 to 16:00.
Delegate places include full access to conference main sessions, workshops, and exhibition, plus refreshments, and lunch during the day.
Overnight accommodation is not included and delegates are responsible for their own travel arrangements.
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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