3 April 2025 at the Eastside Rooms, Birmingham

CST School Improvement Conference 2025

Join us to explore this year's theme Theory to practice

Our 2025 School Improvement Conference will explore the practical application of the principles we introduced last year in CST’s conceptual model of trust-led school improvement.  

Moving from theory to practice we will delve into the real-world evidence collected through the School Improvement Hub – evidence that illuminates how trusts can most effectively drive improvement across their schools. 

Throughout the day, we’ll share our findings, spotlighting the strategies, challenges, and successes that have emerged from trusts across the country. Expert keynote speakers will offer insights that challenge and inspire our thinking, with rich workshops delving into the work of impactful trusts. The day will provide a forum for attendees to catalyse their thinking and take actionable approaches back to their organisations, as well as to active contribute to the collective understanding of what works.  

The time has never been better for this work. Trusts are at the forefront of school improvement practice but there is much still to know, as well as a dynamic external policy environment – including the upcoming curriculum and assessment review – that is certain to impact on the work of schools and trusts. 

The day’s discussions will explore: 

  • Using the synthesis of the School Improvement Hub call for evidence to support improvement  
  • The role of complexity in understanding and enacting ‘what works’
  • Live policy issues, including the curriculum at scale.  
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 School improvement professional community

This conference is an extension of the CST School improvement professional community - a unique space for school trust staff 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

CST Member

CST Member

£350

CST members only: Full conference access including keynotes, workshops, lunch, and resources

Book your place

£420 inc VAT at 20%

CST Member
CST Member with dinner

CST Member with dinner

£390

CST members only: Full conference access including keynotes, workshops, lunch, and resources plus a networking dinner the night before the conference

Book your place

£468 inc VAT at 20%

CST Member with dinner
Non-member

Non-member

£415

Non-CST member place for conference including keynotes, workshops, and lunch

Available soon

£498 inc VAT at 20%

Non-member

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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE CST School Improvement Conference 2025

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