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Leora Cruddas CBE

Chief Executive, CST
Leora Cruddas is the founding Chief Executive of the Confederation of School Trusts – the national organisation and sector body for school trusts in England. She has advised successive governments and sits on several Department for Education advisory bodies. She was recently the vice chair of the Head Teacher Standards Review Group, a member of the external advisory group for the Schools White Paper, SEND National Implementation Board and the Regulatory and Commissioning Review. Prior to founding CST, she was Director of Policy and Public Relations for the Association of School and College Leaders. Leora has six years of experience as a director of education in two London local authorities. She is a visiting professor at UCL Institute of Education. Leora was made a CBE in the 2022 New Year’s Honours.
10:15

1 CST Finance and Operations Conference

Keynote: Spending on special educational needs in England: Something has to change

<span class="TextRun SCXW83689268 BCX8" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW83689268 BCX8">The SEND system has become financially unsustainable over recent years. The number of pupils with SEND and </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed CommentHighlightRest SCXW83689268 BCX8">EHCPs in particular, have</span><span class="NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW83689268 BCX8"> rocketed since 2018 and funding has not kept pace with this rise. For those navigating the system, increased demand has led to significant backlogs, access has become more combative and the pressures on school trusts are significant and growing. Luke </span><span class="NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW83689268 BCX8">Sibieta</span><span class="NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW83689268 BCX8"> gives an overview of the recent IFS report into the current </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed CommentHighlightRest SCXW83689268 BCX8">crisis, and</span><span class="NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW83689268 BCX8"> weighs up potential policy responses in conversation with Leora Cruddas.</span></span><span class="EOP CommentHighlightPipeRestRefresh SCXW83689268 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"> </span>

09:25

1 CST Safeguarding Conference

Welcome remarks

10:00

Friday 8 November

Keynote: Building

Keynote speech from CST's Chief Executive, Leora Cruddas CBE.