Data and insights professional community

Everything data: creating the insight that helps trusts keep improving.

School trusts are complex organisations, often working at scale as multisite operations, sometimes across regions, with significant numbers of pupils, staff, parents and communities. Managing this dynamic often requires effective use of data and insights across the trust.

But trusts are a relatively new form of educational organisation and data practices within and across trusts are in some ways still emergent. Our data and insights community aims to support and catalyse the development of this work within the sector to enhance how trusts use data and insights to deliver for children.

We also reflect the rapidly evolving nature of technology, and the potential risks and benefits this brings.

We aim to provide support and development opportunities, through a blend of expert input on key practice challenges, facilitated discussion, and networking.

The community offers a safe and supportive environment in which to develop your understanding of some of the key challenges related to data, analysis, and insights in trusts, through:

Termly online community meetings featuring expert voices
Topical webinars on emerging issues
Our community site, which connects you with trust leaders across the country through a dedicated website and mobile apps
Community resources and blogs from our members and partners
Priority access to our annual in-person CST Data and Insights Conference

Our professional communities are an integral part of CST membership, and taking part is open to all staff and governance volunteers of member trusts.

How to join

If you already have a MyCST login

If you are already registered for MyCST, CST's personal registration for employees and governance volunteers at member trusts, you can add professional communities to your account using our community registration form.

If you are not yet registered for MyCST

MyCST is CST's personal regisration for employees and governance volunteers at member trusts. Registration unlocks your access to member benefits, include exclusive resource on this website, our briefing emails, and our professional communities.

If your trust is a CST member you can sign up using our MyCST registration form.