Strategic estates management

The principles and practice of running school estates effectively at scale
 
This course gives a comprehensive overview of what strategic estates management involves. It highlights the frameworks, guidance and data that will help you to create your estate vision and strategy in line with your educational and place-based goals, as well as the tools and techniques to draw upon when building support for your plans, putting them into action and assessing impact.

 

Who is it for?

This course is for people in the following roles in trusts of all sizes:

  • Estates managers and directors
  • Chief finance and operating officers
  • Trust leaders

What you will gain

This course will give you:

  • An understanding of the fundamentals of strategic estates management
  • An overview of the DfE’s guidance and expectations around estates management
  • A proven framework for creating and developing your estates strategy
  • Practical advice on application through real-life trust case studies

Meet your seminar leaders

Robert Gould, Partner, Barker Associates

Matt Isherwood, Associate Partner, Barker Associates

Course overview

This course offers a clear, practical introduction to strategic estates management. It takes key Department for Education guidance—Good Estate Management for Schools, School Estate Management Standards, and the Estate Management Competency Framework—and shows how to apply them in real-world settings. Using practical tools, real case studies, and templates, participants will develop the confidence to shape estate strategy, align it with trust-wide educational goals, and ensure effective planning, compliance, and delivery. Whether you're overseeing a growing portfolio or refining your strategic approach, this course gives you the foundations and foresight to lead well.

Seminar content

Seminar one: Fundamentals of strategic estate management

  • The key principles and practices of strategic estate management

 Seminar two: Asset management planning and statutory compliance

  • The planning and compliance aspects of asset management in school estates

Seminar three: Estate operations – managing estate projects

  • Practical guidance on managing estates projects from planning to execution

Dates, fees and booking

Online

4, 11 and 18 November 2025, 11:00-12:30

Book now

Fees

CST Members £270+VAT / Non-members £330+VAT

View our Terms and Conditions.


Company no: 05303883
Charity no: 1107640

Contact details

Confederation of School Trusts (CST)
Suite 1, Whiteley Mill
39 Nottingham Road
Stapleford
Nottingham    NG9 8AD

0115 9170142

admin@cstuk.org.uk

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