Developing digital strategy for school trusts

How to create, structure and embed a digital strategy for trust growth

This course will give you an expert overview of how your digital strategy is linked to trust growth and provide models for strategy development that enable digital transformation. It will also consider how and when to engage your board and stakeholders in this process and explore how to overcome cultural challenges to deliver successful and impactful digital initiatives across your trust.

Who is it for?

Chief executives
Chief operating officers
Trust leaders responsible for digital strategy

What you will gain

This course will give you:

An understanding of how an effective digital strategy can enable school trust growth
Insight into trust leaders' perceptions of digital transformation including identified challenges
Knowledge of proven approaches to implementing digital strategy within school trusts
An understanding on the need for digital maturity and ongoing digital literacy development across your workforce
An awareness of the tools and resources that can support you in digital strategy development

Meet your seminar leaders

Jonny Wathen, Chief Information Officer, TransforMATive

Lisa Hawker, Chief Information Officer, TransforMATive

What previous participants have said

"It was very useful to get the expert overview of this whole area, which can be bewildering to a non-IT professional.”

"Jonny was a fantastic presenter with excellent subject knowledge.”

"CST brings together an otherwise disparate community of educators and those who support education. It's a hugely valuable gathering of minds.”

Course overview

As well as exploring the importance of digital strategy in the wider context of your trust, we will explore four pillars for digital transformation. Our expert speakers will take you on a deep dive into technology and infrastructure; data and insight; privacy and data security and; ed tech and innovation – and how they all interconnect.

Seminar content

Seminar one: Establishing the digital foundations