For the second year running, the Confederation of School Trusts has partnered with Edurio to conduct the National school trust Survey. The survey is designed to uncover the main priorities and challenges for the sector for the upcoming academic year, as well as to provide some detail on specific approaches.
The survey is informed by CST’s guidance on strong trusts, with a particular focus on the elements that make up the core responsibilities of a trust’s chief executive, as outlined in the position paper Building Strong Trusts, released in April 2023.
In June of this year, the survey was answered by 395 trust accounting officers across England - the senior leader directly responsible to Parliament for their trust. The survey covered trusts of all sizes, from trusts with single academies to running dozens of schools.
