Emeritus membership terms and conditions

Effective date: September 2025 

Emeritus membership is open to former CEOs and executive leaders of CST member trusts in England who are retiring from their role, and/or transitioning into independent consultancy. An application form can be completed online. 
Applications for membership will be considered by CST who have the right to refuse applications if membership criteria are not met. 
By submitting an application form electronically, the applying member is deemed to have signed the application form. 
All information provided by the applying member must be true and accurate at the point of applying. In the event of a change of circumstances such as joining a school/trust as an employed member of staff (except in an interim capacity), emeritus members should notify CST by email or in writing so that our records are up to date. CST will revisit all details annually upon renewal of membership. 
By submitting the application form, the applying member is agreeing to uphold CST’s values and embody the Nolan Principles of Public Life:

Selflessness: Holders of public office should act solely in terms of the public interest. 
Integrity: Holders of public office must avoid placing themselves under any obligation to people or organisations that might try inappropriately to influence them in their work. They should not act or take decisions in order to gain financial or other material benefits for themselves, their family, or their friends. They must declare and resolve any interests and relationships. 
Objectivity: Holders of public office must act and take decisions impartially, fairly and on merit, using the best evidence and without discrimination or bias. 
Accountability: Holders of public office are accountable to the public for their decisions and actions and must submit themselves to the scrutiny necessary to ensure this. 
Openness: Holders of public office should act and take decisions in an open and transparent manner. Information should not be withheld from the public unless there are clear and lawful reasons for so doing. 
Honesty: Holders of public office should be truthful. 
Leadership: Holders of public office should exhibit these principles in their own behaviour. They should actively promote and robustly support the principles and be willing to challenge poor behaviour wherever it occurs.

Membership is for a period of 12 months starting from 1 September. Memberships starting after this date will be charged at a pro-rata amount reflective of the number of months remaining in the current membership year. 
The annual membership fee for emeritus membership is £300 + VAT payable annually in advance.

Member benefits are only available if subscription payments are up to date. 
Attendance at events, seminars, courses and  programmes at member rates or as a benefit of membership is reliant on up to date subscription payments at the date of the event, and not at the date of delegate booking. 
Member engagement that benefits from exclusive member access or discounted member rates will be cancelled and/or re-invoiced to reflect non-member status and fees at any time if the membership is in progress or pending, and the member then chooses to terminate their subscription. 
Member benefits may change without notice.

CST reserves the right to withdraw membership or to prevent any member from renewing membership if the member puts the organisation into disrepute.

Unless otherwise stated, all intellectual property rights for articles, blogs, images and all other written material on the CST website, emails and materials belong to CST. 
Material in the members’ area of the CST website is provided for the exclusive use of CST members and should not be shared with non-members of CST. 
Material on the publicly accessible section of the CST website can be shared with non-members subject to the sharer informing the recipient that the material is owned by CST.

These terms and conditions may be revised from time to time and updated versions will be posted on our website. Members are responsible for keeping up to date with all changes. Continued membership shall be deemed acceptance of all changes to these terms and conditions.

Please refer to CST’s Privacy Policy which forms part of these terms and conditions.