Expert support for building strong trusts
We provide trust support services as part of our mission to enable a strong trust-led sector that improves outcomes for children. This mission shapes our unique ethos and approach. Our services reflect the standards and frameworks set out in our guidance and thought leadership, and our approach draws on the daily experience of CST as the national organisation and sector body for school trusts.
Whether you are seeking an external review of your trust governance (ERG), or help in implementing ERG recommendations, assistance for executive performance review or a high-quality speaker or facilitator for your upcoming event, we can help.
Our services are developmental, forward looking, and responsive to your trust context. Delivered by trust governance and leadership specialists, they include:
If your needs are not reflected in the options above, please contact us. We will support you if we can or connect you with one of our expert partners if they are better placed to advise you.
What trusts say about our services
"The process proved to be invaluable, offering all layers of our governance essential insights into how we can further improve and develop as a group. Our review was conducted by Stewart Harper, who was hugely knowledgeable in this field and conducted the review in an honest and sensitive way. I would highly recommend both services offered through the CST, both governance review and the facilitation service. They both feature in our trust development plans!" - Elizabeth Fairhurst, CEO, Northern Ambition Academies Trust
"We are extremely grateful to Steve Rollett and CST for the excellent session delivered to our governance and school leaders. As ever, Steve was insightful, demonstrated outstanding knowledge and provided a superb session with tangible strategies for consideration. We would highly recommend Steve and will be definitely using him and CST for further updates and training." - Angelo Goduti, CEO, East Anglian Schools’ Trust
"We were absolutely delighted with the external review of governance that was conducted for us through CST. Ahead of the review being formally commissioned, there was strong communication from initial contact through to planning the scope of work to ensure that it would meet our needs." - Jill Cameron, Trust Leader of Governance, Eko Trust
"Our working group was consulted through a clear and agreed schedule, participation in discussions that involved all aspects of trust governance including structures, compliance, risk, organisation, and culture." - Maria Hamblin, Chief Executive Officer, Fierté Multi-Academy Trust
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