Results from the third annual National School Trust Survey, conducted by the Confederation of School Trusts with Edurio. 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 more than 400 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.
