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Leora Cruddas CBE

@leoracruddas.bsky.social
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Chief executive of the Confederation of School Trusts

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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
We @cstvoice.bsky.social are pleased to see this announcement. See my LinkedIn post here: www.linkedin.com/posts/leora-...
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This morning, Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education, writing in The Sunday Times has said: "We will finish what the previous Labour government started, and ensure all schools join…...
This morning, Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education, writing in The Sunday Times has said: "We will finish what the previous Labour government started, and ensure all schools join high-...
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Me too.
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Old friends are important because everyone is different with different people. If you lose touch with someone, part of you disappears too.
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Congratulations @georgiagould.bsky.social on your appointment as Minister of State at the Department for Education. We @cstvoice.bsky.social very much look forward to working with you.
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Many congratulations Tim Coulson on your appointment as Director General for Regions Group. I am delighted that you have been appointed to this crucial position and we @cstvoice.bsky.social look forward to working with you in this role.
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
“Knowledge is hard won but easily lost. Cherish your books , your learning and your understanding. And above all cherish your libraries. They are places that scare people who don’t want us to think for ourselves.” Natalie Haynes on Radio 4
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Very proud of this work
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Confederation of School Trusts @cstvoice.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
We have launched several new courses in trust governance for trustees in the SEND, safeguarding, careers, and local governance roles, designed to help you master your powers, purpose, and responsibilities. Find out more and explore our wider governance training offer: twp.ai/9PSQTc
CST new courses in trust governance.
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Confederation of School Trusts @cstvoice.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Susan Acland-Hood, Permanent Secretary at DfE will join us at #CSTCEOSummit, for a conversation with @LeoraCruddas CBE in July. Are you a chief executive in a CST member trust? Come along to explore the theme 'values in action': cst-conferences.org....
CST CEO Summit keynote announcement - Susan Acland-Hood, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education. 7 & 8 July.
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Thank you @jonsevers.bsky.social for a wonderful evening
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The quiet revolution in school improvement. Absolutely brilliant from @steverollett.bsky.social @cstvoice.bsky.social #Collaboration #SystemLeadership www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
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The quiet revolution in school improvement
‘Collaboration’ is a buzzword of the moment. Confederation of School Trusts deputy chief executive Steve Rollett says it’s good to see the policymakers catching up with practice
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PLMR Education @plmr.education · 02/04/2025
🎧 New Domains of Educational Leadership — new book from @leoracruddas.bsky.social @cstvoice.bsky.social. On Trust: The CST Podcast, Leora and @plmr.co.uk Head of Education @gatortiff.bsky.social explore trust, civic & system leadership. Listen below 📷 open.spotify.com/episode/21rq...
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New Domains of Educational Leadership: Inside the new book from Leora Cruddas CBE
Trust: The CST Podcast, Produced by PLMR · Episode
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Seb Chapleau @handle.invalid · 31/03/2025
Good catching up with @andywolfe.bsky.social today and hearing about the great work on Flourishing happening across England. @leoracruddas.bsky.social
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
"Building dividends at civic and system level." Brilliant from @dhaywood77.bsky.social @tesmagazine.bsky.social @teshttps://www.tes.com/magazine/analysis/general/how-trusts-can-play-their-part-creating-civic-dividend
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How trusts can play their part in creating a ‘civic dividend’
The success of a project to improve student outcomes shows what can come from trusts collaborating with other bodies, writes one trust CEO
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
A good, factual account of the curriculum and assessment review interim report. www.thetimes.com/article/6fc9...
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Meet Professor Becky Francis, leader of Labour’s education ‘evolution’
In her first interview since undertaking a curriculum review, Francis reveals evidence and social justice are at the centre of her strategy to improve standards
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Excellent article from @beckyfrancis.bsky.social
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Always!
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Tom Rees @tomrees.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Really pleased to have launched this today at @ascl-uk.bsky.social. Please do share/engage - we're hoping to build a national resource which shares examples of good practice that exist in the system.
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Delighted to be working with @tomrees.bsky.social @hilaryspencer.bsky.social @ambitioninstitute.bsky.social and a range of system partners on this important project inclusioninpractice.org.uk inclusioninpractice.org.uk
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Inclusion in Practice
An inclusive education hub, to bring together examples of what successful inclusion looks like in practice.
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Statement from CST on the appointment of Sir Hamid Patel as interim chair of Ofsted. Sir Hamid is a leader who illuminates the darkness by serving a wider common good. I am extremely proud to work with him. cstuk.org.uk/news-publica...
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Statement from CST
Statement from the Confederation of School Trusts following the appointment of Sir Hamid Patel CBE as Interim Chair of the Ofsted Board
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Confederation of School Trusts @cstvoice.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
📖Read an excerpt from New Domains of Educational Leadership, written by @leoracruddas.bsky.social CBE, Chief Executive of CST. Find out more and order your copy: cstuk.org.uk/knowled... @hachettelearning.bsky.social
New Domains of Educational Leadership, written by Leora Cruddas CBE, Chief Executive of CST and author of New Domains of Educational Leadership.
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Can't wait for this - it will be our biggest event yet, and on such an important theme. #Flourishing @CSTvoice.bsky.social #CSTConf25
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
To all the women in @cstvoice.bsky.social membership, happy International Women's Day #IWD2025. Let's take action together to create a more equitable society through the power of education. #AccelerateAction
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I can't wait for this conference! @steverollett.bsky.social Always a very special event in the @cstvoice.bsky.social calendar!
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Confederation of School Trusts @cstvoice.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
How can we maximise our opportunities as trust leaders to improve educational outcomes for children? Find out more in the New Domains of Educational Leadership written by our Chief Executive @leoracruddas.bsky.social: t.co/zZW4M9DXjO. @hachettelearning.bsky.social
New Domains of Educational Leadership, by Leora Cruddas.
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Confederation of School Trusts @cstvoice.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
🎙️Trust: The CST Podcast is out now. @gatortiff.bsky.social (@plmr.co.uk), @steverollett.bsky.social, Naveed Khan (Westcountry Schools Trust) and Chris Gould (Truro and Penwith Academy Trust) discuss CST’s conceptual model of trust-led school improvement. Listen now: cstuk.org.uk/news-pu...
New episode of Trust: The CST Podcast, produced by PLMR - out now.
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
This is really important work. Thank you @thenfer.bsky.social
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
This is important from @beckyfrancis.bsky.social - as a society, we must care about excellence, inclusion and equity. That means high standards for all. It is how we make our good school system into a great system. schoolsweek.co.uk/what-do-we-m...
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We want high standards for all young people, not some
Delivering that vision will mean having a shared understanding of what we mean when we talk about standards
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
All about music today. Started today with beautiful chamber music at St Peter’s Church Highfields, and now listening to the extraordinary album, Altera Vita.
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PLMR Education @plmr.education · 04/02/2025
"How we turn our good education system into something great" - @leoracruddas.bsky.social @cstvoice.bsky.social outlines in @tesmagazine.bsky.social why Bridget Phillipson is "right to praise the past" – but also to "seek to create an even better future". buff.ly/3WKuk4S #education
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Great thread from @steverollett.bsky.social
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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
📖 'New Domains of Educational Leadership is set to become a seminal piece in reshaping our shared philosophy of education after the pandemic' @moremorrow.bsky.social reviews @leoracruddas.bsky.social's new book schoolsweek.co.uk/new-domains-...
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The Review: New Domains of Educational Leadership
Leora Cruddas has pulled off a tour de force in reshaping educational purpose after the pandemic
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Very grateful to @moremorrow.bsky.social for this lovely review.
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Fundamentally important speech here in full from @tomrees.bsky.social
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Andy Wolfe @andywolfe.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Writing in TES today to share the vision for our new Flourishing Leaders/Flourishing Teachers Programmes launching at our national conference today 🙌 All part of re-imagining education as a career in which adults could expect to flourish. 👍 🌳 🙏 www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
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Tackling teacher retention is about more than just money
The executive director of education for the Church of England explains why it has launched two courses aimed at helping teachers and leaders to flourish
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Privileged to be in the company of @samfr.bsky.social
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I hope this book is a useful resource for @cstvoice.bsky.social members. It brings together our thought leadership into the three nested leadership narratives of trust leadership (leadership of your organisation), civic leadership and system leadership. www.amazon.co.uk/Domains-Educ...
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Jon Severs @jonsevers.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
"the problems our children and families face are beyond the reach of individual organisations or public sector services" @leoracruddas.bsky.social sets out an ambitious agends for change that schools will very much welcome www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
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We need a common vision for childhood so all pupils can flourish
Labour's opportunity mission provides a platform for education to pull together in pursuit of a system in which all children can achieve and thrive, says CST chief Leora Cruddas
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Thank you Jon and Emma for your hugely sympathetic interviewing. This podcast captures what I hold most dear.
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Steve Rollett @steverollett.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Love this blog from @ianfrost28.bsky.social. Important reflections on the power and importance of small schools, and how we can maximize their potential.
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
This is such a beautiful and important exposition of the protective power of #SchoolTrusts. It is crucial that we support our small schools to join strong and resilient trusts so that they can continue to flourish.
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
We are at the School and Academies Show today. @steverollett.bsky.social now introducing @cstvoice.bsky.social trust-led school improvement work.
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Seb Chapleau @handle.invalid · 17/11/2024
Who am I not following that I should follow? Education, civic leadership, hope. That’s what I’m interested in, mostly. @leoracruddas.bsky.social @mrjlauder.bsky.social @raesnape.bsky.social
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I loved listening to this which I think captures the spirit of the @cstvoice.bsky.social conference. Thank you @gatortiff.bsky.social
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Jon Hutchinson @jonhutchinson.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Last chance to submit your views on curriculum and assessment. We’ve already heard a wonderfully rich and diverse range of views from professionals, pupils, parents, employers and wider stakeholders. It’s a conversation that everyone’s invited to. 👇🏽 consult.education.gov.uk/curriculum-a...
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Curriculum and Assessment Review - Department for Education - Citizen Space
Find and participate in consultations run by the Department for Education
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Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
You were brilliant Jonathan. Thanks for joining us!
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Dan Morrow @moremorrow.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Have so thoroughly enjoyed the CST conference e and the focus from @leoracruddas.bsky.social on #Building has been spot on. Lots to think about and to take forward. This is a truly exciting time in education- time to crack on!
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Jim Lauder @mrjlauder.bsky.social · 03/11/2024
Anyone coming can see me and some much more interesting folks talk about community anchoring on Friday! Say hi if you're around
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Jonathan Mountstevens @mrmountstevens.bsky.social · 03/11/2024
Very much looking forward to being on the panel for a discussion workshop at the @cstvoice.bsky.social conference about the curric and assessment review alongside @beckyfrancis.bsky.social, @nimishlad.bsky.social and others (not sure if they're on here). Grateful for the opportunity to take part.
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