On Friday 7th October, we held our annual Leadership Conference at Eastwood Hall with Members, Board Trustees, Advisory Board Chairs, Chief Executive Officer, the Executive Leadership Team and Principals in attendance. The theme for this year was ‘strong trusts’, exploring what a strong trust means for us and how our leaders play a part in creating it.
Strong trusts require strong leaders and we are blessed at Archway Learning Trust to have a wonderful range of talented leaders, both working for our Trust and also alongside it as AAB Members and Trustees.
Our objectives were:
- Understanding what defines a strong trust
- What the Academy Trust Governance Code means for Archway’s Governance
- Realise the power of organisational culture and how we harness and direct that power
Keynote Speaker: Leora Cruddas CEB
Leora Cruddas is the CEO of the Confederation of School Trusts (CST) – the national organisation and sector body for school trusts in England. She has advised successive governments and sits on several Department for Education Advisory Bodies. She is the Vice Chair of the Head Teacher Standards Review Group.
Prior to establishing CST, she was Director of Policy and Public Relations for the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL). Just before leaving ASCL, Leora established the Commission for Ethical Leadership, on which she served as a Commissioner. She now sits on the Ethics Committee. She believes education is for the common good. Leora has six years of experience as a Director of Education in two London Local Authorities. She has extensive experience at senior executive level of working with schools and trusts to improve the effectiveness and quality of education.
Dinner Guest: Mike Sassi
Mike is an Honorary Visiting Professor at Nottingham Trent University’s Business School, where he lectures and shares expertise. He is an experienced journalist, Editor and communicator.
Mike has had a 30-year career in the media, most recently he was the Editor and Publisher of the Nottingham Post and its Nottingham Live website. Prior to that he was a journalist at Derby Telegraph.
For a number of years Mike has been a supporter of Archway Learning Trust and was the keynote speaker at our 2020 Staff Awards event.
