Education Leadership Academy Seminar: New Domains of Educational Leadership, with speaker, Leora Cruddas CBE
- Dates
- Thursday 30 January 2025 (16:30-18:00)
We are delighted to welcome Leora Cruddas CBE to lead on our next ELA seminar.
The seminar will be chaired by Ava Sturridge-Packer CBE, former primary head in Birmingham and currently Department of Education and Birmingham Education Partnership adviser. Participants will be able to contribute and ask questions of the speakers and the chair.
About the seminar
The challenges that face the state school system in England are such that we need new mental models of leadership. We need to co-create a school system where our children and staff can flourish – one in which all our children feel that they belong and can achieve and thrive. This seminar offers an opportunity to reflect on the policy context and the wider social, economic and technological issues impacting on the school system.
About the speaker
Leora Cruddas CBE is the founding Chief Executive 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 was recently the vice chair of the Head Teacher Standards Review Group, a member of the external advisory group for the Schools White Paper, SEND National Implementation Board and the Regulatory and Commissioning Review.
Prior to founding CST, she was Director of Policy and Public Relations for the Association of School and College Leaders. Leora has six years of experience as a director of education in two London local authorities.
She is a visiting professor at UCL Institute of Education.
Leora was made a CBE in the 2022 New Year’s Honours.