The third Trust Schools National Conference was held at the
Emirates Stadium, London on 17 June attracting over 260 delegates.
The purpose of this event was to celebrate the achievements of the
Trust and Foundation Schools Programme since its beginning in
September 2007 and share good practice.
The event was opened by a lively performance by singers and dancers
from the Islington Arts and Media school. Ronke Phillips (ITV news
journalist) facilitated the event with presentations from keynote
speakers David Bell (DCSF Permanent Secretary) and Professor Yong
Zhao (Michigan State University).
Delegates had the chance to attend seminars given by 9 operational
trust schools and a further 14 smaller rondeval sessions hosted by
open trust schools.
The following schools made these well received presentations at the
conference:
‘The presentations were extremely interesting and useful, encompassing many difficulties of our own school and giving some excellent insight in to how to address some of the problems.’
‘Picked up loads of information from other schools and made great contacts which I will now follow up.’
‘Most useful to be able to choose how to use my time at this event to suit my needs by selecting from a range of very varied opportunities to access the experience, knowledge and understanding of others. Consequently, I will be able to take the journey towards trust status with more confidence.’
‘The event gave us a chance to clarify some technical information, identify excellent practice and network.’
‘It was useful to hear examples of how each trust can be different with each school or set of schools matching resources to setting and background and working hard to improve the relationship between the school and the community. I was also interested how partners were brought on board.’
‘Prof Zhao's address - the global perspective was particularly useful and inspiring.’
‘The breakout sessions gave specific examples of trust partnerships that have worked well.’