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Steve Rollett
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We don’t need ‘hero heads’ - we need better routes for school support
Rather than centralising school improvement via regional directors, Labour should instead facilitate more extensive school-to-school support, says Steve Rollett
General
11 July 2023
We don’t need ‘hero heads’, we need better routes for school support
Ofsted must shift its thinking on trusts’ role in school inspections
CST deputy chief executive Steve Rollett explains why Ofsted inspectors need to change their perceptions on how to use trust leaders’ insights
General
19 May 2023
Ofsted must shift its thinking on trusts’ role in school inspections
Why a sector-led inquiry is key to unlocking MAT improvement
The deputy CEO of the Confederation of School Trusts explains how the organisation is spearheading work to show how trust leaders can further drive school improvement
General
20 March 2023
Why a sector-led inquiry is key to unlocking trust improvement
Teacher pay: We have to rip up our school budgets and start again
The delayed and unexpected announcement on teacher pay rises has left schools scrambling to change the budgets they had already drawn up – hardly good financial prudence for the sector, says CST deputy CEO Steve Rollett
Finance
22 July 2022
Teacher pay changes ride roughshod over school budget work
Why it can’t be ‘business as usual’ with school league tables
If the DfE really is determined to publish secondary school league tables this year after all the Covid disruption, then it needs to make sure that the data is handled with care, says Steve Rollett
General
24 March 2022
Why a 'business-as-usual' approach to leagues tables won't serve schools
Why medium-term planning must return in 2022
After almost two years of uncertainty, policymakers must start to think about the future again to ensure systems and structures are fit for purpose, explains Steve Rollett from the Confederation of Schools Trusts
General
5 January 2022