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Meeting 2: 25 June - 2pm to 5.15pm
Strategic and sustainable growth
Registration (14:00)
Chair's welcome and introductions (14:10)
From nine to nineteen: our journey of growth (14:20)
Matt Crawford, CEO, Embark Federation
Guest speaker: Our trust’s lessons from growth through mergers (14:45)
Dan Thomas, CEO, The Learning Partnership
Roundtable 1 (15:10)
Networking and refreshments (15:30)
Developing your branding and marketing function to support Trust growth, staff recruitment and pupil admissions (15:50)
An interactive session designed to highlight the key requirements for effective, trust-wide branding, marketing and admissions.
We will be investigating the impact of a strong Trust Brand and issues around developing the marketing function across a Trust, with lots of opportunity for questions and conversation.
Mark Davis, Blue Apple Education
Roundtable 2 (16:15)
External reviews of governance - pitfalls and processes (16:35)
Fiona Stagg, Chair of Trustees, The De Ferrers Trust
Looking forward: your network 2024-25 (17:00)
Matt Crawford, CEO, Embark Federation