Make Every £1 Work Harder for Your Trust
CST’s exclusive Procurement & Sustainability Partner
Savings, Compliance, Measurable Impact.
Visit our stand at the CST Annual Conference 2025
Join us as we explore how school trusts can accelerate their procurement and sustainability strategy, delivering excellence, inclusion and equity for all children.
- 16th - 17th October
- ICC Birmingham
What you’ll take back to your Trust
Strategic services that deliver compliance, savings, and measurable sustainability and social impact, enabling school trust leaders to strengthen governance, drive efficiencies, and reinvest savings directly into frontline education.
Assured Compliance
Fully aligned with DfE guidance and Public Sector procurement regulations, reducing risk and strengthening board assurance.
Cash Savings
Proven 14–20% cash releasing savings, with £20M+ returned to trusts to fund frontline education.
Sustainability and Social Value
Tangible environmental and social value metrics, evidencing delivery against the DfE Sustainability & Climate Change Strategy.
Education First Delivery
Trust wide service outcomes measured through transparent SLAs, KPIs, and monthly reporting, ensuring leadership teams can demonstrate value and accountability.
Meet our Strategic Suppliers
Explore solutions across catering, energy, water, waste, and workplace services.
Exclusive CST Workshop
Boardroom excellence in procurement: Ethics, strategy, and oversight
For trustees and senior leaders seeking greater confidence in procurement oversight. Gain practical tools to:
- Ensure transparency and fairness in decisions
- Embed ethical sourcing and supplier due diligence
- Strengthen risk management and compliance
- Achieve measurable value for money
- 11:05
- 17th October
- Hall 7a
Speakers
Bringing governance, commercial and ethical perspectives.
David Shields
Chief Executive Officer, Value Match
Victoria Birch
Chief Finance Officer, Beckfoot Trust
Yavannah Watterson-Hopkins
Director of Finance, Abbey Multi-Academy Trust
Frequently Asked Questions
A few quick details to help you plan your visit.
Exhibit Stand E5.
Trust CEOs, CFOs/COOs, Trustees, Governance Professionals, Directors of Education. Anyone accountable for procurement, sustainability or value for money.
On showcase throughout the event will be our Best Value Frameworks, Sustainable & Ethical Dynamic Purchasing Systems, Sustainable Schools support, discover more about our free commercial discovery, and live examples of savings, compliance and social value in action.
