Leora Cruddas CBE

Speaker Summary

Leora Cruddas is Chief Executive of the Confederation of School Trusts – the national organisation and sector body for school trusts in England. She has advised successive governments and sits on several DfE 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 and SEND Green Paper and has also been invited to sit on 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 (ASCL). Leora has six years of experience as a Director of Education in two London Local Authorities.

She is Visiting Professor at UCL Institute of Education.

Leora was awarded a CBE in the New Year’s Honours, 2022.

Areas of Expertise

Equity and Inclusion – Inspections and Standards – Leadership and Management – Research