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📢 Spotlight on our Speakers Today's speaker spotlight is on Bryony Green, Chief Operating Officer at Aldridge Education. Bryony spent 10 years working and training as an engineer and project manager with the Ministry of Defence prior to moving into the education sector in 2007. She has project-managed a number of academy conversion projects on behalf of the Department for Education. Working at Cabot Learning Federation for 11 years from 2011, Bryony led a team with a range of duties including estates and project management, health and safety, compliance and legal, data protection, governance, administration and procurement. In 2023 she took up post as Chief Operating Officer at Aldridge Education. Bryony will be part of the panel discussion workshop at 11.30am, 12.10pm and 1.50pm on 'How to expand your premises staff recruitment pool'. Register for the conference (free for TTN Members) here: https://bit.ly/3CoeN3E #EstatesManagement #SchoolEstatesRecruitment #TTNNationalConference

Have you booked your place on tomorrow's FREE webinar? TTN members can access the webinar on 27th March looking at The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill – ‘Martyn’s Law’ - with Stone King. This webinar will cover: ⭐ The background to the Bill and why it has been drafted; ⭐ Which organisations will be caught under its provisions; ⭐ The nature and extent of the Protect Duty; and ⭐ The regulatory regime that will monitor the performance of the Protect Duty. Members can register their place on the webinar here: https://bit.ly/4imaiGu #TTNMembers #SchoolEstatesCPD #TheTrustNetwork

With pupil numbers in England projected to fall by nearly one million by 2032, schools face a £1bn funding shortfall. Falling rolls, driven by demographic shifts and declining birth rates, is leading to underutilisation, placing significant pressure on Trusts and estates professionals to adapt. At this year's TTN National Conference on 23rd April we share how to use digital solutions to tackle these challenges. Delegates will learn how digitalisation mitigates financial risks and supports our transition to sustainable practices, future-proofing our estates in a rapidly changing educational landscape. 📢 Spotlight on our Speakers Join Paul Stewart, Estates and Facilities Manager for Plymouth CAST Multi-Academy Trust, at our workshops on 'Surviving the £1bn Shortfall: Smart Solutions for School Estates Amid Falling Rolls'. Paul oversees 34 schools, and has over a decade of experience in the education sector. He has developed the Trust’s estates systems, earning national recognition from the Department for Education and LocatED for exemplary data systems. His innovative approach to data analysis and strategy won him the 2024 Education Estates People’s Award for Estates Professional of the Year, with a project shortlisted for the Innovation in Asset Management Award. #EstatesManagement #SchoolEstatesDigitalSolutions #TTNNationalConference

Did you know? If you have your ticket for our TTN National Conference, you can sign into the website and personalise your agenda for the day under our 'Agenda' tab. Just add the sessions and breakout opportunities you know you would like to attend and create a printable agenda personalised to your needs! https://bit.ly/3WnlmKC

📢 Spotlight on our National Conference Speakers Nathan Millington, Director of Estates and Operations at Consilium Academies, will be joining us on April 23rd to run a workshop on 'Developing Professional Competence for Estates and FM staff' along with Jim Green, from Tove Learning Trust and Joseph Beckett, of MAC Construction Consultants. This workshop will explore how apprenticeship programmes have been successfully used in professional and practitioner roles to support good school estates management. Jim and Nathan will discuss how apprenticeships can be used to support the estates function within academy trusts, while MAC Construction Consultants will explain how they invest in the professional development of their workforce as external professionals who provide a supporting role to schools and academies. The sessions will be held at 11.30am, 12.10pm and 1.50pm throughout the day. #EstatesManagementApprenticeship #TTNNationalConference #SchoolEstatesCPD

Our next free TTN Member webinar will be held on 27th March at 1pm and will look at The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill – ‘Martyn’s Law’ - with Stone King. This webinar will give one hour of CPD and will cover: ⭐ The background to the Bill and why it has been drafted; ⭐ Which organisations will be caught under its provisions; ⭐ The nature and extent of the Protect Duty; and ⭐ The regulatory regime that will monitor the performance of the Protect Duty. Members can register here 👉 https://bit.ly/4imaiGu #FreeWebinar #SchoolEstatesCPD #TerrorismBill

If you've been thinking about attending The Trust Network National Conference 2025, now is the time to act - we have had a great response and our tickets are almost gone! 📅 Date: April 23rd, 2025 📍 Location: Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy, Pelsall, Walsall, WS4 1BW 💰 Cost: FREE This event for school estates professionals is packed with expert insights, networking opportunities, and practical solutions to help you manage and develop your school estate effectively. Don’t miss out - secure your place today! 👉 Register now: https://bit.ly/3CoeN3E Know someone who should be there? Tag them in the comments! 👇 #SchoolEstatesConference #Networking #FacilitiesManagement #TheTrustNetwork

📢 Spotlight on our Speakers Today's spotlight on our TTN National Conference speakers introduces keynote speakers Ian Naylor, Head of Technical Development and Jennifer Singer, Head of Technical Assurance (Design) at the DfE. Ian, an architect who has worked in the educational environment for over 20 years, specialises in modern methods of construction, standardisation and timber. He leads the Technical Standards ‘Technical Development Unit’ which delivers standards, policy and evidence in energy, engineering, sustainability, green infrastructure, standardisation, low carbon architecture and building to support pupil wellbeing. Jennifer is an architect and education design advisor, leading the DfE design team’s advice across schools and colleges in major capital programmes. Her work includes guidance on sustainable estates, the development of new standards in FE college projects and improving quality across hundreds of projects. Ian and Jennifer will be Keynote Speakers on the subject of 'Building Design Bulletins - 75th Anniversary' in our main theatre at 10.30am. TTN Members can register for a free place at the conference on 23rd April here: https://bit.ly/3CoeN3E #TTNNationalConference #CPD #SchoolEstatesNationalConference

**NEW PODCAST AVAILABLE** Our latest podcast was a Land Transactions special! Hosted by TTN Coordinators James Miller (Ormiston Academies Trust) and Dale Collins (Eastern Education Group) we welcomed guests from the Department for Education Land Transactions team to chat to them about the different types of land transaction consents, the processes and timelines involved, as well as some insights into their caseload and some of the common issues and pitfalls encountered by trusts. If you are a member of TTN you can listen to the podcast here: https://bit.ly/4ieCATp Membership to TTN is free and you can register here: https://bit.ly/3XkkV3y #SchoolEstatesManagement #LandTransactions #TTNPodcast

The Procurement Act 2023 came into force on 24th February 2025, replacing the 2015 Public Contract Regulations - but what does the act mean for your school? Our latest blog answers this question and takes a look at the procurement pathway and identifying the most appropriate procurement route 👇 https://bit.ly/4iAWEz5