Professionalising School Estate Management

8th April 2026, Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy, Pelsall

TTN National Conference 2026

Join us for The Trust Network’s 9th Annual National School Estates Conference for School Estates Professionals. This year our conference theme will be ‘professionalising school estate management’.

TTN members and invited guests will enjoy a full day of networking and CPD with colleagues and specialists from the school estates sector.

We’ll bring together a mixture of industry experts and practitioners working within schools, to share knowledge, insight and best practice on these key issues faced by schools.

Through our range of keynotes, workshops and panel discussions we will explore topics including:

  • Raising the profile of estates with your trust exec team, principals and trustees
  • How to sustain and embed your climate action plans in your schools
  • The fundamentals of estates planning: managing and maintaining your building assets
  • Managing building risks. How you can build your strategy; know your site is safe and compliant; understand how and what to report to trustees, exec and regulatory bodies
  • Safe and secure schools: a practical guide to lockdowns, incident response, and Martyn’s Law
  • Repurposing your building for SEND or Managed Intervention Spaces

It’s free to attend, and places are available to TTN members and school estates professionals working in academy trusts.

  • When: 8th April 2026
  • Where: Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy, Walsall

If you are a representative of a school trust then please do register to join us find further information below and book your free place at our next conference…

About The Trust Network

Established in 2014, The Trust Network is an independently run peer network, dedicated to good school estates management. We are managed by our members and for our members and share best practice and knowledge through regular events and webinars. We provide a single voice to discuss issues at a national level with the DofE and other national agencies.

Members will receive TTN News and Updates via our regular newsletters, opportunities to network and access to free resources, events and webinars. Not a member yet? Join The Trust Network today!

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TTN National Conference 2026