03 Profile
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Hansard to 10 November 2026 · 31,281 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Learning disability & autism
Leora Cruddas: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Leora Cruddas
Chief executive, Confederation of School Trusts
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press citation on 1 topic since 19 Oct 2026 · last quoted 19 Oct 2026
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Leora Cruddas: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Chief executive, Confederation of School Trusts
- Quoted on
- Learning disability & autism
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 19 Oct 2026
04 The signal · where Leora Cruddas sits on learning disability & autism
Ranked 40= of 100 voices quoted in the press on learning disability & autism, level with 60 others on 1 citation.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Jon SparkesSector leaderChief Executive, Royal Mencap Society19 - 2=
Professor Peter FonagyAcademicProfessor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Developmental Science; Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London (UCL)8 - 2=
Professor Dame Uta FrithAcademicEmeritus Professor of Cognitive Development, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London8 - 40=Joshua StottAcademicProfessor, department of psychology and language sciences, University College London1
- 40=Dr Allen McCulloughClinicianGP of 35 years1
- 40=Leora CruddasSector leaderChief executive, Confederation of School Trusts1
- 40=Rob WilliamsSector leaderSenior policy adviser, NAHT school leaders' union1
- 40=Ashley TaylorSector leaderFundraising lead, Down's Syndrome Scotland1
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05 On the record · press
What Leora Cruddas has said
By outlet · linked articles
- tes.com1
Where Leora Cruddas has been quoted
- 01What's happening with the SEND reform plans?tes.com · 19 Oct 2026
Verbatim
“There is broad support for a more inclusive offer in mainstream, but we need to have the skills, support and funding in place first to avoid creating new pinchpoints”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
- Vulnerable children ‘forced to battle’ for adult social care support | Nursing Timesnursingtimes.net
- Major milestone reached in efforts to improve SEND services in BuryThe Bury Times
- November: Major changes in medical profiles of adults diagnosed with autism since 2010 | News and featuresUniversity of Bristol
Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 10 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.