Academy governance
Discover a wide range of training and resources designed specifically for those working in governance roles within academy schools
Academy guidance notes
New academy guidance notes
A suite of guidance notes aimed at academies, and those working with them, to improve understanding of the CLG model and the charity, company, and education frameworks within which they operate.
Good Practice
- ICSA/SFCA board effectiveness
- Matters reserved to the board of MATs
- Organisational culture in academy trusts
- Managing conflicts of interest in sixth form colleges and 16–19 academies in England
- The role and duties of a company secretary in a 16–19 academy
- Academy school governance maturity matrix
- Governance and management: an overview for academy trusts
- Multi-academy trust governance – board effectiveness
- Building good governance in MATs: the role of trustees/directors
- Multi-academy trust governance – lessons from other sectors
How to
- Academy school trustee recruitment
- Change of academy director: a specimen checklist for company secretaries in academies
- Change of company secretary: a specimen checklist for academy trusts
- Change of member: a specimen checklist for company secretaries in academy trusts
- Prospective academy trustee/director due diligence
- Drafting a scheme of matters reserved for the board of a multi-academy trust
Models
- Specimen induction pack for academy trustees/directors
- Specimen role description for MAT chair of trustees
- Specimen role description for academy trustee
- Specimen board meeting etiquette for sixth form colleges and 16–19 academies
- Specimen role description for the company secretary of an academy trust
- Specimen letter to be sent on appointment to a trustee and director of an academy
- Specimen code of conduct for trustees/directors/governors in academy trusts
- Specimen academy trustee/director/governor declaration
