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.
- Code of Practice for board reviewers: Not-for-profit organisations
- Principles of Good Practice for not-for-profit organisations undergoing board performance reviews
- How to build an academy trust board assurance framework
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Officers and their responsibilities in a charitable company limited by guarantee
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Role of members in a charitable company limited by guarantee
Good Practice
- 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
- Model terms of reference for the Remuneration Committee of an academy trust
- 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
