This guidance will help academy trust boards to build their own board assurance framework and, once in place, to assess whether it continues to be effective.

This guidance note will detail some of the most important roles that are required under the various reporting regimes, and their functions.

This guidance note is aimed at trustees (and directors) of multi-academy trusts (MAT) in England and can be adapted for any size of MAT to reflect good practice for each organisation’s needs.

This guidance note is aimed at trustees (and directors) of multi-academy trusts (MAT) in England and can be adapted for any size of MAT to reflect good practice for each organisation’s needs.

This guidance note provides a step-by-step approach for academy trusts to amend their articles. It covers the legislative issues affecting academy trusts derived by education, charity and company law and the oversight bodies with an interest in the regulation of academy trusts (as exempt charities and companies limited by guarantee).

This CGIUKI guidance note is aimed at trustees/directors/governors of academy trust schools and can be adapted for any size of academy to reflect good practice for each organisation’s needs.

This guidance note offers the company secretary of an academy, which will also be a charitable company limited by guarantee, an outline of the information that should be considered when dealing with the change of trustee, director and governor.

It is unrealistic for each and every trustee/director/governor to be fully versed with the issues facing the academy at their first board meeting, but each trustee/director/governor should be working towards gaining that comprehensive knowledge. The induction pack is just one method in which necessary information can be imparted.

This guidance note offers the company secretary of an academy, registered as a charitable company limited by guarantee, an outline of the information that should be considered when dealing with a change of an academy member who is also a trustee/director.