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Academy trusts: governance

Links to relevant guidance and resources for academy trust governors.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 17 September 2019
• Last updated: 1 December 2020 — See all updates

Safeguarding, SEND and pupil wellbeing

• Keeping children safe in education
  • 3 September 2024
  • Statutory guidance
• Education for children with health needs who cannot attend school
  • 14 December 2023
  • Statutory guidance
• SEND code of practice: 0 to 25 years
  • 12 September 2024
  • Statutory guidance
• Supporting pupils with medical conditions at school
  • 16 August 2017
  • Statutory guidance
• Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006
  • 31 August 2018
  • Statutory guidance
• Equality Act 2010: advice for schools
  • 28 June 2018
  • Guidance

Model articles of association

• Model articles of association for academy trusts
  • 30 June 2021
  • Form
• Church academies: model documents
  • 18 September 2023
  • Guidance

School admissions and attendance

• Academy admissions
  • 21 March 2023
  • Guidance
• School admissions code
  • 11 March 2022
  • Statutory guidance
• School admission appeals code
  • 20 January 2023
  • Statutory guidance
• Admission appeals for school places
  • 20 January 2023
  • Guidance

Financial governance

Guidance, advice and tools to help schools manage and improve their resource management.

• School resource management: top 10 planning checks for governors
  • 9 May 2018
  • Guidance
• Setting executive salaries: guidance for academy trusts
  • 13 November 2023
  • Guidance
• Academy trust financial management good practice guides
  • 23 October 2024
  • Guidance
• Academies financial management and governance self-assessment
  • 2 September 2024
  • Guidance
• Academy trusts: themes arising from ESFA's assurance work
  • 11 September 2024
  • Corporate report
• Related party transactions: information for academy trusts
  • 8 October 2024
  • Guidance
• Academies revenue funding allocations
  • 21 October 2024
  • Guidance
• Academies financial returns
  • 31 July 2023
  • Guidance
• Academy national non-domestic rates (NNDR) claims
  • 2 April 2024
  • Guidance

Academies year plan

• Academies planning calendar
  • 5 September 2024
  • Guidance

Information for new academies and trusts, including changes

• Academies: making significant changes or closure by agreement
  • 14 November 2024
  • Guidance

External reviews of governance

• External reviews of governance: guide for schools and academy trusts
  • 21 December 2021
  • Guidance

Recruitment and professional development

Guidance on the support, recruitment and development services available to governors through contracted providers.

• Find volunteers to become school governors and trustees
  • 18 July 2022
  • Guidance
• Recruiting a headteacher
  • 14 December 2017
  • Guidance

Facilities

• Health and safety: advice for schools
  • 5 April 2022
  • Guidance
• First aid in schools, early years and colleges
  • 14 February 2022
  • Guidance
• Fire safety risk assessment: educational premises
  • 12 September 2023
  • Guidance

Converting to academy status

• Due diligence in academies and maintained schools
  • 11 May 2021
  • Guidance
• Academy conversion: important dates
  • 15 October 2024
  • Guidance
• Academy and free school funding agreements
  • 1 December 2020
  • Form

School behaviour

• Behaviour and discipline in schools: guide for governing bodies
  • 24 September 2015
  • Statutory guidance
• Use of reasonable force in schools
  • 17 July 2013
  • Guidance
• School suspensions and permanent exclusions
  • 19 August 2024
  • Statutory guidance

Alternative provision

• Alternative provision
  • 27 June 2016
  • Statutory guidance

Teachers’ pay

• School teachers’ pay and conditions: guidance
  • 29 July 2024
  • Guidance

Newly qualified teachers

• Induction appeals procedure
  • 11 July 2024
  • Guidance
• Induction for newly qualified teachers (NQTs)
  • 19 April 2021
  • Statutory guidance

School and pupil performance and use of data

• Support and intervention in schools
  • 1 November 2024
  • Statutory guidance

Transport

• Home-to-school travel
  • 25 January 2024
  • Statutory guidance

School food

• School food standards: resources for schools
  • 19 September 2024
  • Guidance

Data and information protection

• Data protection: privacy notice model documents
  • 15 August 2024
  • Guidance
• Protection of children's biometric information in schools
  • 20 July 2022
  • Guidance

School complaints

• Setting up an academies complaints procedure
  • 12 March 2021
  • Guidance

Capability of staff

• Staffing and employment advice for schools
  • 24 May 2018
  • Consultation outcome

Early years foundation stage statutory framework (EYFS)

• Early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework
  • 1 November 2024
  • Statutory guidance

Published 17 September 2019
Last updated 1 December 2020 + show all updates

1. 1 December 2020

   Added a link to 'Academy and free school funding agreements'.

2. 8 October 2020

   Added 'Governance structures and roles'.

3. 17 September 2019

   First published.