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Becoming an academy: top tips for governors

Tips for governors of schools on the path to becoming an academy.

• From: Education and Skills Funding Agency
• Published: 11 March 2014
• Last updated: 28 January 2015 — See all updates

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The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) has published top tips for governors of schools on the path to becoming an academy. The guidance highlights areas and issues that governors and their boards need to consider before becoming an academy.

These top tips support the Governance Handbook, which provides information about the role and legal duties of governing bodies in maintained schools and academies (including free schools).

Published 11 March 2014
Last updated 28 January 2015 + show all updates

1. 28 January 2015

   Governors' top tips updated

2. 11 March 2014

   First published.