Guidance

Federations: guidance on the governance processes

Guidance on how to create, run and dissolve a federation.

Applies to England

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A federation is defined in law as two or more maintained schools operating under the governance of a single governing body.

This guidance applies to all maintained:

  • schools
  • nursery schools

It is for:

  • governing bodies in maintained schools, including governance professionals
  • school leaders
  • local authorities
  • diocesan authorities or other equivalent religious authorities

Updates to this page

Published 4 September 2014
Last updated 27 September 2022 + show all updates
  1. 'The governance of federations' PDF has been removed and replaced with 'Federations: guidance on the governance processes'.

  2. First published.

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