Our thanks to our associate education experts, Cathy Brown, Laura Corcoran, Sara Scott and Jill Wakefield for their help with this article.
This article is aimed at whoever leads the central governance team in your trust. This individual may be called a ‘governance lead’, ‘governance co-ordinator’, ‘governance manager’, ‘head of governance’ or something different.
Keep the process flexible
There’s no one-size-fits-all approach – every academy is different, and you might be faced with delays as you go along.
You might find that not everything in this article works for you. Feel free to pick and choose elements of this article to help you personalise your onboarding process for each academy.
Your trust leaders will handle the operational side of things There'll be quite a lot going on behind the scenes, which you may not be involved in. Your trust leaders and trust improvement partners will be involved in various meetings and