Trustees, members and MAT boards
- Academy trust AGM: attendance and agenda Find out the requirements for holding an academy trust's annual general meeting (AGM), who should attend and what the agenda should include.
- Academy trustees: legal obligations As an academy trustee, you have legal duties as a charity trustee and a company director. Be clear on what they are, and where you can go for legal advice, so you're compliant.
- CEO report to the board: what to expect Your CEO should update your board of trustees regularly. Find out what you can expect to see in the report, and use our guidance and template to help you steer your CEO so that the report works for you.
- Members of the academy trust: roles and responsibilities Learn about the role of members in an academy trust, and understand their key responsibilities.
- Members of the trust: appointment, removal and resignation Here's a run-down of the rules on appointing and removing members of academy trusts. Find out how to manage the process if you're responsible for governance in your trust.
- Role of a company secretary Find out about the company secretary's key tasks and responsibilities, and see examples of job descriptions.
- Terms of reference: boards of trustees and local governing bodies Find out who needs to have terms of reference and understand how they differ from your scheme of delegation. Discover examples for both boards of trustees and local governing bodies (LGBs) so you can get inspiration if you need to write your own.
- Terms of reference: committees in multi-academy trusts (MATs) Are there examples of terms of reference for committees within MATs? We link to examples of terms of reference for committees formed by multi-academy trust (MAT) boards, including for committees covering finance, audit and standards. We also point to requirements in the Academies Financial Handbook.