This document sets out some of the issues a candidate should research before applying for a board position in an academy.

This guidance note offers an outline of the information that should be considered when dealing with the change of trustee, director and governor.

This ICSA guidance note discusses the topics of governance and management, with a view to helping trustees/directors/governors to apply good practice and keep actions and procedures relating to their academy under review.

This guidance looks at how to recruit successfully, and how it is essential that all involved know exactly what the legal role and duties of trustees are.

This guidance deals with the process of forming a charitable company limited by guarantee and should be read in conjunction with documents from the Department for Education relating to the establishment and running of an academy trust.

This guidance note provides an overview of multi-academy trust governance and provides details of those areas that can contribute towards building good governance in the organisation, with a particular focus on the role of trustees and directors.

This guidance note offers to an academy, registered as a charitable company limited by guarantee, an outline of the information that should be considered when dealing with the change of a company secretary.

This guidance provides practical points for MAT boards to establish those functions and authorities that must not or should not be delegated – that is a list of matters reserved to the board.

The Academies Financial Handbook (AFH) is one of the Department for Education’s key pieces of statutory guidance outlining good governance and financial management in academy trusts.