It is unrealistic for each and every trustee/director/governor to be fully versed with the issues facing the academy at their first board meeting, but each trustee/director/governor should be working towards gaining that comprehensive knowledge. The induction pack is just one method in which necessary information can be imparted.

This guidance note offers the company secretary of an academy, registered as a charitable company limited by guarantee, an outline of the information that should be considered when dealing with a change of an academy member who is also a trustee/director.

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.