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.

This guidance note is aimed at trustees/directors of multi-academy trusts (MATs) in England and can be adapted for any size of MAT to reflect good practice for each academy’s needs.

This guidance note aims to help ensure that boards have an agreed protocol for meeting behaviours to support effective meetings and help all members to remain focused in the performance of their duties and responsibilities.

This guidance note is aimed at trustees/directors/governors of 16–19 academy trusts and can be adapted for any size of academy to reflect good practice for each organisation’s needs.

This guidance note highlights governance practice from other sectors which operate multi-organisational structures.

This guidance note is written for those MATs with established boards of trustees which delegate specific and significant functions to the senior leadership team and committees of the board (including local governing boards).

This series is designed to help organisations implement the Tier 3 requirements of the Code for Sports Governance (the Code) and to prompt an assessment of governance arrangements more generally within individual sports bodies. This guidance note focuses on Principle 3 – Communication.

This note details the various aspects of boardroom activities and behaviours that can contribute to the effectiveness of sports bodies.