This guidance note provides a step-by-step approach for academy trusts to amend their articles. It covers the legislative issues affecting academy trusts derived by education, charity and company law and the oversight bodies with an interest in the regulation of academy trusts (as exempt charities and companies limited by guarantee).

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

This guidance note offers the company secretary of an academy, which will also be a charitable company limited by guarantee, an outline of the information that should be considered when dealing with the change of trustee, director and governor.

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.