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.

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.