Today has seen the launch of NGA’s new report on the governance of multi-academy trusts, and a fine piece of work it is too. It provides an excellent summary of the current state of trust governance, and the key challenges we all need to work together to address. We’ve also this week seen the publication of a new Academies Financial Handbook, with key new provisions around governance. As an organisation working with executive leaders and their trust boards, I thought it would be helpful to contribute my reflections on some of the key findings and our own experiences and insights on these issues. Here’s my first of three blogs.
Focus-Trust: Pupil Parliament, the ‘Seven Musts’, and Pure Accountability
Focus-Trust is a charitable primary trust established in 2012 and based in the North West of England, working with 15 primary schools. As part of its wider approach to improvement, the trust has sought to create clear, shared structures that support both collaboration...
