Understanding the role of the academy trust member
At a glance
This focussed, practical course provides a clear grasp of the responsibilities and powers of members and how they can support and protect the trust without crossing boundaries and stepping on the toes of trustees.
- Purpose and position in governance
- Why academy trusts have members and how they fit into the governance structure
- The difference between members and trustees, and how to maintain that separation
- What are the members’ core responsibilities?
- Appointing and removing trustees
- Amending the articles of association
- Holding the board to account for the trust’s performance
- Attending and contributing to members’ meetings
- Maintaining oversight without overstepping
- Staying informed without interfering
- When and how to intervene appropriately
- Understanding financial oversight and compliance expectations
- Communicating effectively
- Building constructive relationships with trustees and governance professionals
- Knowing what information members should receive and how often
- The legal and regulatory framework
- Understanding the trust’s articles of association
- Awareness of DfE and ESFA expectations
- Charity law and company law basics relevant to members
- Avoiding common pitfalls
- Overstepping boundaries
- Failing to act when necessary
- Lack of engagement or understanding of the trust’s direction
Costs
°ÅÀÖÊÓƵÏÂÔØapp membership offers you substantial savings on this course and access to much more and there are discounts for group bookings.
Bookings for 2+ people
Bookings for 2+ people
About the programme
- Current academy trust members
- Those becoming academy trust members
- Governance professionals needing to better understand the member role
- Chair of trustees looking to work better with their trust’s members
*This course can also be commissioned for delivery for members of a particular trust, diocese trusts or other organisations wanting to provide a course as part of their training
- Expert led
- Focussed on good practice
- Sharp insights into challenges, pitfalls and how to avoid them
- Small group interactivity for richer understanding
- This session can be delivered via face-to-face or online workshop
- It will be facilitated by a quality-assured °ÅÀÖÊÓƵÏÂÔØapp consultant with relevant governance and training expertise
- The session will be interactive with a mixture of participant activities and facilitator-led explanation and discussion
- It will be supported with session materials including a resource toolkit to help with next steps
Meet the trainers
Paul Aber
Head of Training Development
Paul leads and manages °ÅÀÖÊÓƵÏÂÔØapp’s face-to-face training, e-learning and development programmes. This includes recruiting, training and managing °ÅÀÖÊÓƵÏÂÔØapp’s team of consultants and trainers. Paul has many years’ experience of governance, including in maintained schools and academy trusts.
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