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General Annual Grant – the main source of revenue funding for academy trusts

General Certificate of Secondary Education

NGA’s independent and confidential advice service offering strategic, procedural and legal information about governance.

A collective description for all those involved in supporting and advising governing boards in schools and trusts (including clerks, governance managers and directors of governance)

Refers to the board of maintained schools (governing body) and academies/MATs (board of trustees)

Refers to the governing body of a maintained school only

May be ‘in-house’ in larger MATs but often externally commissioned, governor services provide essential support to the governing board which may be in the form of training, advice or clerking services. This has historically been offered by the local authority through a service level agreement. Academies and maintained schools are free to buy into their local authority’s governor services or seek alternative arrangements