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Welcome to the NGA Finance section. Here we cover a number of finance related topics that are aimed at informing and helping governors and trustees perform their role effectively.
In addition to the links below, governors and trustees are strongly encouraged to read documents produced by the Department for Education (DfE) and Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA). GOV.UK have provided a list of governmental financial publications for schools.
Some particularly useful sources of external information include technical data on school funding arrangements (for 2016-17 and 2018-19), revenue funding and a financial efficiency toolkit. Specific information for academies include the Academies Financial Handbook, guidance on academies financial assurance and information on countering fraud in academies.
Integrated curriculum and financial planning
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Academy trust finance
Questions for governing boards to ask: Finance
Maintained school finance
Budget setting
Budget monitoring
Knowing your School - School Visits
Link governors and trustees
Skills audit and skills matrix
Monitoring priorities
8 March schools reopening for all pupils
Remote education
Whistleblowing
When things go very wrong
Addressing the evidence: Are academies better?
Disadvantaged pupils
What the headteacher report should look like
NGA insights: Governance in MATs
The role of vice chair
Forum Education report: Key findings on MAT trusteeship
Five key steps to getting the right people around the table
Questions for governing boards to ask: health and safety
New framework to support governors and trustees in ethical decision-making
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on academy schools’ finances
NGA at the Academies Show and new guides for multi-academy trust governance
NGA secure DfE contract to deliver development programmes for chairs, clerks and boards
Changes in the leadership team at NGA
Directors encouraged to learn about the benefits of school governance in new report
New Headteachers' Standards published by DfE
‘Who Governs Our Schools?’ report launched at APPG on Education Governance and Leadership
Headteacher Recruitment: new guidance and toolkit published
Secretary of State thanks trustees and governors for their hard work and commitment
Annual General Meeting and the Annual Address 2020
Clerks’ Network
Clerking Conference 2021
The governing board’s role in school and trust improvement
SATs Leaders' Forum
The governing boards role in closing the disadvantage gap for pupils
SEND Advisory Group
The governing board’s role in promoting diversity and equality in staffing
The governing board’s role in well-being and retention of senior leadership
Community MATs network meeting
Board dynamics and good relationships
Creating a new vision and strategy for your organisation
Induction - for trustees of academy trusts
Managing risk: the governance role
Generating income: the governance role
Panel work: reviewing decisions made by the senior executive leader
Induction - for governors of maintained schools
Safer recruitment - an introduction
The effective governance of SEND
Getting the right people round the table