Taking the next step: joining or forming a group of schools

To support governors of local authority maintained schools, trustees of single academy trusts and multi academy trusts, and school leaders in England in making the right decision for the next steps of their school or trust, a series of linked papers on ‘taking the next step’ have been released by the National Governance Association (NGA), the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) and Browne Jacobson.

The papers are:

• Taking the Next Step: Considering forming or joining a group of schools
• Taking the Next Step: Joining a multi-academy trust
• Taking the Next Step: Forming a multi-academy trust