Demystifying the role and responsibilities of the company secretary in academy trusts
At a glance
Company secretaries are far more than the organiser of board meetings—they are the guardians of good governance, trusted advisers to the board and executive, and key contributors to an effective, compliant and well-led academy trust. This engaging 90-minute course explores the company secretary role and how its impact can be strengthened, supporting governance across the trust and becoming an indispensable strategic partner to trustees and executive leaders.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
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Who is this suitable for?
- Governance leads in multi academy trusts
- Governance professionals working with single and multi-academy trusts
- Company secretaries of single and multiple academy trusts
- Other governance professionals with an interest in the company secretary role
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What are the benefits?
- Increase your strategic influence by becoming a trusted governance adviser to the board, Chair and executive leaders.
- Strengthen governance and compliance with greater confidence in the company secretary's statutory and governance responsibilities.
- Build stronger board relationships that support effective decision-making, accountability and high-performing governance.
- Add greater value to your trust driving continuous improvement and championing governance excellence.
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How will you learn?
The workshop blends facilitator-led discussion with real-world scenarios and examples of good practice.
You’ll be able to share challenges you and your peers face in fulfilling the company secretarial role and explore sensible solutions and tried and tested approaches.
To help with next steps you’ll receive a resource toolkit and ready-to-use templates.
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Costs
NGA membership offers you substantial savings on this course and access to much more and there are discounts for group bookings.
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Meet the trainer
Ruth Agnew MBE
Ruth has over twenty years’ experience of governance in both the maintained and academy trust sectors, as a governance professional, as a self-employed consultant and trainer, and most recently as Head of Governance for a large multi-academy trust supporting all layers of governance including members, trustees and local governors to be effective. Ruth is also an experienced governor and chair, and a former National Leader of Governance and NLG Advocate. As NGA Strategic Lead for Governance Professionals, Ruth oversees the organisation’s offer to governance professionals, including the development and delivery of professional development programmes, publications and the management of network meetings and conferences.
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