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
NGA 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 NGA 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 NGA’s face-to-face training, e-learning and development programmes. This includes recruiting, training and managing NGA’s team of consultants and trainers. Paul has many years’ experience of governance, including in maintained schools and academy trusts.
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