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Academies Accounts Direction 2020-2021
Academy Trust Handbook 2021 (comes into effect 1 Sept 2021)
Academies Planning Calendar 2021-2022 (ESFA)
Academy Trust Governance – structures and role descriptors (DfE Oct 2020)
Checklist – what academy primary schools must publish online
Checklist – what academy secondary schools must publish online
Creating an Academy Complaints Procedure (2020)
Diocesan Model Scheme of Delegation
Enhanced DBS checks for chairs of academy trusts
GIAS – guidance on updating governance details for academy trusts (ESFA 2020)
Nomination/Application Form for CMAT Trust Director (BDES Nov 2021)
School suspensions and permanent exclusions (DfE)
Setting up an academies complaints procedure
Statutory Policies for Schools and Academy Trusts (DfE)
Summary Evaluations of MATs – Guidance (Ofsted Sept 2021)
Understanding your data: a guide for school governors and academy trustees (ESFA updated Sept 2021)