Academies

If your school is an academy or considering becoming one, or part of a multi- academy trust, you can find key information here to support your governing body before, during and after conversion.

• Changes to Risk Protection Arrangements for 2016 explained

  The Risk Protection Arrangement is an alternative to insurance for academy trusts. Under the scheme, the government covers losses which would otherwise be claimed through insurance providers. Read more here now...

  Author: Ruth Murton September 2016

• New Academies Financial Handbook September 2016

  The new edition of the Academies Financial Handbook 2016 is just published - compliance is a statutory requirement in all academy trusts' funding agreements. Read more about this subject...

  Author: Ruth Murton August 2016

• Academy Budget Setting - what do governors need to consider?

  Given the pressure on academy budgets there are a number of assumptions used in budgeting that governors need to be aware of and consider when approving their budgets.

  Author: Ruth Murton June 2016

• Changes to Risk Protection Arrangements (RPA) for Academies from September 2016

  The Department for Education has published the outcome of its consultation on Risk Protection Arrangements for academies, which come into effect in September 2016

  Consultant: Steve Barker May 2016

• Admissions into Academies and Free Schools - what you need to know

  This article summarises the rules underpinning admissions into Academies and Free Schools. It aims to raise governors' and clerk's awareness of the rules that their schools must follow.

  Consultant: Steve Barker May 2016

• Consultation on the proposed new 'schools national funding formula'

  This article summarises the DfE consultation on the development of a new schools national funding formula.

  Author: Ruth Murton March 2016

• National Schools Commissioner speaks on future of MATs

  This article explores what the new National Schools Commissioner said about Multi-Academy Trusts in a speech to ASCL conference on 5th March 2016.

  Consultant: Steve Barker March 2016

• The role of the Regional Schools Commissioners - what governors need to know

  The Regional Schools Commissioner (RSC) role was established from September 2014 and is still developing. This article explores the existing roles of RSCs and the forthcoming changes to their responsibilities and powers....

  Author: Ruth Murton February 2016

• Joining or forming a Multi-Academy Trust - what do governing bodies need to consider?

  The government's academy agenda is here to stay. Governing bodies of schools who have not converted are as a minimum looking at what it would mean for their school. What should they be considering? What questions should they be asking?

  Author: Ruth Murton January 2016

• Academy Risk Protection Arrangement (RPA)

  This article explores the Risk Protection Arrangement (RPA), an alternative to commercially available insurance cover, for Academies, operated and funded by central government.

  Consultant: Fiona Collier November 2015