Legal entity and governance: what schools must publish
Who runs your school or trust: governance details, board minutes, company details and articles.
5 requirements
- Board agendas and minutesMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.If your school is an academy, your trust's website needs the agendas, approved minutes and papers for trust board, committee and local governing body meetings, or says how to get them.Keep it up to date
- Company name and numberMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.If your school is an academy, your website needs your trust's registered company name and company number.Keep it up to date
- Governance informationMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.Your website needs details of your governing board, including who sits on it, how it's set up, who appointed each member, their attendance and their interests.Every September
- Memorandum and articles of associationMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.If your school is an academy, your trust's website needs its memorandum and articles of association, which set out the trust's purpose and how it's governed.Keep it up to date
- Trust governance informationMust: Required by law, statutory guidance or the academy's funding agreement.If you're in an academy trust, your trust's website needs its governance structure and scheme of delegation, naming members, trustees and chairs, with attendance and interests.Keep it up to date
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