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	Explore, read and download key guidance and information to support candidates lookinging for non-executive director roles in education. Learn the basics of the academy landscape and prepare to join a multi-academy trust board.

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How to be a NED - a guide

Resources for business leaders›prepare for joining a board

prepare for joining a board

Non-executive director (NED) roles are increasingly competitive and desirable. The same is true for pro-bono as for paid. How do you secure your first role?...

Governance handbook and competency framework

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Resources for non-executive directors›learn what makes a good multi-academy trust

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The Department for Education has published its guidance on the roles and duties of school governors and academy trusts. Proving good advice on the skills...

Academies financial handbook

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Resources for non-executive directors›learn more about academy finances

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This revised handbook (2020) sets out the financial framework for academy trusts, reflecting their status as companies, charities and public bodies. A must read for...

Brochure for candidates

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By working together, inspirational educationalists and talented business leaders can provide a better future for the next generation. Improving the life chances of young people,...

Board Development Programme Review

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Resources for non-executive directors›learn about data management in schools

Resources for non-executive directors›learn the essential principles of the non-executive director role

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At the end of last year, NSN hosted the Board Development Programme – a series of six events with leaders from business and education –...

Academy trust governance - structures and role descriptors

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Resources for trusts›recruit to my existing trust board

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This document from the Department for Education provides high-level information about the roles and responsibilities each structure and person holds in academy trust governance.

Lessons in Leadership: The meaning of transformation

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Resources for employers›learn more about the benefits of senior staff joining academy trust boards

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Resources for trusts›get more from my trust board

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Ann Mee A highly respected international board level director with governance, finance, operational risk, and change management expertise, and over 35 years’ experience delivering major...

Lessons in Leadership: Recruitment and retention

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Resources for employers›learn more about the benefits of senior staff joining academy trust boards

Resources for non-executive directors›learn what makes a good multi-academy trust

Resources for trusts›get more from my trust board

With over 15 years’ management experience in executive positions at Pearson, Vanessa Wright Vice President of UK Schools Sales and Marketing at Pearson and Generations...

Introduction to MAT Governance resources

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Resources for non-executive directors›learn the essential principles of the non-executive director role

Resources for non-executive directors›learn what makes a good multi-academy trust

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Sign up to our Monthly OnBoard webinars aimed to help you adjust to what may be a new sector with its own language and culture...

BDD 2019 profile: Aspirations Beyond the Classroom

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Resources for trusts›get more from my trust board

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In the final blog from the BDD 2019, Will Colahan highlights the key points raised in the afternoon session, focused on raising the aspirations of...

Board Development Day 2019

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Resources for employers›learn more about the role of a non-executive director/ chair

Resources for non-executive directors›become a more effective non-executive director/ chair

Resources for non-executive directors›learn what makes a good multi-academy trust

Resources for trusts›get more from my trust board

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Purposeful leadership: effective and ethical boards Academy Ambassadors held a Board Development Day on Monday 11th November 2019. Resources from the conference and further reading...

Find a board role in Education

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In October 2019, Sarah Pittam, Regional Adviser for South East and South London, covered the key fundamentals of a board role in educartions, what the...

MATs, join the wave

Resources for business leaders›learn the basics of academies and multi-academy trusts

Resources for trusts›get more from my trust board

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Following the recent launch of wave 14 free school funding, Hannah Jackson from the Advisory Team, New Schools Network , shares her insight into how...

Financial Times: The smooth transition

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Resources for business leaders›prepare for joining a board

Resources for non-executive directors›become a more effective non-executive director/ chair

Resources for trusts›get more from my trust board

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Steve Playford, Global Director of the Financial Times, talks through the next steps after a stellar career and what a NED portfolio can do for...

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Explore, read and download key guidance and information to support candidates lookinging for non-executive director roles in education. Learn the basics of the academy landscape and prepare to join a multi-academy trust board.

Essential Reading