Ensuring effective communication between your governance layers
Your trust’s governance structure, and the definition of how it works in your scheme of delegation, are at the heart of your trust governance. This defines who can make decisions and who is accountable for the strategy, outcomes, and compliance of your trust.
Your structure and scheme of delegation should be kept under regular review as governance is a constantly evolving practice, and the regulatory and operating environment for school trusts continues to change. This very focused review is particularly helpful when trusts need an independent assessment of key aspects of their governance outside the three-year assurance cycle in response to changing context or events, such as at inflection points in your trust’s development, or when there has been a substantial change of trustees and local councillors.
It is essential that this review process is not just a desk exercise, but an assessment of how a living document is understood and applied to enable effective communication between your layers of governance.
A review of governance structures and schemes of delegation typically takes around three days of elapsed time and will involve interviews and document review. Findings are provided in a quality assured report that provides insight, analysis, and a clear picture of next steps to help you to ensure that your governance is effective, supported and fit for the future.
To explore how a governance structure and scheme of delegation review might benefit your trust, please
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