The September 2020 edition of the Academies Financial Handbook introduced an important change to the rules around who can be members of an Academy Trust by bringing in a prohibition of employees of the Trust being members. The new rules come into force on 1 March. For full details and to see what action Academy Trusts need to be taking in response to this change click here to see our ebriefing.
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Changes to academy trust membership rules
As I pen this, I am imagining HM King Charles III sitting at his breakfast table and down plonks a 300-page document, splashing the milk...

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