Resources and publications
Trust school implementation plan – 1 school
year
Schools may begin the trust school process at any time in the
school year; therefore this plan has assumed that each term is of
equal in length.
Local Authority Trust booklet
The Local Authorities’ guide to trust schools gives an overview
of what trust schools are, how to become a trust school and the
benefits of trust status.
Trust schools toolkit
The trust schools toolkit outlines the process that schools need
to go through to acquire a trust - please download the new revised
DCSF version (June 2009).
Trust schools and business partners - guidance
note
This guidance note offers schools support in developing an
effective approach to business involvement in a trust school. It
focuses on five key areas to consider when researching and talking
to business partners. A checklist is provided to ensure all key
points are considered.
Example legal documents
The following are example legal documents and guidance on the
process of setting up a trust.
- Example statutory notice to be displayed on school gates,
published in the local press, etc on the day the statutory
consultation process begins. Download
statutory notice (Word)
- Guidance notes on how to register the trust. Download
guidance (Word)
- Example memorandum and articles of association, legal documents
that need to be completed as part of the registration process.
Download example documents (Word)
Showcase newsletter
Showcase is the trust and foundation schools newsletter allowing
you to read about creative and innovative practices in established
and emerging trust schools.
National Challenge Trusts / Federations / Co-operative
trusts
An overview of changing character for National Challenge Trusts
/ Federations / Co-operative trusts.
Other useful documents
The following documents contain general information that will be
of use in the setting up and running of a trust and trust
school:
Progress review of the Trust and Foundation Schools
Programme
The consortium have recently undertaken a progress review of the
programme by interviewing the first 120 open trust schools and
measuring the impact that the trust schools model has made on
them.
Download the Progress review (pdf)