The advice in this article comes from one of our associate education experts, Mark Trusson, and from Fred Birkett, an experienced teacher and education consultant.
Types of collaboration available
With other trusts
You can set up a collaborative partnership. This will enable both you and another trust to run as separate organisations and retain your autonomy, while working together on specific areas under a formal collaborative agreement
There are no rules on how to organise this kind of partnership, but having a joint governing board committee could create multiple confusing layers of governance. Set up regular meetings instead between boards.
With maintained schools
However, this collaboration can’t involve a federated governing board or formal joint committees of the governing boards. This