Guidance
Academy trust financial operating models
A good-practice guide to help academy trusts strategically manage their academies’ income and expenditure to meet the needs of their pupils.
Applies to England
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This good practice guide is for:
- new and existing academy trustees
- new and existing accounting officers
- chief financial officers and school business professionals
- governance professionals
- members of local governing boards
- headteachers and school leaders in academy trusts
It is subsidiary to the Academy trust handbook and sits alongside other financial management resources available to academy trustees and academy trust leaders to help them make informed choices for their academy trust.
Updates to this page
Published 15 July 2026