Guidance

Updating governance details on GIAS: guidance for multi academy trusts

Updated 10 July 2020

This guidance was withdrawn on

This page has been withdrawn as it is out of date. To add or update governance contact information, please see our guidance on Get information about schools.

Applies to England

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A guide for multi-academy trusts (MATs) providing governance information on Get information about schools (GIAS).

1. Sign in to GIAS

Open up the GIAS home page and select ‘log in’ at the top of the page. You will need your DfE sign-in account details.

  • If you have any issues logging into your account please select the ‘Having problems’ link at the bottom of the page.

2. Select your MAT

Select your MAT in the ‘select establishment’ section (this step only appears if you have more than one establishment linked to your account).

  • If your MAT doesn’t appear in the’ select establishment’ section, you don’t have MAT access. Please request access from your DfE sign-in approver or send us an enquiry if you are unsure who your approver is.

3. Go to the governance tab

Once you are logged in, you will be taken straight to your MAT’s page and you should open the ‘governance’ tab.

4. Edit your governance

Click on the ‘edit governance’ button.

5. Add or edit a contact

To add a new contact, select their role in the drop down and click ‘add’. You can edit an existing contact by clicking ‘edit’ underneath their details.

The five contact roles we require you to provide are:

  1. chair of trustees
  2. accounting officer
  3. chief financial officer
  4. members
  5. trustees

There can be only one chair of governors, chair of local governors, chair of trustees, accounting officer and chief financial officer. There can be multiple members and trustees.

6. Enter all contact information

Enter or edit all relevant contact information

For each contact some details are marked with ‘required to save record’ next to them, you must fill in these details to save the contact role.

7. Add or save the record

Once complete, ‘add’ or ‘save’ your contact and it will appear on your MAT’s governance page

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