Guidance

Federations: guidance on the governance processes

Guidance on how to create, run and dissolve a federation.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 4 September 2014
• Last updated: 27 September 2022
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  1. 27 September 2022

     'The governance of federations' PDF has been removed and replaced with 'Federations: guidance on the governance processes'.

  2. 4 September 2014

     First published.

Applies to England

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Federations: guidance on the governance processes

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A federation is defined in law as two or more maintained schools operating under the governance of a single governing body.

This guidance applies to all maintained:

• schools
• nursery schools

It is for:

• governing bodies in maintained schools, including governance professionals
• school leaders
• local authorities
• diocesan authorities or other equivalent religious authorities