About the contents:  \"This book explains the roles and responsibilities of trustee and governor of all types of academy. Always highly practical, it gives guidance on the principles of governing academies and on each of the governance functions. The book covers all aspects of academy governance, including the much that is common to all state schools and the vital differences between academies and maintained schools. Throughout, it explains where there are variations in practice between stand-alone academies and multi-academy trusts and how what rests with governors in the former may be divided between trustees and local governors in the latter.\"