TRUSTEES TO BE ELECTED TO HOLD OFFICE FROM THE AGM TAKING PLACE ON THURSDAY 20th NOVEMBER 2025

Three directors are to be appointed by an electronic/postal ballot.

The following regions of the NGA will elect one director:
  • South East
  • South West
  • East Midlands
Board members will be elected on the basis of the nga-articles-of-association-20240813.pdf

Nomination rules:
  • Members of any class of membership may self-nominate, provided that they have approval from the chair or vice chair if they are part of a member governing board.
  • Members may nominate a candidate from any class of membership
  • Members may only nominate one candidate
  • Candidates may only stand in one region even if eligible to stand in more than one
  • Nominators and candidates must be fully paid up and in other respects be members in good standing
  • Candidates will need to specify in which NGA region they are standing for election
Individual Members: Home address must be in the region in which they are standing.

Governing Board: The school must be situated in the region in which the candidate is standing. Nomination (for either a governor or the governance professional) must be approved by the chair or if the chair wishes to stand the vice-chair of the governing board.

Multi-Academy Trust: The trust must be situated in the region in which the candidate is standing. Nomination (for either a trustee/governor or the governance professional) must be approved by the chair or if the chair wishes to stand the vice-chair of the trust/governing board.

Local Association: Must be situated in the region in which the candidate is standing. Nomination must be approved by the chair or, where the chair wishes to stand, the vice-chair of the association.

Corporate: Must be situated in the region in which the candidate is standing. Nomination must be approved by the most senior person in the organisation who is also listed on the NGA membership.

All candidates must at the time of nomination and election be either:
  • serving governors/trustees or
  • a serving governance professional to a governing body, academy trust board or academy committee (local governing body)
If you need to be reminded of your membership number, please email enquiries@nga.org.uk with the full name of the organisation (in membership) and the postcode.

Nomination forms must be returned to NGA no later than 12.00 noon on Monday 20th October 2025. If you wish to submit a postal nomination, please send to Lara Angell, Governance Professional, NGA, 102 Colmore Row, Birmingham, B3 3AG

Candidates’ names and statements, voting instructions and ballot forms will be available to download from the NGA website, or on request from the NGA Office by Wednesday 22nd October 2025.

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* 1. Please specify which NGA region you are standing for election in

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* 2. Full name of candidate

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* 3. Email address linked to this membership

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* 4. Signature of candidate (electronic)

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* 5. Full name of nominating member

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* 6. Email address linked to this membership

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* 7. What is your membership category?

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