Commentary on Sections Part 2: School Governance Chapter 1: Federation of maintained schools Section 13 – Single governing body for federations
35.A federation is a group of schools with one governing body. Schools within a federation will continue to be treated as individual schools (so that in exercising its duties the governing body must do so in relation to each school within a federation individually). However regulations can set out the circumstances when the schools within a federation can be treated as a single school.