Jess Phillips – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jess Phillips on 2016-04-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academy schools are (a) in the process of being re-brokered and (b) awaiting re-brokering.
Edward Timpson
There have been 130 academies and free schools (2% of academies) moved from a trust that had not been able to secure necessary improvements, to a strong sponsor. Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) are looking at the appropriate action to take with those that currently have no formal action, working with trusts to improve school performance or looking at sponsor solutions where they feel that the trust is not meeting the required standards.
The table below shows the numbers of academies which have been re-brokered to other academy sponsors, split by academic year.
|
Academic Year |
Number of academies re-brokered to other academy sponsors |
|
2011/12 |
2 |
|
2012/13 |
2 |
|
2013/14 |
13 |
|
2014/15 |
64 |
|
2015/16 |
49 |
|
Total |
130 |
There are 38 academies in the process of moving from a trust that has not been able to secure necessary improvements, to a strong sponsor.
The Department does not hold information on the number of academies which are awaiting re-brokerage. RSCs will work with schools in a number of ways before considering moving them to a new sponsor.
